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Agriculture : The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units in February 2016 up 13.5% from February 2015
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units from agricultural holdings and collection centres in February 2016 decreased by 0.7% compared to January 2016 and was up 13.5% from February ...
Slaughtering of animals and poultry and meat production increased in February 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The number of slaughtered cattle, sheep and goats has increased in February 2016 as compared to the same month of 2015, while the slaughtered pigs and poultry have recorded a decrease, according to provisional data released on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Comparing February 2016 to February 2015, the number of slaughtered ...
Romanian honey is exported and praised all over the world
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Beekeeping should stay the queen of Romania's agriculture because without a well-functioning beekeeping system the other agricultural sectors will suffer a lot, State Secretary with the Agriculture Ministry Daniel Butanoiu told a symposium that opened the first edition of the National Festival of Romania's Beekeepers in Ramnicu Sarat on ...
Tourism : AP: Romania probes $34 million fraud at Roman Empire spa
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A businessman and five others suspected of defrauding a spa that dates from the Roman empire of 30 million euros (about $34 million) were detained Thursday, Romanian prosecutors said quoted by AP correspondent. Prosecutor Adrian Stamatin said that Iosif Armas, chairman of a company that manages the Herculaneum Spa, and other shareholders are suspected of illegally selling assets and taking out loans in the spa's name that could not be ...
Bulgarian official: One million Romanian tourists visited Bulgaria in 2015
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
One million Romanian tourists visited Bulgaria in 2015, the eighth consecutive year when they led the ranking by country of origin, Bulgarian Embassy economic officer Bronislav Denev told ...
Trade: GfK: Lower food prices stimulate appetite for expensive products
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The increase of pensions, salaries in education and healthcare, average income and the reduction of VAT for foodstuff led to the people’s higher purchase power and confidence, according to a GfK study. Those increases were also reflected in the 1.5% increase of household consumption for FMGG products, compared to the previous year. Market dynamics was given by growing volumes of purchased products which went up by 4% last ...
THE RETAIL TURNOVER INCREASED BY 21.8% IN FEBRUARY 2016 COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 2015
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
As against the previous month, in February 2016 the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as gross series by 4.2% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by ...
Romanian beer market has reached last year 15.8 million hectoliters
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The beer market has reached last year 15.8 million hectoliters, up by 6.5pct as reported to the figures recorded in the previous year, the consumption on capita thus growing from 74 litres one year earlier to 80 litres, says Ciprian Sandu, public affairs manager with the Asociatia Berarii Romaniei (Brewers of Romania ...
Telecom. IT: Orange Romania introduces Business Internet Security service
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Orange Romania introduced Business Internet Security, a locally built platform that offers customised security products for companies, writes online publication Go4it.ro citing Mihnea Dumitru, Convergent Marketing Manager B2B at Orange Romania, telecompaper informs. Business Internet Security is a service through which companies can secure connections to the internet and can protect data from external attacks and intrusions. The service provides ...
Infrastructure: CNADNR: We have just 45% of money for road maintenance
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The National Highway and National Road Company in Romania (CNADNR) has only 45% of the amount needed to carry out maintenance works for roads in Romania, said Floring Dascalu, maintenance director of the company at a press conference. “200 million euros are gathered annually from road taxes, an amount which goes to CNADNR budget for designs, allocation of works, although it should be used only for maintenance, which gets only 40%. However, the ...
Cars: Logan, Duster and Sandero in top 25 of best sold cars in Russia
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
In March, Duster, Logan and Sandero were in the top 25 of best sold cars in Russia, according to data published on Friday by the Association of European Businesses (AEB). However, sales of automobiles and light commercial vehicles in that market dropped by 10% to 125,917 units, on the background of problems confronting economy and the depreciation of the national currency. Reuters writes that March results prove that the automobile market on the overall is not in a good ...
Agriculture : The minister of agriculture ‘ Romania is a tenth rate market where expired products are brought’
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
‘Romania is a tenth rate market where expired products are brought from abroad’ said the minister of agriculture Achim Irimescu in an interview with Ziarul Financiar. ‘This is a market where importers bring products at the end of the validity period or even expired. In Romania the salami is washed with vinegar; the brine is changed and the cheese is good for sale.The state doesn’t do what it should, ANPC does not do what ...
75 million liters of top-quality wine from Vrancea region cannot be put on the market
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Some 75 million liters of top-quality wine from Vrancea region cannot be put on the market due to a classification that is questioned by the winegrowers of the Viticultorii Federation; they demand that the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Interprofessional Organization of Wine and Vine (ONIV) break the deadlock. Wines from 26 wineries were subject to an assessment carried ...
In 2015, crop production decreased for most crops, mainly due to unfavourable climatic conditions
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
In 2015, compared to the previous year, the cultivated area decreased for cereal grains, sugar beet and potatoes. ? Crop production decreased for most crops, except for dried pulses Crop production decrease was mainly caused by unfavourable climatic conditions Romania's cereal ...
Trade: Samsung, Apple lead Romania smartphone sales in 2015
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Samsung and Apple claimed 68 percent of the total value of Romania's 2015 smartphone sales of RON 1.9 billion, according to local paper Ziarul Financiar citing market research data seen by this paper. The local company Visual Fan (Allview), the second player in the market in terms of the number of sold smartphones, attracted only 6 percent of the total revenue given that its portfolio consists mainly of cheap devices. In 2015, Samsung had a ...
Cars: 7.14 million valid driving licenses were registered in Romania as of 31 December 2015
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Approximately 7.14 million valid driving licenses were registered in Romania as of 31 December 2015; 4.84 million men and 2.3 million women had valid driver licenses, according to statistical data of the Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration Directorate of the Ministry of Internal ...
Healthcare: Vaccination bill goes into public debate in second part of April
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
The vaccination bill will most likely go under public debate in the second part of April, according to Victor Strâmbu, state secretary in the Ministry of Health, quoted by business-review.eu. “The Ministry of Health was the promoter of this law. The action started in 2015, and the Ministry of Health is determined to see this legal initiative through, with the help of the Romanian Parliament. Most likely, after the first half of this month, ...
Bucharest below 70pct MMR vaccination rate, national average 83pct
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate in Romania was 83 percent in 2015, with Bucharest and Arad County below 70pct, Romanian Microbiology Society President Dr. Alexandru Rafila told a specialized conference on Saturday.This left some 35,000 children not immunized by MMR vaccine, dr. Rafila said at the 4th National Conference on Vaccinology Actualities, RoVaccin ...
Independent statistic: Some 760,000 disabled people in Romania, 17,682 in care centres
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Approximately 760,000 persons with disabilities are currently registered in Romania, of which 17,682 are in care centres, Georgiana Pascu, programme director with the Centre for Legal Resources (CRJ, a non-governmental organisation) told a specialist conference on Tuesday. According to her, some 70,200 of the disabled are children, of which 6,719 are placed ...
Tourism : The tourists’ overnight stays in the establishments of tourists’ reception increased by 16.9% in February 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
• In February 2016, compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, both the arrivals and the overnight stays in the establishments of tourists’ reception with functions of tourists’ accommodation increased by 19.2 % and by 16.9 %, respectively. • Compared to February 2015, in February 2016, customs registered an increase in both the arrivals of foreign visitors of 10.2 % and in the departures abroad of the ...