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Agriculture: Romanian white wine Grasa de Cotnari 2008 wins Great Gold Medal at Berliner Wein Trophy
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Grasa de Cotnari 2008, a still white wine produced by Iasi-based Cotnari Company has been awarded one of the seven Great Gold Medals at the international wine contest Berliner Wein Trophy. According to a company's release, 10,000 wines participated in the contest in Berlin, staged under the rules of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine; some hailed from winemakers with ...
Romania exports 70 to 80 percent of its organic products
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Romania exports 70 to 80 percent of its organic products, and this industry is growing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development State Secretary Simona Man ...
Dairy farmers are asking Government for subsidies of nearly 50 bani per litre of milk
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Romania's dairy farmers are asking Government for subsidies of nearly 50 bani per litre of milk to weather the ongoing crisis facing the dairy industry, given that their counterparts in other EU member states are paid such ...
Farm land in Romania is currently traded at average prices ranging from 2,000 to 7,000 euro/ha
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Farm land in Romania is currently traded at average prices ranging from 2,000 to 7,000 euro/ha (in the Western area), according to Hitch&Mosher Company, a consulting market leader in real estate transactions with agricultural lands, which offered from 2011 to 2015 integrated consulting for sales of over 15,000 ha of such real estate. "The significant factors in determining the ...
Tourism: In 2015 Romanian tourist were most numerous in Bulgaria for 8th consecutive year
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
“In 2015, for an eighth consecutive year the Romanian tourists were the most numerous nation that visited Bulgaria with the purpose of tourism and recreation,” said Bronislav Denev, Chairperson of the Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Bucharest, Romania, speaking for Radio FOCUS. The expert also added that there was a 4.1% increase in the number of Romanian tourists in Bulgaria, as nearly 1 million tourists from the ...
Non-resident tourists spent 5.634 billion lei in 2015
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
The number of non-resident tourists who checked in with Romanian hotels and boarding houses was 2.231 million; they spent an aggregate of 5.634 billion lei, i.e. an average of 2,525 lei per person, informs a release from the National Institute of statistics (INS) on ...
Romania wants to attract tourists with fresh, authentic, versatile concept
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Romania participated in 2016 in the Internationale Tourismusbörse in Berlin (ITB) with 56 exhibitors, on rd 400 sqm, since the trends for the voyages are given for years now, each spring, at the ITB. Alongside the tourism operators, Romania's stand sheltered tourist promotion associations, as well as county councils which have presented their offer in particular considering what the ...
Infrastructure : Romanian Railways' Chiper: We should rehabilitate the rails, make capital repairs
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
CFR SA - the Romanian Railways - has stabilized from the financial point of view in the last years and started to make profit, which is to be found in the improvement projects of the railway infrastructure the company's managing director, Marius Chiper told Agerpres, in an interview. Yet, added Chiper, profit is not an end in itself, but the investments for the rails' rehabilitation, for the completion of the capital repairs ...
Government approved new regulation to reduce the time for obtaining authorizations for motorway construction
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
The Government on Wednesday passed an emergency ordinance that provides for some measures that reduce the time for obtaining authorizations and approvals for motorway construction, so that the actual duration may decrease by up to two years, Transport Minister Dan Costescu told a press conference at Victoria ...
Agriculture: 30,000 tons of Brazilian sugar to reach Romania
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The rising price of sugar in EU stimulates imports from the North-Eastern part of Brazil, in a system which allows a certain share of sugar from this area of Brazil to enter the EU market at low costs, Bloomberg informs. Data supplied by the shipping company Williams Brazil shows that Trader Sucres et Denrees SA rented a ship to send 30,000 tons of sugar to Romania from the Brazilian port of Maceio. The Daiwan Wisdom ship is the first concrete proof ...
Romanian growers of energy crops reached 442 in 2015
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The number of Romanian growers of energy crops reached 442 in 2015, up by 122 compared to the previous year, while the total area for this type of crops stood at some 5,000 ha, according to the data unveiled Tuesday by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Achim Irimescu at the roundtable meeting "New ways for obtaining Romania's energy independence: biomass," held in ...
Sibiu Salami officially acquired the name of Protected Geographical Indication
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Sibiu Salami officially acquired on last Thursday the name of Protected Geographical Indication twenty days after the publication of the registration announcement in the Official Journal of the European Union. Agriculture Minister Achim Irimescu ...
Cars: Logan, Duster and Sandero, in top 25 of best sold cars in Russia
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Duster, Logan and Sandero were in the top of best sold 25 models in Russia, in February, according to data published by the Association of European Businesses (AEB) on Thursday. However, deliveries of automobiles and light commercial vehicles in that market dropped by 13.4% to 111,145 units, on the background of problems faced by economy and the depreciation of the rouble, Reuters informs. The rate of the annual sales slowed down significantly by 13%, ...
Registrations of new vehicles in February, up by 30.69pct
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The number of registrations of new vehicles in February, compared to the same period in 2015, saw an increase by 30.69pct, up to 8,098 units, of which 5,099 cars, according to the data made public on Wednesday by the Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration Department ...
Tourism: ANT : German tourism market is a priority for Romania
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The German tourism market is a priority for Romania, a fact recognized through the incoming strategy of the National Tourism Authority (ANT) the institution's president Anca Nedea said on ...
Telecom : Vodafone Romania starts 'SuperFriday' promotional campaign
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Vodafone Romania launched a promotional campaign called 'SuperFriday (SuperVineri)' that consists of various weekly surprises launched each Friday in March through the MyVodafone app, telecompaper.com reports. On 11 March, for instance, customers who renew their subscription from the app get a EUR 100 discount off the price of a Samsung Galaxy S6 64 GB smartphone. Under the terms of the offer, the smartphone can only be acquired together with a Super ...
Real Estate: Construction of dwellings, growth of 10.39 percent
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
In 2015, 47,017 dwellings went into use, in a year-on-year growth of 10.39 percent, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of ...
Healthcare: Health Minister: Romania has not completed a national oncologic plan
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Health Minister Patriciu Achimas-Cadariu told a news conference on Friday in Bistrita, that Romania is the only country in the European Union that has not completed a national oncologic plan, which will be launched in ...
Generic drug producers ask for urgent change in clawback and prices calculations
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The Association of Generic Drug Producers in Romania (APMRG) has called for the formation of a work group that could facilitate a new way of calculating the price of drugs, representatives say in a press release, quoted by business-review.eu. The APMRG states that a new way of calculating these prices is sorely needed, as a way of stopping essential drugs from disappearing from the market and “insuring the continued ...
Trade: Romanian women spend RON 500 per quarter on cosmetic products
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Romanian women are growing more concerned with quality over quantity when it comes to cosmetic products, spending about RON 500 once every three months for new ones, a study by Sole Luxury Boutique shows, quoted by business-review.eu. “While 5 or 7 years ago women preferred to buy as many beauty products, lately, due to a wide variety of cosmetic brands available on the market, clients began to more carefully select the necessary products and ...