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Cars : More than 8,300 new vehicles registered in January
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The new vehicles registrations in January 2016, compared with the same period of 2015, advanced by 17.39pct to 8,303 units, of which 5,800 automobiles, according to data released on Friday by the Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As for the brands preferred by the Romanians, Dacia continues to rank first by ...
THE TRADE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED BY 10.3% IN 2015
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Compared to the previous month, in December 2015, the turnover of the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased both as gross series by 4.5% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 0.6%. The turnover for the market services provided to the population increased, compared to the previous month, both as gross series by 1.3% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by ...
Agriculture: The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units down 8.1% in the year 2015
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units from agricultural holdings and collection centres in December 2015 increased by 1.5% compared to November 2015 and was down 1.8% from December ...
In 2015, compared to the previous year, the number of slaughtered cattle (in slaughter houses) increased by 52.2%
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
• In December 2015, compared to the December 2014, the number of slaughtered animals and poultry and their carcass weight increased, excepting for pigs. • ...
An outlook on the priorities of the agricultural system in Romania
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
As Romanian Agriculture Minister, Achim Irimescu, has pointed out, the priorities for 2016 of the institution he runs are improving the absorption of European funds, the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the creation of an efficient irrigation system, for which over 1 billion Euros will be allotted by 2020, Balkans news reports. Achim Irimescu: “One of our priorities is to encourage associations. Romania loses huge ...
Telecom .IT: In Romania, the broadband mobile connections were standing in mid-2015 at 12.7 million persons
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The number of internet users has more than tripled in a decade, from one billion in 2005 to an estimated 3.2 billion at the end of 2015, according to data released by the World Bank in its Digital Dividends World Development 2016 report presented on Tuesday in a specialty conference in Bucharest, co-hosted by the National School of ...
RCS&RDS attracts 350,000 porting mobile customers in 2015
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Romania's number of ported mobile numbers reached 2.028 million at the end of 2015, according to data provided by telecom authority Ancom. These make up 77 percent of all the numbers ported in Romania so far, namely 2.617 million. A total of 844,477 numbers were ...
Healthcare: Over 2,000 drugs have disappeared from the market in the past few years
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Over 2,000 drugs with affordable prices have disappeared from the market in the past few years, 700 of them in 2015 only, president of the Generic Drug Manufacturers Association in Romania (APMGR) Dragos Damian stated Wednesday during a press ...
Communication tests under telemedicine program funded by NATO to be tested this year
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Romania, Finland and the United States will carry out this year communication tests under the telemedicine program funded by NATO, Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MAI) Raed Arafat, who is also the project's coordinator said. According to the official, the project consists of creating the possibility to get specialist support and consultancy from doctors anywhere in the ...
Infrastructure: Transport Ministry: Over 75 km of highway to be inaugurated in 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Over 75 km of highway will be commissioned until the end of the ongoing year, according to estimates of the Transport Ministry, Dan Costescu, present at a debate on Master plan, organized by the Chamber of Deputies. “Usually, estimates can be made on long mandates, when you plan things in year 1-2 and see results in years 3-4. In this case, with a one-year mandate, we avoided assuming good things achieved by others in the past,” the ...
Infrastructure : Minister Raducu:There are legislative blockages to prepare large infrastructure projects
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
There are legislative blockages in Romania when it comes to preparing large infrastructure projects and the content of feasibility studies, Minister for European Funds Aura Raducu told a news conference on ...
Agriculture: Minister Irimescu: Romania has a major problem in terms of organising its vegetables and fruit sector
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Romania has a major problem in terms of organising its vegetables and fruit sector, given that currently there are only 20 producers' organisations, Agriculture Minister Achim Irimescu stated on Monday at the Abundia wholesale market, where he attended the launch of the Caravan on the association of farmers in the horticultural sector organised by the Dutch Embassy in ...
Romania recorded from January to October 2015 a slight surplus in the trade in agricultural products
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Romania recorded from January to October 2015 a slight surplus in the trade in agricultural products of 70.47 million euros, down by almost 86pct compared to the level of 496.50 million euros reported in the same period in 2014, having been supported by grain exports to EU countries and third ones, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ...
Trade: Ecommerce in Romania was worth €1.4 billion in 2015
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Ecommerce in Romania has grown from 1.1 billion euros in 2014 to approximately 1.4 billion euros last year. About 6.7 million Romanians now have experience with shopping online, while 1.4 million inhabitants used a mobile device to buy something ...
THE RETAIL TURNOVER INCREASED BY 8.9% IN 2015
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
As against the previous month, in December 2015 the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as gross series by 8.6% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by ...
Romania tablet sales down by 20% to EUR 70 mln in 2015
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Tablet sales in Romania decreased by 20 percent to EUR 70 million in 2015 due to increasing local competition, writes local paper Ziarul Financiar citing head of telecommunications at Samsung Romania, Cristian Cojocaru. Shipments of tablets reached 800,000 units in 2015, unchanged from 2014. In 2014, tablet sales increased by 40 percent in quantity and by 2 percent in value to EUR 90 million. 2015 was the first year when the local market for tablets decreased after sales ...
Healthcare: More than 80,000 new cancer cases diagnosed every year
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
President Klaus Iohannis believes that the public healthcare system must be properly funded and better organised given that, every year, in Romania there are more than 80,000 new cancer cases diagnosed and more than 50,000 deaths are caused by the ...
Tourism : THE TOURISTS’ OVERNIGHT STAYS IN THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF TOURISTS’ RECEPTION INCREASED BY 16.3% IN DECEMBER 2015
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
• In December 2015, 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 19.6 % and by 16.3 %, respectively. ...
Cars: 270,000 cars sold in 2015 on olx.ro
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
More than 270,000 cars sold in 2015 on olx.ro, according to data on this e-commerce platform. The figure is based on advertisements where the sellers confirmed the ...
Infrastructure : CNADNR will pay 35 million lei for the construction of the parking lots on the Bucuresti-Ploiesti highway
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
The National Company for Motorways and National Roads (CNADNR) attributed to a consortium made up of three Romanian companies a contract of 35 million lei without VAT, for the drafting and construction of the short-term parking lots and service spaces on the highway Bucuresti-Ploiesti. The contract financed ...