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EUR 686 million CEF funding for developing Romania’s railway network
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Romanian state-owned railway infrastructure manager CFR SA has signed a EUR 686 million financing contract with the European Commission (INEA- Innovation and Networks Executive Agency) for four railway projects included in the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Programme. The most important project approved is the modernisation of Brasov-Apata and Cata-Sighisoara railway sections, part of Brasov – Sighisoara line. The total value of ...
Tourism: Romanians place Black Sea littoral first in top of 2016 holiday preferences
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Romania, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey are leaders in the preference lists of Romanian tourists in 2016, according to studies. Romanians who will spend their holidays travelling, prefer western Europe, northern countries, Asia Minor (Turkey), Far East and Baltic countries. According to the study made by Edelweiss Travel Agency, the Romanians’ top of exotic destinations includes Thailand and the Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, ...
Bran Castle, the Rasnov Citadel, and the Black Church in Brasov attracted more tourists in 2015
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
The tourist attractions located in central Romania, namely the Bran Castle, the Rasnov Citadel, and the Black Church in Brasov attracted more tourists last year. Together, the three touristic objectives had more than 1.2 million visitors in 2015. The Bran Castle, also known as Dracula’s Castle, ranks first among the three tourist attractions in Romania, as it registered more than 602,000 visitors last year. In 2014, the ...
Over 2,000 Israeli tourists, at the Baile Felix spa this year
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Over 2,000 Israeli tourists will be offered accommodation at the Baile Felix spa and in Oradea under a new incoming project carried out together with an Israeli tour operator that will bring another 5,000 tourists to the Romanian ...
Romania participates at the CMT International Exhibition for caravanning, motoring, tourism in Stuttgart - Germany
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Romania's tourism potential will be on display at the CMT International Exhibition for caravanning, motoring, tourism in Stuttgart - Germany running between January 16 - ...
Tourism : Romania, present with 27 exhibitors in Vienna tourism fair 'Ferien Messe 2016'
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The National Tourism Authority (ANT) will participate, January 14 to 17, 2016, with a national stand, in the tourism fair "Ferien Messe 2016" in Vienna. Romania's stand will be placed between the Greek and Turkish ones and will group together 27 tourism companies and institutions. Among the exhibitors in Romania's stand will be the County Councils of Suceava, Gorj and Satu Mare, the municipalities of Satu Mare, Timisoara, Cluj, Alba Iulia, Oradea and ...
THE TOURISTS’ OVERNIGHT STAYS IN THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF TOURISTS’ RECEPTION INCREASED IN NOVEMBER BY 17.9%
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
In November 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 18.5% and by 17.9%, ...
Over 6.772 million beds offered in Spa resorts at the end of the first nine months of 2015
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Spa resorts offered at the end of the first nine months of 2015 over 6.772 million beds in establishments providing accommodation to tourists (10.73pct of the national total) and recorded more than 3.012 million overnight stays, data offered by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) ...
Agriculture: APIA paid over 7.6 billion euros from EAGF in the programming period 2007-2013
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The Payments and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA) paid over 7.6 billion euros from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the programming period 2007-2013, which represents an uptake level of 98pct, given that the EAGF allocation, including the transition year 2014, stood at 7.8 billion euros, according to the APIA ...
Trade: Monthly alcohol beverage consumption in 2014 was 1.1 litres of beer and 1.1 litres of wine, plum brandy and natural brandy
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The monthly per capita alcohol beverage consumption in 2014 was 1.1 litres of beer and 1.1 litres of wine, plum brandy and natural brandy, the National Institute of Statistcs (INS) said in a ...
Romania exports beverages, tobacco worth over 780 mln euros, nine months into 2015
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Romania exported, nine months into 2015, beverages and tobacco worth 780.1 million euros, by 192.9 million euros more than in the similar period in 2014, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics. The imports of beverages and tobacco amounted to 407.6 million euros, by 74.6 million euros more than in the January to September 2014 period, thus having recorded a surplus of 372.5 million euros on this ...
Telecom. IT : Facebook accounts: 8.3 million Romanian users in November
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The number of Facebook accounts has currently reached 8.3 million among Romanian users, up by 1.22 percent from the last estimation conducted in November last year, show the data centralised by Facebrands.ro, the service monitoring the Romanian pages created on the social ...
Romania to eliminate regulation of the infrastructure of access to Internet end-users
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Romania has become the only country in the EU to eliminate regulation of the infrastructure of access to Internet end-users, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) announced on Tuesday in a press ...
Infrastructure: A new air route Timisoara –Eindhoven starting the end of March
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
A new air route to Eindhoven will start on 29 March on the international airport Traian Vuia in Timisoara, to be operated by Wizzair and have a frequency of three flights per week. According to a press release sent on Saturday by the representatives of the international airport Traian Vuia in Timisoara starting with 29 March will be able to fly to the Netherlands, Eindhoven with a frequency of three flights per week on Tuesday, Thursday and ...
Real estate: 98% of Romanians look for housing facilities online
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Almost all Romanians (98%) who are looking for a house or apartment go online to find information about available properties, according to an analysis made by a real estate consulting company. The document shows that only 2% of Romanians look for properties offline. “The Internet is not just very important in the real estate field, it is vital. The share of Internet requests has grown in the last years, culminating with 2015, when almost all ...
Average apartment prices in Bucharest central area grow to 69,000 euros
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Average prices for apartments in central, semi-central and northern areas of Bucharest grew by 1.47% in November against October, up to 69,000 euros, while prices for apartments in eastern, southern and western areas dropped slightly, according to an analysis made by a real estate consulting company devoted exclusively to buyers. Apartment owners in central and northern Bucharest requested an average price 1,000 euros higher than in the previous month. ...
Prices of apartments for sale grew by 10%
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Prices of apartments for sale had a growing tendency at national level in quarter 4, 2015 compared to quarter 4, 2014, according to a study made by a real estate portal. The most significant annual growth rates of over 10%, were in Cluj Napoca, Timisoara and Suceava, while prices went down only in Sibiu, Resita and Focsani. The national classification of the most expensive apartments is led by Cluj Napoca, Bucharest, Timisoara and Constanta, while Resita, Targoviste, Zalau ...
Health: 36% breast cancer death rate in Romania
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
The Federation of Cancer Patients’ Association demands the emergency adoption of a national screening program for breast cancer, showing that the death rate is 36% over the world rate and 83.7% of women from the rural area have never made a preventive check-up. Most women discovered with breast modification during the campaign “I haven’t done enough” are aged over 40, but 30% are less than 30 years old, according to the ...
Nine out of ten patients not aware of heart insufficiency
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
About a million Romanians suffer from heart insufficiency, that is 4.7% of people over 35, but nine out of ten Romanians do not they have this affection, according to the latest study made by the Romanian Cardiology Society. “Much more attention should be paid to cardiac insufficiency because it is one of the main serious affections that generates major costs in the health system, due to treatments and devices needed, to the high number of ...
Trade: Romania phone sales up 0.4-0.5 mln units in 2015 - Samsung
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Mobile phone sales on the Romanian market will reach about 4.8-4.9 million units by the end of 2015, that is up from 4.5 million units in 2014, writes local publication Wall-street.ro citing head of Samsung Romania's IT and mobile devices division, Cristian Cojocaru. The total value of the market for 2015 is estimated at EUR 650 million. Smartphones will represent 60 percent of sold units and 90 percent of the market's value. At the end of 2015, the total number of ...