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Telecom.IT: Study: 8.8 million internet users in Romania
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Internet penetration in Romania increased exponentially in the past years, and, at present, at national level there are 8.8 million users, including 6.5 million daily users, a study by the Romanian Audit Bureau (BRAT), sent on Monday reveals. According to the study, 70pct urban inhabitants and 44pct of Romania's rural population use the internet. In the urban area, daily internet use for the 14-64 age group increased more than sevenfold between 2002 and 2015, ...
EC places Romania last among EU members in digital ranking
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Romania has an overall score of 0.32 and ranks 28th out of the 28 EU member states, according to the Digital Economy and Society Index 2015 (DESI), a ranking done by the European Commission within the Eurpean Digital Agenda, business-review.eu says. Relative to last year, when it had a score of 0.28, Romania made some progress, the study shows, though it still falls into the cluster ...
Cars: THE TRADE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED BY 8.9% IN THE PERIOD 1.I?31.X.2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Compared to the previous month, in October 2015, the turnover of the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles increased both as gross series by 5.4% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 1.5%. The turnover for the market services provided to the population decreased, compared to the previous month, as gross series by ...
Infrastructure: CNADNR organizes open tender for Busteni beltway
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
The National Road and Motorways Administration Corporation - CNADNR organizes an open tender for a contract with estimated value of 17.9 million lei, for the design and execution of Busteni beltway, according to an announcement published on Thursday by CNADNR in SEAP system. According to the announcement, the ...
US ambassador Klemm: Ford needs speedway to Pitesti to soar production
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
The US ambassador to Romania, Hans Klemm on Thursday said in southwestern city of Craiova, on visiting the Ford plant that the American car maker needs a speedway from its plant gates to Pitesti in order to increase its production beyond its current levels.According to the US ambassador, Ford also would require a better railway infrastructure so as to bring the spares it needs and then to export its products. A very specific need is a better ...
India-Romania direct flights likely to be resumed soon
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Attempts are on to resume direct flights between India and Romania, Radu Octavian Dobre, Charge D'Affaires & Acting Ambassador of the Embassy of Romania in India, said here on Tuesday, quoted by thehindubusinessline.com. According to Dobre, the Delhi-Bucharest route is likely to be resumed "soon". Services will be through a "private operator". The Ambassador, however, did not name the operator or the timeframe within which ...
Iasi becomes Wizz Air’s Romanian base
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
On 3 December, Wizz Air announced the opening of its sixth Romanian base, at Iasi Airport, which will become effective from July 2016. The Hungarian ULCC will commence five new routes from the Romanian airport to Bologna, Catania, Larnaca, Rome Ciampino and Tel Aviv. Besides this, Wizz Air will increase frequencies on the existing services to London Luton and Milan/Bergamo. Marking the achievement are: Victorel Lupu, President, Iasi County Council; György Abrán, ...
Romania's Blue Air announces new route from London to Cyprus
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Blue Air, Romania's most exciting and well-managed, low cost airline, has announced a new route from London Luton Airport to the Cypriot city of Larnaca for Summer 2016, with the new service starting on April 25th 2016 and operating three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout the summer. The new flight which connects London with the popular resorts on the southern coast of Cyprus leaves London Luton at a convenient 11:00 (UK local time) ...
Tourism : ANAT: It is very hard to do incoming with VAT of 20 to 24pct
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Travel agencies cannot do incoming to count in Romania's tourism with a VAT of 20-24pct, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) First Vice-Chairman Alin Burcea told a Thursday's specialist ...
Real estate: Real estate transactions to exceed 800 million euros in Bucharest
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Real estate transactions for office buildings, logistic areas and investment market in Bucharest will exceed 800 million euros in 2015, according to a study made by the real estate consulting company Colliers International. Outsourcing services continue to be the most powerful office sector as Romania has become more and more visible for big companies like BPO, SSC and IT, interested in Bucharest and secondary towns. Over 60,000 ...
Real estate market: Highest rent for villa in Romania - over 27,000 euros
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
The highest rent requested in Romania for a villa is of 27,000 euros. The villa is in Aviatorilor area, has 1,470 sq.m and 7 floors, was built in the inter-war period and was renovated, consolidated and modernized in 2013, according to the site imobiliare.ro. In Piata Romana area, a villa, historic monument can be rented for 25,000 euros/month. It has 29 rooms, an area of 1,125 sq.m and land of 1,000 sq.m. Built in 1865, the villa was completely ...
Infrastructure: Ryanair to up presence, enter Romanian domestic market
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int'l) is planning to ramp up its Romanian operations over the next five years with domestic flights already on the cards airline CEO Michael O'Leary has said."In five years, we estimate there will be 10 million passengers in Romania," he was quoted by the Ziarul Financiar newspaper. "In Poland for example, we operate out of twelve airports with four bases. In Romania, our work should be ...
Trade: Eurostat: Romanian retail trade grew by 12.1 percent in October
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Romanian retail trade grew by 12.1 percent in October as compared to the same month in 2014, with this being the most significant advance recorded in the European Union, show figures released by the European Statistics Office (Eurostat) on ...
Romania's exports in fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates, a 38 pct decrease compared to 2014
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Romania's exports in fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates stood at 2,239 tons in 2014, a 38 pct decrease compared to the previous year, while imports totalled last year 47.081 tons, being 21 times larger than exported quantities, a publication by the National Institute for Statistics ...
THE RETAIL TURNOVER INCREASED BY 7.4% IN THE PERIOD 1.I-31.X.2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
As against the previous month, in October 2015 the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as gross series by 0.4% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 0.7%. - As against the corresponding month of the previous year, the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as ...
Romania imported over 42,200 tons of coffee and coffee husks in 2014
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Romania imported 42,210 tons of coffee, coffee husks and coffee substitutes in 2014,with 3.2% less in the previous year, a publication of the INS shows. The total value of such imports reached last year 150,7 million euro, up by 1.47% against 2013. As regards the export of such products, they dropped by 60.3% namely 1.342 tons, 8.8 million euro respectively. The commercial deficit for coffee, coffee husks and coffee substitutes was 141.9 million euro, up by 3.61% in 2014 against the previous ...
Romania imported 6,190 tons of perfume and exported 813 tons
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Romania imported 6,190 tons of perfume worth 69.9 million euro last year, up by 54.6% against the previous year,a publication of INS says. At the same time, they exported 813 tons by 22.4% more than in 2013. The total value of perfume exports was 21.3 million euro. The biggest quantity was imported from the UK, 2024 tons (720,000 euro) and Poland – 2,245 tons(18.4 million euro). As regards export, the biggest quantity went to Bulgaria – 388 tons (4.8 million euro) and the ...
Real Estate: A record-high 700,000 plus sq.m. floor space in 2016
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Real estate developers are planning to hand over in 2016 a record-high 700,000 plus sq.m. floor space, representing a total investment in excess of 800 million euro, reveals a survey by real estate consultancy company Jones Lang LaSalle sent on ...
IN THE PERIOD 1.I-30.IX.2015, 31174 DWELLINGS WERE BUILT, AN INCREASE OF 2619 DWELLINGS
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
In Quarter III 2015, 11640 dwellings went into use, 667 dwellings more compared to Quarter III 2014. In the period 1.I-30.IX.2015, 31174 dwellings were completed, 2619 dwellings more compared to the corresponding period of the previous year A total of 31,174 housing units were completed in the first nine months of 2015, up by ...
Tourism : Russian market, a priority of the Romanian tourism industry
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
The Russian market currently is a priority in the strategy of the Romanian tourism industry deployed to attract foreign tourists particularly to Romania's health, spa and wellness resorts, Chair of the National Tourism Authority (ANT) Anca Pavel-Nedea told an informal news conference on ...