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THE TOURISTS’ OVERNIGHT STAYS IN THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF TOURISTS’ RECEPTION INCREASED BY 14.1%
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
• In October 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 13.3 % and by 14.1%, respectively. • Compared to October 2014, in October 2015, customs registered an increase of 8.1% in the arrivals of foreign visitors and a decrease of 7.7 % in the departures abroad of ...
Agriculture : Romania has, currently, around 6.9 million hectares of forest fund
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Romania has, currently, around 6.9 million hectares of forest fund, out of which 51pct are private property, data released by the National Forestry Inventory (IFN) at a Thursday conference ...
Cars: Imports of used cars up almost 13pct in Romania ten months into 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
The imports of used cars rose 10 months into this year by 12.8pct year on year, having reached 204,000 units, show the analyzes of the Car Makers and Importers Association /APIA/. According to the statistics, the growth trend of used car imports has thus led to a ratio of 3.2 to 1 between these imports and the sales of new cars, slightly higher compared to that in the same period of 2014, of 3.1 to 1 respectively. The sales of new Romanian-made cars increased ...
Real estate transactions to exceed 800 million euros in Bucharest
Tuesday, December 1, 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 1, 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 ...
Sintofarm will give up medicine manufacture to become real estate developer
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The medicine producer Sintofarm (SINT) summoned its shareholders at the end of December to decide on selling equipment, trademarks and other shares and on taking over the name Imosint and change the field of activity for real estate development. Shareholders must decide on selling the whole trade fund of the company except for buildings. The meeting will be held on December 21. Sintofarm has a factory in ...
Agriculture: Egypt buys 240,000 tons of wheat from France, Romania and Russia
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
GASC from Egypt bought 240,000 tons of wheat from France, Romania and Russia on Wednesday, with delivery term between 21 and 31 December, according to Reuters. GASC vice-president Mamdouh Abdel Fattah, said that French wheat represented half of the wheat quantity bought at the auction organized on Wednesday, to which they added 60,000 tons from Romania and 60,000 from Russia. GASC bought wheat at the price of 205.94 dollars per ton, C&F. It is for ...
Statistics: The use of pesticides in agriculture in 2013
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The agricultural area treated with herbicides holds the largest share in the area treated with pesticides (plant-protecting products), both in solid form (69.1pct), as well as in liquid one (50.1pct), according to the findings of the statistical survey "Use of Pesticides in Agriculture in 2013," reads a National Statistics Institute (INS) press release issued on ...
Trade : ING Special Report : UK and Romania top international Christmas spending league
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The UK is set to spend the most on Christmas gifts this year compared to the rest of Europe, the USA and Australia, sourcewire.com reads.The ING Special Report on Christmas and New Year, which surveyed more than 13,000 people about their Christmas spending, reveals that Brits are planning to part with €420 (£294) on average this festive season, placing them top of the ‘ING Christmas Spending League’. The next biggest spenders come from the ...
Telecom.IT : Statistics: 62 pct of Romanian households owned a computer in 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Almost 62 pct of Romanian households owned a computer in 2015, while 61 pct had Internet access, shows data of the National Statistics Institute published on ...
Alcatel-Lucent to modernize Orange Romania’s long-haul microwave transport network
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is upgrading Orange Romania’s existing long-haul microwave transport network, allowing Orange to enhance its 4G network capacity and performance as it continues to expand high-speed ultra-broadband services to enterprises and consumers. Orange Romania launched its 4G service in 2012 in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. Today it covers 70 percent of the population and 96 percent of those in urban ...
Telekom Romania launches Managed Wi-Fi service
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Telekom Romania launched Managed WiFi, a wireless internet service that includes data analytics components for companies,telecompaper.com reports. Made available after a testing period, Managed Wi-Fi is a B2B platform based on Cisco equipment designed for offices, large public spaces, restaurants, malls, shops or other areas of public interest. With this platform, end-users get internet at no extra cost, while companies may extract end-users' data that ...
Infrastructure: CNADNR organizes open tender for Busteni beltway
Tuesday, December 1, 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, ...
Blue Air of Romania goes for growth from Dublin
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Blue Air, the well-managed and fast growing, low cost airline of Romania, has chosen Dublin as an airport for expansion for its Summer 2016 flying programme with more services to Bucharest and Bacau, plus a a new twice weekly flight to the regional city of Cluj, in Transylvania, alternativeairlines.com reports. The new services to Cluj will leave Dublin Airport at 17:55 every Tuesday and Saturday landing in Cluj at 23:35, returning from Cluj at 15:30 ...
Real estate: Survey: Transactions with office spaces in major cities in the country, up by 46pct year-on-year
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Transactions with office spaces in major cities in the country, excluding the capital, stood at 37,417 square meters in the first nine months of 2015, up by 46pct year-on-year (with 25,475 sqm were rented), and almost equal to the overall surface rented in 2014 (37,377 sqm), a real estate survey sent on ...
Healthcare: 70 Romanians per day die due to smoking
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The president of the Romanian Pneumonology Society, Professor Doctor Florin Mihaltan on Wednesday said that 70 Romanians per day die due to smoking, stressing that the law against smoking in public spaces should not be postponed anymore and that it must be an absolute priority to the ...
Nearly 3,000 Bucharest doctors have requested to leave abroad
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Nearly 3,000 Bucharest doctors have requested the Bucharest Doctors' College documents to leave abroad, College's Chairman Ioan Lascar told Agerpres in a recent ...
Cars: 300 new and used sports cars were registered in Romania in the first 10 months of 2015
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Approximately 300 new and used sports cars were registered in Romania in the first 10 months of 2015, out of which 237 were Lancia, a survey by Romania's Directorate for Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration (DRPCIV) ...
Hybrid, electric car sales surge 125pct from 2014
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Sales of new electric and hybrid cars in Romania hit 411 units in the ten months, marking 125.8 percent surge from the same period in 2014, shows statistics released by the Car Producers and Importers Association (APIA). The number of eco-friendly cars reported over this Jan.-Oct. account for 0.5 percent of the total new marketed vehicles. According to APIA, ...
Trade: Black Friday at an end: online grows stronger every year
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Black Friday is an event that has become known only for a few years in Romania (launched in 2011 for the first time), but already has become very popular, with numbers growing exponentially from year to year, business-review.eu reads. One of the most interesting trends of the 2015 was the upsurge in online orders, with mobile users taking up a large slice in some cases. Online retailer eMag reported 2.5 million ...