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Romania among first 50 states in top of MICE events hosted
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Romania remains among the first 50 countries in the world top of events hosted (45th) and the Capital made a leap frp, 98th to 74th place, said Radu Cimponeriu, consultant at MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions). “International statistics for 2014 show a continuation of the increase of MICE industry at world level. The statistics of International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) shows ...
Trade: Study: Romanian spent more for clothes, books and IT products in first semester
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The fashion segment, the book and teaching material segment next to IT products were in the first 6 months of the year the fields in which Romanians spent a lot of money through e-commerce, the average value of the purchase basket being 160 lei, a specialised analysis released on Tuesday shows. According to the source, the biggest online purchase made by Romanians through the 2Parale site amounted to 33,000 lei, almost double compared to the same ...
Infrastructure: Road transporters, skeptical about Transport Master Plan
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Road transporters do not believe in the feasibility and implementation of the Transport Master Plan and consider it “a story”, although it is am ambitious plan stretching on a period of 15 years, said Constantin Isac, vice-president of UNTRR on Thursday. “No minister, and we had meetings with the last 6-7 ministers, was able to draw up objectives for this economic branch- transports with the ministry team. Minister Matache will ...
The freight traffic recorded in the Romanian seaports amounted to 27.8 million tonnes from January 1 to June 30, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The total freight traffic recorded in the Romanian seaports amounted to 27.8 million tonnes from January 1 to June 30, 2015, a 22.6 percent uptrend as compared to the similar period of 2014, when 22.67 million tonnes were recorded, the National Company for the Administration of Maritime Ports of Constanta (CNAPMC) informed on ...
PM Ponta: the lack of political consensus contributed to the failure of the Comarnic-Brasov motorway project
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday that the lack of political consensus contributed to the failure of the Comarnic-Brasov motorway ...
ANPC's inspectors checked the conditions on platforms and train cars
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Officers of the National Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC) on Wednesday conducted an inspection at the Bucharest North Station and levied total fines of RON 171,000 for improper conditions on train platforms and the cars of six trains as well as improper food trading conditions at 10 ...
Cars: Coface: Romania, the most successful automobile ECE region, next to Slovakia and Czech Republic
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The automobile manufacture in Romania, next to that of Slovakia and the Czech republic are the most successful in the ECE region, as a result of massive foreign investments, but the dynamic of these increases cannot continue endlessly because of the possible market saturation, show the conclusions of a specialised analyses made by Coface and released on Wednesday. Recent data show that last year, 3.6 million vehicles were manufactured in Eastern ...
Number of environmentally-friendly cars sold in Romania, in H1 2015, reached 205 units
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The number of environmentally-friendly cars sold in Romania, in H1 2015, reached 205 units, of which 16 are fully electric, up by 76.72pct from January to June 2014, show the statistics of the Car Makers and Importers' Association (APIA).The sales of ...
Tourism : Greece continues to top Romanians' holiday destination preferences
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Greece continues to top Romanians' holiday destination preferences, considering the number of packages sold in travel agencies, Alin Burcea, First Vice-President of the National Travel Agencies Association (ANAT), has told Agerpres. "Considering the number of people buying holidays through agencies, Greece continues to be on the first place, but, in terms of volume ...
Telecom.IT: Vodafone Romania in Q2, 2015: 230,000 additional clients and incomes growing by 5.7% to 166.8 million euros
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Vodafone Romania, the second largest local operator of mobile phones had 8,801,590 users of mobile services, voice and Internet and M2M services on June 30, 2015, compared to 2014, the operator announced on Friday. In the same reference period, incomes from services grew by 5.7% to 166.8 million euros and the mobile data consumption grew by 128.7%. “Our continuous investments in the network generate solid results and the first quarter of the ...
Telekom Romania launches postpaid summer offer
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Telekom Romania announced a special summer offer dedicated to the residential postpaid segment that offers roaming at no extra cost for a limited period and a discount on Airbnb accommodations in over 190 countries. People who choose to activate or renew a Telekom postpaid subscription between 20 July and 6 September benefit from 100 minutes and 100 MB in roaming at no extra cost for 30 days through the Travel Extra 100 add-on. The first activation add-on of the add-on ...
Vodafone Romania launches Smart Archive service
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Vodafone Romania launched Smart Archive, a cloud-based storage service for managing electronic archives which is dedicated to business service users. Users of the new service can generate and view a centralised information archive that has numerous features, including scanning and cataloging documents, the import of an extended number of files, finding and accessing centralised information as well as the control of the access to archives. Through ...
Photon Energy subsidiary expands to Romania
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Solar power solutions and services company Photon Energy said on Tuesday its subsidiary Photon Energy Operations expanded to Romania. The company takes over the full monitoring, operations and maintenance of three power plants with a capacity of 11 MWp based in Oradea, in the northwestern part of Romania, Photon Energy said in a statement filed with the NewConnect stock exchange in Poland. Photon Energy ...
Healthcare: Over 1.6 M Euro investment in to a digital medical system
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
An investment of over RON 7 million (EUR 1.6 million) was made into a digital medical system through the 2007-2013 Sectoral Operational Programme, announced a press release.Starting July 20, this new system connects through an online network five hospitals and 13 other points across Harghita county.The “E-health, quality health services – medical information system at Harghita county level” has been included for funding in 2011, Priority Axis III. The ...
AEPIM and APMGR ask the authorities to update the reference budget for the clawback tax
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The Romanian Association of International Drug Producers (AEPIM) and the Association of Romanian Producers of Generic Drugs (APMGR) ask the authorities to update the reference budget for the clawback tax, taking into account the actual consumption of the third quarter of 2015. Q3 is the first period of application of drug reimbursement at lower prices approved on July ...
Real estate market in 2015: Evolution of apartment prices in Bucharest
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Prices requested by owners of Bucharest apartments in the first 6 months of the year, grew by 3% but dropped by 4% on the outskirts, according to a HomeFinders analysis. Prices of apartments from central, semi-central and northern areas in the Capital city grew by 2.61% in the first semester, 2015, compared to the same period of 2014. The average price registered is 68.750 euros, 1,750 euros more than in 2014. However, in ...
Real Estate: Prices for apartments went up by 4.7% in Romania, with the exception of the capital city
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The average price required by the owners at national level for new and old apartments for sale increased in Q1 by 4.7% against December 2014 at 933 euro per square metre. Bucharest is the only city where residences got cheaper, according to imobiliare.ro. ‘In Q1 of the year, according to the Imobiliare.ro data, the average price at national level for new and old apartments for sale increased by 4.7% from 891 euro per square metre at the end of ...
Infrastructure : CNADNR bids for the execution of Comarnic-Predeal and Predeal – Cristian on the Comarnic –Brasov highway
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
CNADNR organises the bid for the planning and execution of Comarnic-Predeal and Predeal – Cristian as well as for the linking road on the sector Comarnic-Brasov, estimated at 316.69 million lei and 380,02 million lei without VAT, according to an announcement for participation posted by the company on the site of the Electronic System for Public Acquisitions (SEAP). For getting the contract entitled ‘ Drafting and execution Autostrada ...
Cars : Sales of new cars might advance by 10 to 15 percent over the second half of 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The sales of new cars might advance by 10 to 15 percent over the second half of 2015, market experts estimate. Specialists of the Autovit.ro online announcements platform dedicated to new and used cars say the Romanian car market has grown by 10 to 14 percent in H1; they based their assessment on registrations and re-registrations of all vehicle categories. Their forecast for H2 took into account the boosting effect of the 'Rabla' car scrappage scheme and the ...
Dacia car sales went up last month by 3.9pct in Europe
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Dacia car sales went up last month by 3.9pct in Europe (EU plus EFTA), but the market share of the Romanian car maker decreased to 2.8pct from 3.1 pct in June 2014, according to the statistics released on Thursday by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). Dacia car registrations in Europe amounted in June to 39,790 units, up from the similar period in 2014 (38,279 vehicles). French car makers Renault and PSA Peugeot ...