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Real estate: Romania’s Second Largest City Welcomes First Green Luxury Residential Development
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Cluj-Napoca, the second most populous city in Romania, is about to get its first green luxury residential project: the 91-unit Riviera Luxury Residence (Riviera residence) condominium tower. Located only five minutes from the Cluj-Napoca CBD, the approximately $13.6 million (€10 million) project is targeting young couples and households with children with its bevy of amenities and advantageous location that has all the prerequisites to ensure a ...
Construction works decline 9.6 pct in Romania, Jan.-May, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Construction works declined 9.6 per cent in the first five months of 2014 in unadjusted terms and 8.9 per cent in terms adjusted for the number of work days and seasonality, but it was up 17.4 per cent on a monthly basis in May 2014 in unadjusted terms, according to provisional data released by the National Statistics Institute ...
Tourism : Number of foreign tourists on the Romanian sea side started to grow
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The number of foreign tourists who spend their holiday on the Romanian seaside started to grow, the main resort being Mamaia, stated on Monday the chairwoman of the Asociation Litoral – Delta Dunarii, Corina ...
Arrivals in tourist facilities up 6.2 pct over five months of 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Arrivals and overnight stays in Romania's tourist accommodation facilities advanced 6.2 and 9.9 percent respectively over the first five months of 2014, compared to the similar period of 2013, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).INS reported 2,705,600 arrivals in tourist establishments between January 1 and May 31; Romanian tourist accounted for 76.5 percent of the total number of arrivals, and foreigners for 23.5 ...
Viscri village visited by 15,000 tourists from all continents last year
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The village of Viscris in Bunesti commune, Brasov County, was visited last year by 15,000 tourists from nearly all the continents, a number of tourists that will be reached this year as well, said for Agerpres Caroline Fernolend, Vice President of the Mihai Eminescu Trust Foundation, under the patronage of the Prince of Wales.'Last year we had tourists coming from Russia, Switzerland, England, France, Australia, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Germany, Spain. The number of ...
Tourism Minister assumes Brancusi work integration in UNESCO heritage
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Minister Delegate for SMEs, Business Environment and Tourism Florin Jianu, on Friday said in Targu-Jiu (southwestern Romania) he assumed the integration of the 'Heroes' Way' Monumental Ensemble of sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) in the UNESCO heritage.'As for the integration of Brancusi in the UNESCO heritage, I wish I assume this task on behalf of the Romanian Government, to make the diligence for this task, which means I'll do my homework, I'll get the ...
Cars: Dacia records the most powerful advance of registrations in France
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Registrations of new Dacia cars in France have grown by 30.4% in the first 6 months of the year, to 58,582 units, the most powerful advance among marks with significant sales, whole the market grew by 2.9% to 958,776 cars. The market share for Dacia cars went up from 4.82% in the first semester of 2013 to 6.11%, according to the ...
Decline of second-hand car registrations over five months
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Second-hand car registrations in Romania dropped by 5.81 percent over the first five months of 2014, to 80,966 units; Volkswagen was still the favourite brand, with about one quarter of the total number, data released by the Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration Directorate (DRPCIV) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) show.According to the source, only in May some 16,680 second-hand cars were registered, on an uptrend by 13.96% as compared to the similar ...
Trade: Romania ranks 30th in top of coffee consumers
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Romanians drink half a cup of coffee daily, which places them 30th at world level, behind countries like the Netherlands, Finland or Sweden, the Romanian Coffee Association shows. In Austria, consumption is 7.96 kg per capita, in Germany 6.95 kg, while in Romania it is 2.3 kg of coffee per capita, per year. Even in Eastern Europe coffee consumption in higher than in Romania: Poland 3.19 kg, Bulgaria 2.9 kg. Moreover, Romanians drink only 0.5 cups ...
Study: Places where Romanians go shopping
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Seven out of ten Romanians prefer shopping in big commercial centers, because of the presence of an entertainment area and a hypermarket while street shops are almost inexistent. That is why only 2% of people in Romania prefer this kind of shopping while one out five Europeans choose high street shops, according to a CBRE study. One of the ...
Airline tickets, fashion, electro-IT devices, games, most popular products sold online in Romania in 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Airline tickets, fashion, electro-IT devices, online games were the most common types of products bought online by Romanians in 2014, who paid using the card via desktop, tablets or smart mobile terminals, according to data Netopia mobilPay.The number of Romanians who make online purchases, opting for online card payment, either from the desktop or via smartphones is constantly growing, the same as the amounts paid by the customers of online stores. The average ...
Infrastructure : Wizz Air plans 4 new routes from Cluj-Napoca Airport
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Low-cost airline Wizz Air will launch new routes from Cluj-Napoca (north-west of Bucharest) by operating the fourth aircraft to fly from the Avram Iancu International Airport. Wizz Air Executive Deputy Chairman, John Stephenson told a press conference on Thursday that by the end of this year, four new routes will be launched from the Cluj-based airport, to Cologne, Geneva, Nuremberg and Malmo. 'We are very happy to announce today the allocation of the ...
Agriculture: Popa:between 2014 – 2020 we will have approximately 10 billion euro for investments in agriculture
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The deputy manager of the Agency for the Financing of Rural Investments Nicolae Popa says that between 2014 – 2020 will be available approximately 10 billion euro for investments in agriculture and the period between the moment of presenting the projects and the contracting period will be at most three ...
Romania is among first states officially sending new NRDP to Brussels
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Romania is among the first states officially sending to Brussels the new National Rural Development Programme (NRDP), Vice Prime Minister and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Daniel Constantin told Agerpres.'Romania is among the first states officially sending to the European Commission the final draft of the NRDP 2014-2020. We are going to receive the feedback from the Commission, although we have already received an informal one, saying that it is a ...
Telecom.IT: Study: 47% of Romanians from rural areas use Internet and 80% of them have Facebook accounts
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Almost half of the rural population in Romania (47%) surfs the Internet and 80% of them have Facebook accounts, according to a study made by Starcom Media Vest Romania.According to the study, Facebook is the main channel used by rural Romanians after Google Search. “General ...
Real estate: Value of real estate transactions drops 4.5 times in quarter 2
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The value of transactions with real estate projects in Romania in the second quarter amounted to 66 million euro, a significant drop against the first quarter when there were transactions of 300 million euro, according to CBRE. In the first quarter the value of real estate transactions was 369 million euro, rising about 3 times compared to ...
Tourism : Average budget allocated by Romanians for domestic holidays: 370 - 470 euros per family
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The destinations preferred by families with children for summer holiday are seaside ones, either it is about domestic destinations or foreign one (Bulgaria, Turkey, Crete or Spain), reads a release issued by Paralela 45 travel agency. 'The average budget allocated by Romanians for domestic holidays stands between 370 and 470 euros per family, whilst for foreign destinations they spend on average 850 - 1,150 euros. The trends in previous years show that most ...
Scarisoara Cave, home to the world's second-largest underground glacier
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Scarisoara Cave or the Scarisoara Glacier - the largest ice cave in Romania, boasting over 3,000-year-old ice, is located in the Apuseni Mountains in Alba County, 16 km from the Scarisoara commune that also lent its name to this geological marvel. It currently pertains to the Garda de Sus village.Declared a natural monument and a speleological reserve, the cave holds the world's second largest underground glacier after the Dobsinska cave in Slovakia. Situated ...
Agriculture: More than 25.5 million lei on Monday transferred to farmers
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Romanian Payments and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA) on Monday transferred 25.5 million lei to beneficiaries in the ecological farming sector, according to an announcement on Monday sent by the organisation.The money came via the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAFG).According to APIA, the largest amount approved and paid on Monday to beneficiaries represented the specific aid given for the improvement of the quality agricultural ...
AgriMin: Projects under all measures of PNDR 2014-2020 accepted from autumn
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
As early as this autumn, project submittals might be accepted under all measures of the National Rural Development Program (PNDR) for the 2014-2020 period, Vice PM and Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin said on Tuesday in Curtea de Arges (northwest of Bucharest).'All the measures that we have presented, a total of 14, will enter into force in the autumn of this year. If on July 1 (...) we send the PNDR officially to the European Commission, I believe that it ...