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Covurluiului vineyards, cellars join Vine and Wine trail in Galati County
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The tradition of wines on the Covurluiului Hills, which dates back to 1620, when it was mentioned that Nicoresti wines were sold by merchants in Vienna, has been showcased with the opening of a tourist trail called the Vine and Wine Road, where groups of pupils, students, young people and adults are invited to visit the wineries and vineyards of Ivesti, Nicoresti and Buciumeni, as well as historical monuments in these localities.Visitors at Ivesti can tour the old ...
Production of beef, pork, poultry, mutton, goat meat increases in 2013
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The production of beef, pork, poultry, mutton and goat meat increased in 2013 compared to 2012 in the context of the upward trend in animal and poultry slaughtering in specialized industrial units (slaughterhouses), according to the data released on Monday by the National Statistics Institute of /INS/. The production of mutton and goat meat rose by 32.8% to 3,206 tonnes, pork production saw an advance of 9.3% to 308,360 tonnes, poultry production increased by 6.4% ...
New agency to take over National Rural Development Programme
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The new Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR), created through the reorganization of the Agency for Payments for Rural Development and Fisheries (APDRP), is set to provide the institutional framework for the implementation of the National Rural Development Program (PNDR) 2014-2020.The ordinance that sets down the legislative organizing and functioning framework of the AFIR was approved during the Cabinet meeting of June 18, 2014, and is to enter into force ...
Telecom.IT: German official Schleicher: Romania has a lot to offer in IT area
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Romania has a lot to offer in the area of information technology, including a huge potential of talents, excellent software engineers and developers, while Bavarian companies are seeking such contacts, says Director General Hans Schleicher of the Bavarian Ministry for the Economy, Media, Energy and Technology.'The IT area is one of Romania's fortes of great interest to Bavaria. Romania has a lot to offer on the areas of information technology, including a huge ...
Healthcare: Romania, China sign first health cooperation agreement
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Romanian Health Minister Nicolae Banicioiu and Chinese Health Vice Minister Ma Xiaowei signed on Saturday, June 28, at the Academy of the 'Prof. Dr. Matei Bals' National Institute for Infectious Diseases, the first agreement on health and medical sciences cooperation between the Romanian Ministry of Health and China's National Health and Family Planning Commission. According to the document, the parties will strengthen and develop mutual cooperation on primary ...
Real estate: Study: Housing prices in Romania, fourth largest drop among 45 world countries
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Housing prices in Romania dropped by 4% in the first quarter, compared to 9.25% the previous year, according to a study made based on average prices, adjusted by inflation rates, recording the fourth largest drop of 45 countries analysed. Greece, Spain and Russia recorded the largest price drops in the first quarter, by 7.08% (compared to ...
Orange Romania relocates to Green Court Bucharest
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Telecom operator Orange Romania has rented eight floors in the first building of Green Court Bucharest, the class A office project developed by ...
Telecom.IT: Broadband contribution to GDP - 3.5 billion euro may reach 8 billion euro in 2018
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The contribution of broadband to Romania’s GDP is estimated at 3.5 billion euro and may reach 6 billion euro by 2018 while maintaining the present broadband adoption rate and to 8 billion euro by accelerating the present rate, according to a study presented on last Tuesday. The study “Broadband in Romania. Users, tendencies and ...
Romania consults on DECT band licences
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Romania's telecommunications authority Ancom finalised and published on its website the 'Position paper on the national use of radio spectrum in the 1880-1900 Mhz band' (i.e. the DECT band - digital enhanced cordless telecommunications). Following this year’s public consultation, the authority establishes in this paper that the DECT band should become nationally available. Once the ...
Romania mobile telecom users offered lower EU roaming rates
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Romania's telecommunications authority Ancom announced that the Romanian mobile telephony and mobile internet users will benefit from cheaper roaming rates when travelling within the EU, if they choose the basic tariff plan, i.e. the Eurotariff, as of 1 July. The rate cuts will range between 20 and 55 percent as compared to the existing rates. The users will pay maximum EUR 0.19 per minute (excluding VAT) for an outgoing voice call, EUR 0.05 per ...
Cars: Romania ranks first in EU by newly registered cars in May
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Car sales in the European Union and the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) increased for the nine straight month, as the recovery of the eurozone economy encouraged consumers to buy new models, CNBC reports. The automotive market in Romania surged by 46.1 percent last month, with 6,001 newly registered cars compared to 4,107 units in May 2013. It's the highest advance recorded in May in the EU. In comparison, car sales in Germany, ...
Agriculture : Farm in Mehedinti could get over 400,000 euros by exporting mustard seeds
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
A farm in the Pristol village, Mehedinti county (south-west) could get 420,000 euros by exporting to France the production of mustard seeds harvested this summer. The farm head engineer Victor Ungureanu told Agerpres that he cultivated mustard seeds on 350 hectares in March, investing 3,000 lei/hectare (about 682 euros). 'For us it's a lucrative business. We shall sell one tonne of mustard seeds for 800 euros,' Ungureanu said. According to ...
Romania is expected to reap 9.5 mmt of maize crop
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Favourable weather has raised expectations of a larger European Union maize (corn) crop this summer, which would reduce EU dependence on imports of the key animal feed at a time of political crisis in major maize supplier Ukraine. A mixture of rain and sunshine in much of Europe in May has enabled farmers to complete their planned maize sowings and plants are developing well, analysts said. Big exporter Hungary is ...
Healthcare: Private medical service market reached 570 million euro
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The increase of private medical services in the Romanian market slowed down by 10-12% in 2013, reaching 570 million euro, with MedLife ranking first and Medicover second, after over passing Regina Maria, now on third position, according to Mihai Marcu, the president of MedLife. MedLife had a business figure of 72 million euro, Medicover ...
The majority of the Romanians have a bad opinion about the quality of medical assistance
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The majority of the Romanians, more precisely 73% of them, have a bad opinion about the quality of medical assistance offered in the country, while the European average of those discontented by the similar services is only 27%, according to a Eurobarometer published by the European Commission on Thursday. In the same idea, ...
Romania, a model for some European states in telemedicine sector
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Romania is a model for some European states in the field of telemedicine, said Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday in Tulcea, where he was joined by State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Raed Arafat, the latter announcing that the system in place in the Danube Delta is to be extended to Galati and Braila counties.'We support the extension of this system not only inside Romania. Our country is a model for many European states, and some are envying ...
Tourism: Top of travel agencies: Perfect Tour and Christian Tour, the biggest in Romania
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Perfect Tour and Christian Tour have become the biggest agencies in Romania, with businesses of 206 million lei and 195 million lei in 2013, after being led by Happy Tour in the last 10 years. The latter dropped to 3rd position and had losses in the last two years. With a business increase of 87%, Perfect Tour, owned by Corina Pacuraru, ...
Official opening of Hotel complex in Targu Mures after a 7 million euro investment
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Opened as a family business at the end of last year, the Privo Hotel complex is the result of a EUR 7 million investment. Adina Plopeanu, the young entrepreneur behind the project, is organizing the official launch of the business, after a soft opening in October 2013.The complex includes:- Hotel Privo: 40 rooms, built in an innovative style,- Vila Csonka: 6 rooms, built in an Art Nouveau Style.Both ...
Trend Hospitality invested 4 million euro in to a Vitality Wellness Club in Bucharest
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Vitality Wellness Club is the latest gym to open up in the north of Bucharest from Trend Hospitality, the company that sold the franchise Ramada Plaza and Ramada Parc in Romania. The facility, which required an investment of EUR 4 million, covers over 3,000 sqm. The first phase of the project was completed in May 2014, including an indoor semi-Olympic pool cleaned with organic chlorine (which club officials say is made from salt and is not harmful to the body), a fitness ...
Trade: H&M Romania sales up 34 pct during December 2013 – May 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
H&M Romania (Hennes & Mauritz) sales rose in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (Dember 2013 – May 2014) by 34 percent, to EUR 61 million, according to Mediafax. In RON, H&M sales are up 30 percent, including VAT. During this time, the Swedish retialer opened 7 new stores and reached a network of 35 units on the local market, according to a press release from the company. In ...