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Trade: Romania posts third largest annual rise in retail trade among EU states in December 2013
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Romania's volume of retail trade advanced 5.9 per cent in December 2013 from December 2012, recording the third largest rise in the European Union, behind Luxembourg (9.4 per cent) and Poland, according to data released on Wednesday by the Eurostat European statistics office.In December 2013 compared with December 2012, the retail sales index decreased by 1.0 per cent in ...
Agriculture: Bio Romania: 40 Romanian producers, at world's leading trade fair for organic products
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Romania will promote this year, too, the products obtained from organic agriculture in the world's leading fair in the area, BioFach Nuremberg 2014, where 40 producers will exhibit on a 400-square metre area all they can provide the world market in the area.'The Agriculture Ministry and the Association of Organic Agriculture Operators, Bio Romania Association, this year, same as in 2013, are the organisers of this event, where we want ...
APIA: Romanian farmers received 752 million euros in 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Romanian Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA) has made payments worth RON 3.3 billion (EUR 752 million) to more than 95 percent of the farmers with applications submitted during the 2013 campaign, according to the announcement made by APIA late last week.'As many as 905,000 beneficiaries (out of the total 1,048,402 having submitted applications) received 2.45 billion lei under the SAPS (Scheme of Unique Payment on Surface) Campaign 2013 ...
Romania has just 2,000 ha of shelterbelts, 10 times less than necessary
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Romania would need to create 19,000 hectares of shelterbelts, as data with the Romsilva National Forestry Administration (RNP) indicate the area under shelterbelts is almost 10 times smaller, at just 2,000 ha.'Romania needs 19,000 hectares of shelterbelts of trees and our data indicate we have some 740 hectares in our care and 1,300 hectares more in other owners' care. We ...
Cars: Over 366,000 road vehicles newly registered in Romania in 2013
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The number of road vehicles newly registered in Romania reached 366,343 units in 2013, of which over 288,000 road vehicles for passenger transport, on the by 15.4% from the same period in 2012 , show the data that the National Statistics Institute /INS/ released on Tuesday.As many as 288,164 road vehicles for passenger transport were registered last year, whilst 78,179 units were road vehicles for the transport of goods (lorries, tractors, ...
Nicolas Maure: We must relaunch Romania's auto market
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Relaunching Romania's new cars market in 2014 and 2015 is an important goal for the main domestic automobile manufacturer, Dacia and Renault Romania CEO Nicolas Maure said on Thursday.Another priority for Dacia is preserving the competitiveness of the factory in Mioveni (129 kilometers north of Bucharest), a goal that can be achieved with an adequate support of the Romanian authorities.'We have also discussed the competitiveness issue of the Dacia factory in ...
Dec. 2013 turnover of motor vehicle and motorcycle trade up 20.2 pct y-o-y
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The turnover of trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles increased by 20.2 percent as gross series and by 7.6 percent as series adjusted to number of workdays and seasonality in Dec. 2013 compared to Dec. 2012, the National Statistics Institute (INS) announced on Monday.The turnover ...
Real Estate: Office area traded in Bucharest exceeds 300,000 sq m in 2013
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The total office area traded in 2013 was over 300,000 sq m, which is the highest trading volume ever for the market in Bucharest, according to the quarterly report of the office market drawn up by CBRE Romania, which was sent to Agerpres on Thursday.The year 2013 was dominated by the transactions made by the tenants in the IT&C field: more than 100,000 sq m were traded in this sector alone.Currently there are major differences between the ...
Healthcare: Brain Institute's stated mission is to perform nationwide one-off neurosurgical interventions
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Brain Institute, Romania's first private nonprofit medical institution, brings under one roof some of the best neurosurgery specialists and has the stated goal of delivering interventions that are unique in Romania and which other hospitals in the country are unable to perform.Brain Institute Executive Director, Dr. Ionut Patrahau, said on Thursday that this project makes him feel like 'the manager of angels.' Brain Institute brings together some of ...
Tourism : Arrivals, overnight stays in tourist accommodation units in Romania rise in 2013
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The number of arrivals and overnight stays in tourists accommodation units in Romania increased by 3.5 percent, 1.1 percent respectively in 2013, and the average length of a stay in the case of Romanian tourists accounted for 2.6 days, according to provisional data released on Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INS). Thus, the number of tourists recorded in relevant accommodation units stood at 7,918,500, up 3.5 percent compared to 2012. Out ...
Health Minister: Basic health services package in force as of April 1, national program package as of Aug. 1
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The basic health services package will come into force on April 1 this year, while the one regarding the national health programs may come in force on August 1; the Ministry of Health intends to have the minimum package applied as of January 1, 2015, Minister Eugen Nicolaescu declared in a debate.'In the next two months we must prepare all the necessary regulations for the basic package. February and March are critical to having the ...
Gheorghe Burnei, M.D.: Paediatric orthopaedic surgery is science, art and prediction
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The paediatric orthopaedic surgery is science, art and prediction, said Gheorghe Burnei, M.D., head of the Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic within 'Marie Curie' Children's Hospital, in an interview granted to AGERPRES.'In this branch you must have the absolutely compulsory theoretical knowledge to help you perform surgical intervention. This intervention must be done with a lot of finesse, with a lot of art, because this art must be sustainable in time, it must be a ...
Cars: National car fleet reaches 5.98 million cars in 2013
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The Romanian car fleet total number of vehicles at the end of 2013 was 5.98 million units, by 4.73 percent larger than in the previous year, show the data of the Directorate for Driving Licence Regime and Vehicle Registration (DRPCIV).Out of the total number of vehicles registered nationwide in 2013, 5,985,085 units, 4,693,651 are cars and more than 3.3 of are petrol cars.Also, over 1,91 million vehicles were between 6 and 10 years old, while 1,42 ...
National vehicle production, up 21.7%, in 2013
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Romania's national vehicle production recorded in 2013 a volume of 410,997 units, on the rise by 21.7% from the same period in 2012, according to the Association of Car Makers and Importers of Romania /APIA/.The APIA President Ernest Virgil Popovici explained in a Tuesday's a press conference that this significant increase in the local production was due mainly to the car output, which recorded a 25.8% growth, equivalent to a volume of 410,959 units.In ...
Infrastructure: Georgia, Romania seek to restore ferry service
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Georgia and Romania support the restoration of ferry service between the two countries. First Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia David Zalkaliani and State Secretary for Strategic Affairs at the Romanian Foreign Ministry Bogdan Aurescu discussed the issues of cooperation between the two countries in various spheres. The important issues of the bilateral cooperation on economic, energy and transport projects were discussed, ...
Eurostat: Romania attracted more foreign tourists in 2013
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The number of nights spent by foreign tourists in Romanian hotels or motels grew by 5.1% last year but Romanian tourism continues to be lagging behind neighbour countries, Eurostat data show. Foreign tourists spent 3.5 million nights in Romania last year, one of the lowest levels in EU, three times under results recorded by Hungary or ...
Only 25% of foreigners coming to Romania prefer tourist areas
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Most foreigners who come to Romania are not interested by tourism and seek accommodation in Bucharest or county seats and only a quarter of them prefer the seaside, mountains, the Danube Delta, balneal resorts and circuits, according to the National Statistics Institute (INS) data.More of three quarters of foreigners (1.23 millions in the first 11 months of 2013) seek accommodation in Bucharest or county seats, where most do not come for tourism ...
Neckermann expands promoting holidays in Romania in the Austrian market
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Neckermann will expand this year promoting holidays in Romania in the Austrian market and will introduce Dracula circuits in the offer, next to sojourns on the littoral, said Gheorghe Marginean, the director of Karpaten Tourism agency, the Neckermann representative in Romania.He said Neckermann was selling three types of holidays in Romania to Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Austria: sojourn on the littoral. City breaks and cultural circuits. Of ...
Foreigners averagely spend 700 euros on adventure tourism holiday in Romania
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Year 2014 will be very good in terms of demand for adventure travels and foreigners are very interested in these programmes, Extreme Travel agency's founder and manager Radu Vatcu has told AGERPRES.'For a two-week trip within an adventure programme, foreign tourists averagely spend 700 euros each. They are loyal customers to our programmes. In winter we do together extreme skiing or regular skiing, in spring and summer - rafting, trekking and also mountain-biking ...
Where to Find the World's Fastest Internet: Romania is on the 6th place in a top 20
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Romania is on the 6th place in the top 20 in the quarterly Internet report that Akamai Technologies published last week . Less than a year ago, Romania took home the bronze medal in Internet speed. The country has since fallen to sixth place with an average peak connection of 45.4 megabits per second. While that's still fast, it's 4.4 percent slower than the previous ...