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AgriMin Constantin: Romania currently has 860,000 farmers struggling at subsistence levels
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Romania currently has 860,000 farmers struggling at subsistence levels, and it is the ministry's duty to help them associate so that they may produce more for the market, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told the congress of PRO AGRO National Federation.'The ministry's policy for the period immediately ahead is to encourage small farmers to produce more for the market and get out of the subsistence area. ...
Sinca (BCR): Value of Romania's agricultural production to rise by about 13 bln lei this year
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The value of Romania's agricultural production will increase by about 13 billion lei (about 2.9 billion euros) this year, also thanks to the favorable weather that helped the development of the crops, Eugen Sinca, BCR chief analyst and vice-president of the Romanian Association of Financial Banking Analysts (AAFBR), declared on Tuesday.The BCR chief analyst argues that a part of this money should be directed towards investment in ...
Less financial opportunities in future National Rural Development Programme
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The future National Rural Development Programme for 2014-2020 no longer offers the same financial opportunities, but the pledges are more than the ones we had in the 2007-2013 programming, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told a conference on the Success of the Investments Financed by European Funds organized by the Agency for the Rural Development and Fisheries Payments on Wednesday.The minister spoke of ...
Ciolos: Government must find ways for accessing EU funds for broadband in rural areas
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Government in Bucharest has to find ways for accessing the 100 million euros allocated for broadband in rural areas, in such a way that Romania should have, by 2015, broadband in rural areas, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos told Wednesday's Future Communities - Open Innovation Fair 2013, held at the National Library of Romania.'100 million euros is allocated for broadband in Romania's rural areas. ...
Romania building organic products brand that is extremely appreciated worldwide, PM Ponta says
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Romania has begun building itself an organic products brand that is extremely appreciated worldwide, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on attending the opening of international agricultural produce and equipment exhibition Indagra here on Wednesday.'It has been a good agricultural year also thanks to the very good weather, but also to the fact that last year, on a proposal from the agriculture minister the subsidies were given on time. ...
Telecom.IT: Minister Dan Nica: e-Romania project will be set in motion early in November
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The e-Romania project will be set in motion at the beginning of November, after a series of security tests, while he hopes that Romania's Digital Agenda could be promoted through a Government Decision / HG / towards the end of next month, said on Wednesday the Minister for the Information Society, Dan Nica, present at the Future Communities - Open Innovation Fair 2013, organized at the National Library of Romania.'Last year we had to ...
Romania has to catch up with Europe in terms of broadband access networks (PM Ponta)
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Romania needs to plug the gap separating it from the European average in terms of broadband access networks and digital development, and support from the European Commission is essential in this regard, Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday declared at a joint press statement delivered with EC Vice-President responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes.Victor Ponta thanked Ms. Kroes for the support thrown behind moves to unlock ...
Agriculture: Meat industry - a market of 1.7 billion euros, with 40pct evasion
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Meat industry represents an extremely important market for Romania, with an estimated value of 1.7 billion euros, but which records a tax evasion of around 40 percent, said on Friday the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Daniel Constantin, during a seminar dedicated to meat industry in Romania.' The main objective for you is to eliminate the unfair competition ...
Healthcare: Essential provisions of EU Directive on transboundary health services are already implemented in Romania (official)
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The essential provisions of the European Directive on transboundary medical services are already applied in Romania, even though the law transposing the directive has not yet been adopted, the president of the National Health Insurance House Cristian Busoi said on Friday.This statement communicated via a press release was made in the context in which October 25, 2013 is the ...
Cancer death rate in Romania is above European average
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The cancer death rate in Romania is 388 cases for every hundred thousand people, above the European average (352 cases), according to the European Journal of Cancer, and tens of last generation oncological medicines are not yet available for patients in Romania, according to the relevant association. The representatives of the Romanian Association of International Medicine Producers say that the statistics of the European Journal of ...
Tourism:Romania will have three ecotourism certifications next spring
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The head of the National Authority for Tourism (ANT), Razvan Filipescu, recently stated while on a visit in Poiana Brasov that next spring Romania will have obtained its first three ecotourism certifications, with other six similar applications pending to be reviewed for the same purpose.'We are currently analysing three more applications for ecotourism destinations to get certification, while other six applications are pending [...] ...
Real estate: DTZ: Romania attracts 0.5% of capital for real estate investments in Europe
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The capital available for investments in commercial properties in 2014 amounts to 120 billion dollars, 6% higher than the one estimated a month ago. Less than 0.5% arrive to Romania according to a DTZ Echinox study. “Although less than 0.5% of overall capital attracted for real estate investments for the European area, we estimate a gradual increase of investors’ interest for Romania in the next years due to attractive profits which can ...
Infrastructure: Romania must connect to EU through highways
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Romania must have immediate priorities in completing Transylvania highway and corridor IV to connect to the EU infrastructure as Romania and Bulgaria are the only EU countries without such connections. Otherwise they risk to be left behind. “As for the EU integration process we are part of EU but if we consider infrastructure we are ...
MT: 1.3 billion euros for Craiova-Calafat railway and modernising of 16 Danube and sea ports
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The Transports Ministry (MT) will invest 1.3 billion euros for the rehabilitation of Craiova-Calafat (southern Romania) railway, but also for modernising the 16 Danube and sea ports, the amount coming from the Cohesion Fund, by transfer to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), shows A Transports Ministry (MT) release.'The Transports Ministry has at its disposal 1.3 billion euros to develop projects on the two corridors crossing Romania, ...
Ministry of Transports wants to invest 1.3 billion euros in Danube navigation and railway system modernization
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The Ministry of Transports intends to implement some projects amounting to a total 1.3 billion euros meant to improve the navigation on the Danube by developing harbours and to modernize the railway system, relevant minister Ramona Manescu told an event organized by the Embassy of Great Britain. 'Romania will get financing from European money for these major projects. I mean the modernization of the railway system, but also the ...
Georgia and Romania will restore ferry service
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Georgia and Romania will restore the ferry service between the two countries. The Georgian Ministry of Economy said today that Georgian Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Mikeladze and Romanian Secretary of State of Transport Marian Buica signed a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of bilateral cooperation in the transport ...
Telecom.IT: Broadband represents 2.5 percent of the Romanian GDP
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
According to a survey carried out by Roland Berger, broadband represents 2.5 percent of the Romanian GDP, which is the equivalent of EUR 3.5 billion.Severina Pascu, CEO of UPC Romania and Hungary, urged for a faster development of broadband in Romania, given that only 63 percent of companies and 48 percent of households have fixed broadband connection, according to the ...
Romania will switch off the analog terrestrial signal in 2015
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Romania will switch off the analog terrestrial signal and will pass to digital terrestrial television on June 17, 2015, announced Catalin Marinescu, president of telecom watchdog ANCOM.The telecom authority will allocate 5 national digital multiplexes in DVB-T2 standard, four national digital multiplexes in UHF (ultra-high frequency) band and one national digital multiplex in VHF ...
Trade: Romania occupies the last place in the EU according to the percentage of the internet users who buy online
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Romania is situated the last in the EU according to the percentage of the internet users who buy online goods and services, with only 11% while at European level the average is higher, 59% according to the data published by Eurostat. Romania, Bulgaria ( by 17% of the internet users), Estonia and Italy ( both 29%) occupies the last places among the 28 member ...
Sales at IKEA Romania went up by 10% in 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
The IKEA Romania closed the catalogue year 2013 ( 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2013) with sales of 440 million lei ( almost 100 million euro) up by approximately 10% against the previous year. The shop, situated in the commercial area Baneasa was visited by 3.2 million people up by approximately 200,000 who bought 12 million products, a press release sent by ...