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Commissioner Ciolos to propose EC a set of rules for a promotion policy in the agri-food sector
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos, will propose the adoption of a Regulation to the European Commission aimed at promoting the European agri-food products on foreign markets.'In the coming months, I will propose to the European Commission, for adoption, a regulation for the promotion policy in the agricultural and food sector, by which we want to create a European fund set to finance ...
AgriMin: We are making efforts to avoid disengagement of 2013 rural development, fishery funds
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The Romanian Ministry of Agriculture is making efforts to avoid the disengagement of funds in 20013 under operational programme fisheries, after more than 10 million euros were disengaged in 2012, Romanian Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin said Tuesday in Brussels on the side-lines of a conference of the European Commission on the developments in the milk sector following the discarding of quotas in 2015.Constantin pointed out that ...
Healthcare: About 150,000 Romanians die from cardiovascular diseases every year
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The cardiovascular pathology has made progress in the past few years, but the main cause of death in Romania is still the cardiovascular one so that about 150,000 Romanians die from cardiovascular diseases every year, which is 60 percent of all deaths.These statistics were presented during a conference organized by the Romanian Heart Foundation and the Romanian Society of Cardiology. The estimates made by experts indicate ...
Vasile Astarastoae : We are last in EU by number of physicians per 1,000 population
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Romania is last in the EU by the number of physicians per 1,000 population, president of the Romanian College of Physicians (CMR ) Vasile Astarastoae said in an interview with Agerpres.Astarastoae criticized the way budget resources are being allocated to the ministries, specifying that the Ministry of Finance builds the budget by criteria other than the real priorities.'What I reproach the Romanian Ministry of Finance is ...
Infrastructure : Romanian-Swiss funding for metro line 4: Straulesti Lake - Progresul Station
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Switzerland grants 8.5 million francs for the pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for the construction of the metro line 4 Straulesti Lake - Progresul Station, North Station - Progresul Station sector, having SC Metrorex SA as beneficiary.Finance Minister Daniel Chitoiu, Development Minister Liviu Dragnea, Switzerland Ambassador to Romania Jean Hubert Lebet, as well as Transports Minister Ramona Manescu and Metrorex Managing ...
Victor Ponta: Metro line to the airport to be built after completion of works at the other sections
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday stated that the construction works at the metro line to link Gara de Nord (The North Station) with the Henri Coanda International Airport will begin only after the completion of works at the Main Line 5 linking the Drumul Taberei neighborhood with the Universitate Square and at the Main Line 4, to be extended further to the Straulesti Lake. 'Starting ten projects and finishing none is the worst ...
Works on Drumul Taberei-Eroilor underground segment to continue without interruption, says PM Ponta
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Works at the underground segment Drumul Taberei - Eroilor (from west to Bucharest's downtown) will continue without any kind of interruption and without syncope, announced on Wednesday Prime Minister Victor Ponta, who attended the operation start of the first tunnel boring machine at the future underground station of the Military Academy.'We are jointly responsible, the Government, ministries, Metrorex and the builder, that the works ...
Cars: Romania has the highest growth of auto production in Europe
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The auto production on the local market increased by 45% in the first six months of this year, the most accelerated rhythm of growth in Europe and the third fastest in the world, according to the data of the OICA – the International Organisation of Auto Builders. In Romania almost 225,000 autos were produced over the first quarter out of which 181,300 to ...
Healthcare: Hospitals could reorganise as public corporations, business corporations or NGOs
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Minister of Health Eugen Nicolaescu said on Monday that in the future, a Romanian hospital will be able to operate as either a public corporation, a business corporation or a non-governmental organization, with all these reorganization options allowed by Romanian law. 'We are changing the hospital's status and turn it into a responsible entity. According to Romanian law, a public hospital can be a public corporation, a business ...
This year's healthcare budget, largest in CNAS history
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
President of the National Health Insurance House (CNAS) Cristian Busoi told a debate on Monday that the 2013 budget of the institution would top 5 billion euros, thus becoming the largest one in the history of the house.'In 2013 it will top 5 billion euros. It will be the largest budget in the CNAS history. Probably we shall have the highest expenses in healthcare, made of public money, since 1990,' said the CNAS representative. ...
Cars: Sales of new Ford Kuga reach half of company officials' estimates, six months since release
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The number of new registrations of the new Ford Kuga and hence local sales stood, from March to September 2013, at 206 units, almost half of the estimates made by the American carmaker at the moment of the launch of this SUV in Romania, according to data updated by the Directorate of Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration / DRPCIV /.On the other hand, Focus, Fiesta and new Kuga models lead in Romanians' preferences who have opted, ...
PASSENGER CAR registrations: -5.2% over eight months; -5.0% in August
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
After a 5.0% increase in July, new passenger car registrations declined by 5.0% in August. The month of July counted on average one more working day across the EU, while August totaled one less. Eight months into the year, demand for new cars amounted to 7,841,596 units, or 5.2% less than in the same period last year. In July, Italy was ...
Auto market grows in past two months, but does not recover H1 decrease
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The sales of new cars and commercial vehicles on the Romanian market stood at 49,325 units in the first eight months of 2013, down by 13.2% from the same period of 2012, according to statistics with the Car Makers and Importers' Association /APIA/.In terms of cars, the decrease stood at 11.4%, to 41,493 units. In the past two months, the auto market recorded increases, but ...
Romania - European auto market with highest growth pace in August
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The registrations of new cars in Romania increased by 25.5% in August 2013 from August 2012, which was the highest growth pace recorded among the European countries, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association /ACEA/ has announced.According to the ACEA, a number of 6,332 cars were registered in Romania last month, by 25.5% more than in August 2012. On the other hand, in the first eight months of this year, the auto market in ...
Agriculture: Romania is looking at its highest wheat production in the last eight years
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
In 2013 Romania is looking at its highest wheat production in the last eight years, say the authorities. However, this does not necessarily spell profit for local farmers, who are complaining of an unjustified drop in prices – one which traders say comes down to simple supply and demand. Traders currently buy wheat from Romanian producers for about EUR 130-140 per tonne, while in ...
Romanian Cheeses Nominated for the Ark of Taste Catalogue - It's Happening at Cheese 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Across the world, traditional and artisanal food products are disappearing at an alarming rate, taking with them with the knowledge, techniques, cultures and landscapes behind their production. This phenomenon constitutes an immense loss of our planet’s biodiversity and the memories, aromas and flavors that have been part of our cultures for millennia. To counteract this tragic development, Slow Food has launched the Save a Cheese! ...
Romania's trade deficit in agriproducts surges almost 11 pct in H1
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Romania's trade deficit in agricultural products increased by almost 11 percent in the first half of 2013, up to 450.5 million euros, compared with the 406.67 million recorded in the same period last year, according to data provided to Agerpres by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).The total value of agricultural products exports to countries inside and outside the European Union exceeded 1.84 billion euros in ...
As a first, Romania takes top spot in EU as for sunflower production
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Local agricultural producers were able to gather this fall 1.9 million tons of sunflower seeds, an increase of 60 percent compared to the previous season, the largest amount in all the economies of the European Union .Romania takes for the first time the position of European leader as for the production of sunflower seeds and the current crop is the largest in history.Due to the large amounts in the market, prices however ...
Telecom.IT: Romanian multiplay penetration reaches 47.5%
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Household multiplay penetration in Romania has reached 47.5 percent, with 34.8 percent of all homes using triple-play services this year, according to a study by Pyramid Research. While RCS&RDS, Romtelecom and UPC are the main players in multiplay services, the research expects competition to intensify, as telecommunications authority Ancom approved guidelines to introduce MVNOs in the market in June ...
Infrastructure: Environment, passenger rights, infrastructure, areas where Eastern Europe can lead innovation
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Environmental protection, passenger rights and infrastructure are all areas where Eastern European countries could lead innovation under partnerships concluded by national governments with the aviation industry, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Tony Tyler said Friday in Bucharest.Tyler told a conference in Bucharest on IATA Aviation Day Eastern Europe that aviation connectivity ...