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Tourism : Mamaia resort still remains best sold domestic destination
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Mamaia resort still remains the best sold domestic destination, according to the results of a survey conducted by TravelTechNews among travel agencies of Romania.'The Romanian seaside this summer registered an 80.3 percent sale rate, while the mountain areas drew less public in the travel agencies, recording only 11 percent of the sales. Mamaia maintains on top of the ranking, being preferred by 52 percent of the ...
Min. Grapini, South-Korean officials discuss development of bilateral tourism
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Minister Delegate for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Business Environment and Tourism Maria Grapini and her South-Korean counterpart Yoo Jinryong, on Thursday, discussed tourism development opportunities between South Korea and Romania, and this during the visit the Romanian official has been paying to South Korea, on Aug 20-23.Minister Maria Grapini has been paying a working visit to South Korea, at ...
First eight ambassadors of Romanian tourism sign agreement dubbed Travel Romania
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The first eight tourism ambassadors of Romania on Monday, August 19, signed the agreement dubbed Travel Romania, wanting to get more involved in promoting the image of the country inside and outside its borders.Grigore Lese, Elisabeta Lipa, Ilie Nastase, Ivan Patzaichin, Stefan Popa Popas, Iolanda Balas Soter, Gabriela Szabo ...
Jan - July Danube Delta visitor numbers at least 10 pct higher from last year
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The number of Danube Delta tourists over Jan - July this year has increased by at least 10% from the same period of 2012, according to estimates relying on the number of tickets sold by the main river transport operator in the Danube Delta Reserve.According to the management of Navrom Delta SA, in the first seven months of this year, ...
Agriculture: New species of vine at Pietroasele
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
A new species of Romanian vine, Alb Aromat de Pietroasa, will start being processed this autumn at the vine-making and growing station at Pietroasele, Buzau County (eastern Romania).'This species is obtained from the Romanian Tamaioasa, it is practically an uncontrolled fertilization of the Romanian Tamaioasa species, it was ...
Quality stamp for Bologna sausage, Victoria salami and Prague ham
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Romanian traditional food products will receive this year 'the quality stamp,' namely an optional standard that the Agriculture Ministry together with the Romanian specialized industry plan to introduce in the coming period to restore the consumers' trust in the food products and mainly in those made in Romania.'I believe that in maximum two months this project ...
Romania to have EU's largest sturgeon breeding farm
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Romania will open the largest wild sturgeon breeding farm at Tamadau, the southeastern Calarasi county in this October, with the facility to start operating in 2014.The investments in the breeding farm began nearly ten years ago, and while it was originally able to breed 200,000 fry, its capacity will reach 500,000 fry ...
Healthcare: Q1 trade in basic pharmaceuticals and preparations runs EUR 424.2 ml deficit
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Romania's trade in basic pharmaceuticals and preparations saw a deficit of 424.2 million euros in Q1 2013, shows the industry's statistical bulletin released by the National Statistics Institute (INS).Thus, FOB exports of such products in the ...
Infrastructure: Dan Sova: North sector of Bucharest ring road, to be completed in 2015 spring
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The works on expanding the north sector of the current ring road of Bucharest will be completed in the spring of 2015, Minister Delegate for Infrastructure Projects and Foreign Investments Dan Sova told Realitatea TV television station on Thursday evening.'There are two sectors on the ring road, one of nine and one of eleven kilometres, that need to be expanded from two ...
Real Estate: Romania - the biggest drop in construction works in EU in June 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Romania posted the highest drop in construction works in the EU, of minus 2.4 percent, in June 2013, against May, in the context in which the seasonally adjusted production rose by 0.7 percent in the Euro zone and by 0.8 percent in the EU27 in June 2013 compared with the previous month, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, ...
Infrastructure: Eurocontrol Director General highlights Romania's major contribution to European, international ATM
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Romania has made a major contribution to the European and international Air Traffic Management (ATM) system, said the Director General of the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation - EUROCONTROL, Frank Brenner.In a meeting with Secretary of State with the Transport ...
Cars: Dacia increased share in Great Britain in 7 months
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Dacia slightly increased its market share in Great Britain to 0.63% in the first semester from the registration of 8,297 cars and ranked 19th out of 38 car makes, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in UK. There were 1,303 Dacia car registrations in Great Britain in July, with a market share of ...
Lancia, Lexus and Jaguar lead in the top of new registrations of rare cars in Romania
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Lancia, Lexus and Jaguar cars rank first in the top of rare cars recently registered in Romania in the first six months of the year, according to official data of DRPCIV, published on the Internet. Over January-June 2013, 16 Romanians chose to buy Lancia cars. Lexus came second with 15 new units registered in Romania, 8 of which in January. Jaguar cars came third with 14 units, followed closely by Bentley, Jeep and Subaru with 6 units ...
Telecom.IT: Mobile phone operators will have same prices for calls in and out of network
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Cosmote, Orange, RCS&RDS and Vodafone will launch offers by which their clients will be able to call other networks at the same price in order to eliminate the “worries” of the Competition Council about a possible abuse of dominating position practiced by operators in their own network. The engagements of the four mobile phone operators are in a document presented by the Competition ...
SAP Romania: Over 60 pct of Romanians use personal mobile devices for job tasks
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Most Romanians use their personal mobile devices at least once a day for job tasks and two thirds use third-party platforms to transfer files, show SAP Romania estimates published on Tuesday.According to the survey findings, 60% of the Romanians use their mobile devices for work at least ...
Tourism : Romanian Black Sea beaches to expand more than 33 hectares by 2015 on EU money
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The Romanian Black Sea beaches will have their area extended by 33.3 hectares by 2015, following the implementation of a 170.45 million euros project aimed at protecting and rehabilitating the southern part of the Romanian sea shore located near the port of Constanta and the resort of Eforie Nord, ...
Real Estate: Transactions of office space in Bucharest could reach highest level in past five years
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Total transactions with office space in the Capital is estimated to reach 240,000 to 260,000 square meters by the end of 2013, the highest level in five years, according to a report of CBRE company.Compared with 2012, the increase is 10 percent, according to the report on office space in ...
Trade: Household spent approximately 38.51 lei monthly for clothes in Q1 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
A household spent on average 38.51 lei for clothes monthly during Q1 2013 an inquiry about income and consumption of the population says, inquiry made by the National Institute of Statistics. In the urban environment , the members of a household spent monthly for clothes 45.69 lei and in the rural environment, 29.15 lei. According to the provisional data published on the site of the ministry ...
Agriculture: Potato imports on the rise by 2.4 times in first four months of 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Imports of potatoes, fresh or refrigerated, grew by 2.4 times in the first four months of the year, compared to the same period of 2012, totaling 84,841.7 tones , according to data supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) about foodstuff. The value of these imports made from EU and non EU countries were close to ...
Overall milk production dropped by 4.4% in 2012
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The overall cow milk production was 41.8 million hl in 2012, on the drop by 4.4% compared to the previous year, Statistics data show.According to the source quoted, the overall milk production was 41.823 million hl last year, 1.905 million hl less than in 2011(4.4%). Drops were recorded in South Muntenia area (by 11.2%), Western area (by ...