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Statistics : Turnover of trade in motor vehicles, motorcycles, up 9.2% in March
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The turnover of the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles rose by 9.2% in March 2013 from the previous month, in unadjusted terms, whilst in terms adjusted for the number of ...
Infrastructure : Dan Sova: As soon as we terminate contract with Bechtel, we will ask PM's Control Body to investigate
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Minister delegate for Infrastructure Projects of National Interest and Foreign Investments, Dan Sova, on Monday, May 13, said that as soon as the contract with Bechtel is ...
142 km of motorway due for delivery this year
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A total stretch of 142 kilometers of motorway will be opened to traffic this year, with the first delivery due this May, on the Deva-Orastie segment (northwest of Bucharest, ...
Trade: Romanian consumer durables market goes up 4 pct, attaining 349M euros, in Q1
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Romanian durable goods market goes up 4 percent, attaining 349 million euros, in the first quarter of 2013, compared to the same time span of the last year, informs study ...
Trade: Game and toy market in Romania: Consumer preferences and sales evolution
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The sale of toys and games in Romania might grow this year by 10% to 693.3 million lei (160 million euro) compared to 2012, according to estimates made by research company Euromonitor, which also anticipates a consumer division between high-tech and traditional ...
Retail trade, up 0.1 pct in Q1
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The turnover of retail trade (except for the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) rose in Q1 2013 by 0.1% compared to the similar period of last year, according to the data released by the National Statistics Institute.Moreover, the data ...
Infrastructure: Romania: 84,185 km of roads of which only 500 km of highway
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
According to the National Statistic Institute, public roads in Romania totaled 84,185 km at the end of 2012, of which 16,887 km (20%) national roads, 35,380 km (42%) county roads and 31,918 km (37.9%) communal roads. 27,665 km (32.8%) are modernized (89.4% covered by heavy and middle asphalt), 22,208 km (26.4%) are covered by light coating and 34,312 km (40.8%) are ...
Wizz Air will operate Bucharest-Kiev direct flight as of this summer
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The low-cost air company Wizz Air will introduce this summer the first direct flight from Romania to Ukraine – Bucharest –Kiev Zhulyany. Wizz Air has 62 routes and operates a fleet of 40 Airbus A320 planes, 270 routes connecting 93 destinations in 32 ...
Around 40 mln tonnes of goods loaded and unloaded in Romanian ports last year
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The volume of goods loaded and unloaded in the Romanian ports in 2012 reached 39.52 million tonnes, up by 1.55 per cent compared to the previous year, when 38.92 million tonnes were recorded, according to statistics from the Ministry of ...
Over 57.562 M passengers travel by train in 2012
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The number of people traveling by train went down 5.64 percent, last year when 57.562 million passengers were registered compared to 61.001 in 2011, Transport Ministry data read.Most of them traveled across Romania.As many as 57.329 million ...
Romania could have regional centre for aviation security staff training
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The establishment in Romania of a regional centre devoted to the training of the staff in the area of aviation safety and security was agreed on Friday by Romanian Transports Minister Relu Fenechiu and representatives of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and of the European Commission (EC), the relevant ministry informs.According to a Transports Ministry ...
Transport Minister and Kingdom of Spain Ambassador discuss development opportunities of bilateral relations
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Spanish Development Minister Ana Pastor Julian in the period May 15-16, this year, will pay an official visit to Romania, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Bucharest Estanislao de Grandes Pascual announced on Thursday in a meeting with Romanian Transports Minister Relu Fenechiu.According to a relevant ministry release, during the discussions the two officials ...
Agriculture:Romanian ranks 3rd worldwide in terms of cherry crops productivity
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Romania ranks 3rd worldwide in terms of cherry crops productivity (11,942.5 kilograms per hectare), 8th in terms of production (81,842 tonnes) and 18th considered the total surface cultivated with cherry trees (6853 hectares), according to Agrointel.ro publication.The cherry crops ensure the prosperity of many families in regions where this crop is specific-traditional - ...
Agriculture minister: We have 1.1 million farmers and only 1% receive EC support
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Almost half of the financial support granted by the European Commission to Romania goes to 1% of the 1.1 million farmers, said the minister of agriculture and rural development, Daniel Constantin at a ...
Topoloveni jam promoted by European program in Switzerland, Norway and Russian Federation
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The European Commission approved a program for the promotion of Romanian farm produce in Switzerland, Norway and the Russian Federation for a value of 4.2 million euro, 981,613 of which is Romania’s part. The program is carried out by the producer of Topoloveni jam – Sonimpex Topoloveni, together with a consortium of Greek producers.The multi-country ...
Cars: New registrations of motor vehicles, up by 30% in Q1 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The new registrations of passenger motor vehicles saw a 30% rise in Q1 2013 from Q1 2012, and the new registrations of freight vehicles increased by 6.1%, announced on Friday the National Statistics Institute (INS).In Q1 2013 compared to the same quarter of 2012, the car category rose by 29.8% and the bus and minibus one went up by 29%. The moped and motorcycle category recorded a ...
Healthcare: Expansion of private clinics countrywide
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
After the big projects in private healthcare were placed on standby in Bucharest, investors shifted their attention to the rest of the country, where they opened in the last two years units worth tens of millions of euros, the Capital publication ...
Tourism : Romanians spend 4.3 million euros on tourist services for May 1 and Easter
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Romanians spent 19 million lei (4.3 million euros) on tourist services for May 1 and Easter, by 9 percent more than last year, reads daily Evenimentul zilei. In all Romanian ...
Lump-sum tax for tourism and restaurants applied as of July
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Maria Grapini, the delegate minister for small companies and tourism declared that the institution represented by her had completed impact studies for the application of lump-sum taxes which was sent to the finance minister. She showed there are differences between the potential to obtain profit according to the field of activity. ...
Herculane Spa ranks first in strategy developing balneal tourism
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Herculane Spa rank first in the strategic plan to develop balneal tourism, said Maria Grapini, the delegate minister for small companies and tourism, on a visit in the resort. Balneal tourism is the first priority in the government strategy for tourism, followed by cultural tourism and ...