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Court of Auditors report: Illegal logging worth over 5 billion euros, in 1990-2011 period
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Total volume of illegal logging in state and private-owned forests, from 1990 to 2011, covers an area of over 366,000 hectares, and more than 80 million cubic meters of timber, worth over five billion euros, were turned to account, according ...
Over 100 beekeepers to attend National Honey Show, on April 19-21
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Over 100 beekeepers from all over Romania will attend the 8th edition of the National Honey Fair, due at the Baneasa Apicola platform, of the Bucharest-based Institute for Beekeeping Research and Development, on April 19-21.'To attend the spring edition of ...
Three Romanian wines awarded gold at Challenge International du Vin in Bordeaux
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Three Romanian wines made by Romanian wine producer Domeniul Coroanei Segarcea won two gold medals and one silver in the Challenge International du Vin competition carried on in early April in the wine region of Bordeaux, according a release of the company on Friday.The three winning wines are the Sauvignon Blanc, the Chardonnay and a coupage made of Feteasca Alba, Chardonnay, ...
Dacian Ciolos on CAP reform impact on Romanian farmers
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will not affect on short-term the direct payments to Romania, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos said on Thursday, on the occasion of launching the tripartite dialogue - the EC, the EU Council and the European ...
Agriculture Minister: 35 fruit and vegetable collection centres to be set up this year to supply domestic market
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin announced on Thursday that 35 modern collection centres would be set up this year nationwide, that will supply fruit and vegetables to Romania's major outlets.''I've always said it that in order to promote Romanian products we should better organize the market, create those fruit & vegetable collection platforms. We started this operation ...
Daniel Constantin wants brand for specific farming products
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin expressed hope that within a month, Romania will have country brand for specific agri-food products.'I am confident it will be a reason for pride, as well commercially beneficial, to all the farming companies whose products go to foreign markets, we should have a country brand speaking about the genuineness of the Romanian products, and ...
Daniel Constantin: I am confident that, this year, there will be at least a doubling of irrigated areas, if necessary
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin is confident that, this year, 'there will be at least a doubling of the irrigated areas, in case that is needed.'Currently, we have requests to irrigate about 350,000 hectares, last year the operation covering only about 150,000 hectares', the Minister detailed for AGERPRES.Daniel Constantin believes that, this ...
Infrastructure: Mayor Oprescu announces rebuilding of over 200 main and secondary roads in Bucharest
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The multiannual street infrastructure programme includes, in the next four years, the rebuilding of a number of 214 main and secondary roads in all sectors of Bucharest, the City Mayor, Sorin Oprescu, said at the presentation of the report on Bucharest.'I believe that these works in different parts of the town, mainly involving principal and secondary roads under the care of the ...
Wizz Air introduces Bucharest-Tel Aviv route
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Low cost airline of Romania and Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air launches a new route, Bucharest-Tel Aviv, which will initially operate three times a week, starting with June 15, with rates starting from 163 lei, the company informs in a ...
Minister of Transports: Romania can be door to Europe for United Arab Emirates
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Romania can be a door to Europe for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said Romanian Minister of Transports Relu Fenechiu during a meeting he had with the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency Yacub Yousif Al-Hosani, at the ...
Romania and Bulgaria discuss building four new bridges over Danube
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A working group of Bulgarian experts will discuss options for building new bridges over Danube, besides those at Giurgiu-Ruse and Calafat-Vidin to be opened soon.On Wednesday, the Bulgarian city Ruse hosted the third meeting of the Bulgarian-Romanian inter-institutional committee for sustainable development of the inland waterways ...
MT is interested in collaborating with Japanese companies in conducting new projects for large infrastructure works
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Romanian Transports Ministry (MT) is interested in collaborating with Japanese companies in conducting some new projects for large infrastructure works, Transports Minister Relu Fenechiu showed on Thursday, in a meeting with Japan Ambassador in Bucharest Keiji Yamamoto.According to a MT release, the authorities of Bucharest will send a list with project proposals in the naval, ...
International system to monitor naval transport of hazardous goods
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Dunarea (Danube) Business Center of Galati (east), on Thursday April 11, played host for the conference presenting the See Mariner multination project on Sea and River Integrated System for Monitoring Transportation of Hazardous Commodities in South-eastern Europe, where attending were officials of both private and state-run companies, and the academic environment.Among See Mariner's ...
Goods traffic in Romanian Black Sea ports up 11.32 pct in this Q1 from last
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The traffic of goods in the Romanian Black Sea ports in the three months of this year totalled 11,239,978 tons, marking a 11.32 percent rise from the quantity recorded in the same period last year, the managing director of the Constanta-based National Sea Ports Administration Company, Lucian Balut announced on Monday. Maritime traffic amounted to 8,675,340 tons of goods at the end of March, while ...
Tarom to resume Bucharest-Nice and back flight on May 30
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Romania's Tarom national air carrier has reintroduced a non-stop Bucharest-Nice-Bucharest flight in its summer schedule that starts on May 30 and ends on September 29, the company reported in a press release issued on Friday.The flight will be operated abroad Boeing 737s, Thursday and Sunday.Tarom was established in 1984. On June 25, 2010, it became a member of the SkyTeam ...
Trade: GfK Study: Romanian durables market grows by 2pct in 2012 to 1.4bn euros
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Romanian durables market grew by 2 per cent in 2012 compared to the previous year and stood at 1.4 billion euros, Andreea Coca, research consultant at the market research company GfK Romania, told a Monday's conference on Internet apps.'Year 2012 was saved by Q4, when 10 per cent growth compared to the same period in 2011 was recorded. ...
Samsung, Sony and iphone - most popular tech brands for Romanian consumers
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Samsung, Sony and iphone are the most popular technological brands for Romanian consumers, reveals a study by the market research company Unlock Market Research, conducted in Bucharest on a sample of 100 people aged between 18 and 45 years.'The first place among the most popular tech brands for Romanian consumers is Samsung. It is a very ...
Real Estate: Tagor inaugurates residential complex Adora Urban Village, by investing 34.4 mln euros
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The residential complex Adora Urban Village (south-west of Bucharest), an investment of 34.4 million euros, is bringing to the market housing for the middle class, Ofer Lieberson, the owner of development company Tagor, announced on Wednesday at the inauguration of the first phase of the project.Adora Urban Village will include a total of 550 flats in 12 buildings with three and four ...
Tourism : 'Holidays in Countryside' Programme, launched by ANTREC
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The 21st edition of the 'Holidays in Countryside' Programme, launched and organized by the National Association of Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism - Romania (ANTREC), to be held April 14 - June 15, 2013, is expecting all categories of tourists.Thus, tourists will have the opportunity to discover village life, the traditions of the respective places, the hospitality specific to ...
Corabia Port to be included in travel tours
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Corabia Port (Olt County, south, at the Danube) will be upgraded and arranged through a project with European financing, so that, in two years time, to be part of a zone of tourist interest alongside the Sucidava Fortress, the head of the office in charge with European funded projects in the Olt County Council, Daniela Lungu, told AGERPRES on Wednesday.She stressed that Corabia Port ...