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Protocol to promote Romania as a tourist destination at home and abroad
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Minister Delegate for SMEs, Business Environment and Tourism, Maria Grapini, has recently signed a collaboration agreement for the development of actions and events under the mission of promoting Romanian tourism, following the Romanian Countryside Celebrations calendar.The Protocol was signed by the Minister Delegate for SMEs, Business Environment and Tourism, the National Authority for Tourism ...
Sorin Oprescu: Gabroveni Inn in Historical Centre to be finished at end of year
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Restoration, extension and functional reshaping work on the Gabroveni Inn in the Historical Centre of Bucharest will be finalized at the end of this year, said Bucharest General Mayor Sorin Oprescu. Being on Saturday on a visit to ...
Commissioner Hahn: Creating a Danube brand to be accompanied by the existence of attractive tourist areas
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Creating a unique brand for the Danube Region, a project that is part of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) coordinated by Romania and Bulgaria should be accompanied by investments so that the area may become more attractive in ...
Cars: 20,000 vouchers for 2013 Car Scrappage Programme to be available on May 15
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMSC) will issue, through the Environment Fund Administration (AMF) 20,000 vouchers for the '2013 Car Scrappage Programme', of which 17,000 for individuals and businesses and 3,000 for public institutions, which will be distributed from May 15, according to Environmental Minister Rovana Plumb, as saying at the RTV TV station.She also specified that the ...
Ford to produce new engine in Craiova, Ecoboost 1.5 litres
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Ford Motor Company on Friday announced that late in April it will begin production of a new engine at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania) - 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine, according to information provided by Ford Romania.'The production of the new four-cylinder 1.5-litre EcoBoost engine - the fifth member of the EcoBoost family - will begin at the world-renowned ...
Telecom .IT: Survey: Attempted online payment fraud down to 0.19 pct of overall transactions in 2012
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The PayU anti-fraud system protected the online shops from over 750,000 euros in losses in 2012, with the proportion of the attempted online payment fraud accounting for 0.19 percent of the overall transactions, down from 0.24 percent in 2011, show the figures of a recent survey conducted by PayU released on Thursday. At the same time, however, the total value associated with the ...
Portal developed by Siveco Romania to serve half a bln-strong EU user base
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A complex portal developed by Siveco Romania will provide access for 500,000 users from the EU to information on EU legislation (EUR-Lex), publications (Bookshop) and public tenders (TED), informs a release ...
Agriculture : The minister of agriculture wants a country brand for Romanian food
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The minister of agriculture started the procedures for the creation of a country brand for food to be promoted both in Romania and abroad, the minister of agriculture Daniel Constantin said on Tuesday. ‘We started at the level of the ministry the procedure to create a country brand for all Romanian produce. We want to achieve a partnership with agricultural ...
Romanian meat producers want to set up meat exchange
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Romanian meat and livestock producers and processors could be aided in the medium and long run by the authorities through measures such as the setting up of the meat exchange to contribute to market transparency, general manager of Doly-Com, Iulian Cazacut told a specialized press conference on Wednesday, April 3. 'A meat exchange would concentrate the raw material in the common interest ...
European Commission warns Romania against system of collecting animal carcasses
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Romania was warned by the European Commission to perfect an integrated system of collecting animal carcasses that should be as efficient as possible, interim president of the National Sanitary-Veterinary Authority for Food Safety ...
Romanian farmers receive over 1.15 billion euros, in first three months
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Romanian farmers in the first three months of this year received over 1.15 billion euros from European funds and from the national budget, the Agency of Payments and Intervention for Agriculture (APIA) announced.'APIA authorised and made payments to the accounts of beneficiaries in the period January-March 2013, worth approximately 5.2 billion lei (1.15 billion euros). A part of the ...
Romania to be left with only hundreds of traditional products instead of a current 4,200
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Romania will probably be left with some hundreds of traditional products registered with the Agriculture Ministry, out of a current total of 4,200, as they will be assessed again against the European legislation, State Secretary with Romania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) Achim Irimescu told Agerpres recently.'We made an analysis and found out ...
Healthcare: First telocytes transplant in Romania conducted at Victor Babes Institute
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The first telocytes transplant in Romania has been recently conducted at the Victor Babes Institute of Bucharest by a team led by Ph.D. Laurentiu Popescu. It was performed on a lab animal that had been induced a myocardial infarction. The first was unveiled at an on-going international congress in Bucharest that discusses organ regeneration.'This transplant is a relatively simple ...
Romanian medical research turns to the healing power of nature, generates efficient remedies
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Timisoara-based University of Agriculture Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of the Banat region (USAMVB) (west) has earned several patents at the Pro Invent International Research, Innovation and Inventions Show that took place in Cluj (center-west), with the team of researchers led by lecturer Delia Gabriela Dumbrava, PhD, from the Faculty of Food Technology, having succeeded to produce a ...
Transport min.: We get EC verbal agreement to funding underground M4 main line extension, funding M5 building
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Romanian Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu on Friday announced he got the European Commission's agreement for funding the extension of the Bucharest underground M4 main line on the Parc Bazilescu - Straulesti stretch and funding the building of the M5 main line linking the neighbourhoods of Drumul Taberei and Pantelimon.'The Commission's agreement is verbal for the moment, but it is ...
Max Boegl, Vega '93 and UTI, winners of call for modernization of Iasi International Airport
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Max Boegl Romania, SC Vega '93 Ltd and SC UTI Group SA have won, in association, the tender for design and execution of modernization and development works of Iasi International Airport, announced on Friday the president of Iasi County Council, Cristian Adomnitei.According to the quoted source, the association of these companies was the bidder with the highest score obtained, namely ...
Transport minister says will spend most money so far on railways upgrading
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Romanian Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu on Friday announced plans, during his term, to spend the highest amounts having so far been spent in Romania to upgrade the railways.'For me, it is important to fully absorb the European funds under the Transport Sectoral Operational Programme. During my term, spent will be the highest amounts that have so far been spent in Romania for ...
CFR has to collect 1.7 billion lei and total debts amounting to 1.6 billion lei
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The National Railway Company CFR SA has to collect 1.7 billion lei and total debts amounting to 1.6 billion lei, said managing director of the company Dimitris Sophocleous on Thursday (1 euro=4.4281 lei).He made it clear that the arrears to the state budget were almost 610 million lei and to the energy suppliers, 410 million lei.'Electric power is not used by us. We buy energy, ...
Wizz Air launches Bucharest-Dubai route in October, to be operated from new Dubai World Central airport
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Wizz Air will operate from October the Bucharest - Dubai route, in the beginning three times a week, following later, depending on the success it will have, to maybe operate it daily, Mike Powell, Chief Financial Officer at Wizz Air said on Wednesday.'We are starting to operate a new flight from Bucharest to Dubai in October 2013. We will take off from ...
Port of Rotterdam International seeks involvement in development of Constanta Port
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Port of Rotterdam does not plan to pose competition to the companies in the Black Sea Port of Constanta, but seeks the development of trade to the benefit of all parties involved, Director of Port of Rotterdam International Roger Clasquin said on Wednesday in an exclusive statement for Agerpres, adding that river traffic on the Danube will never be able to cope ...