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Romania, Turkey likely to resume ferry boat line operation in the Black Sea
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The resumption of the ferry boat line between Romania and Turkey viewing the development of the commercial exchanges in the area was a joint topic approached during the meetings Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu held with Turkey's Ambassador in Bucharest Omur Soledil, and with officials of Turkish Business people Association in Romania (TIAD), on ...
Cars: Romania sales of Renault's electric van Kangoo kick off
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Renault starts selling in Romania its electric van Kangoo and has a dedicated offer readied for companies, Renault Group Romania general manager Jérôme Olive announced on Thursday in Mioveni (north-west of Bucharest).'We are now about to start selling in Romania our Kangoo, a commercial vehicle version, because we are convinced companies could be interested in our offer ...
Dacia sales register highest growth in France, in March
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Dacia automobile sales in France grew 29 percent in March, to 6,752 units, and 24.5 percent in the first quarter, to 22,598 units. It is the highest percentage increase registered by a carmaker.In March 2013, on the French market a number of 165,244 vehicles were registered, 16.4 percent less compared with March 2012.The automobile market in France continued to decline in March, the ...
Real estate transactions exceed 100 million euro in first three months
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Real estate transactions concluded in the first quarter totaled 102 million euro, a little over the level registered in the same period of 2012, but Romania ranks behind other Central and East European markets. In the first quarter of 2012 real estate properties worth 99 million euro were negotiated and the amount for 2013 does not take into account the possible ...
Telecom.IT : More than 1 million numbers ported in Romania by April 1, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
More than one million phone numbers had been ported in Romania by early April, of which roughly 670,000 were mobile numbers, shows data released on Thursday by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM).Since October 21, 2008, when the service allowing users to keep their phone number when switching to another service provider was launched, the ...
Orange Romania clients can access 4G Internet on cell phones
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Orange Romania clients can use mobile internet at 4G speed on mobile phones, not just on tablets and modems.The 4G mobile Internet service is also available in northern Bucharest, on Prahova Valley, at Bran-Moeciu and Poiana Brasov. 4G speeds in Orange networks can reach 75 Mbps for download and 37.5 Mbps for ...
Trade: GfK Study : Romanians bought 850,000 TV sets last year
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
846,000 TV sets were sold in the local market last year, on the drop by 1.6% compared to 860,000 units sold in 2011, according to Ciprian Hatneanu, sub-regional manager for Eastern Europe for consumer choices division at GfK research company. 750,000 units were LCD,LED, plasma, 3D and Smart TVs, while the rest of 96,000 were CRT.“The market was boosted by ...
Infrastructure : Dan Sova: Many investors are interested in Transylvania area
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Minister Delegate for infrastructure projects of national interest and foreign investments, Dan Sova, told Agerpres that many investors are interested in the Transylvania area (central-western Romania).'There have been a lot of investment projects carried out in Transylvania and, more importantly, what I can tell you with certainty is that there are very ...
Construction of Underground Mainline V partially funded from sale of greenhouse gas emission allowances
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The government will be able to use the money collected from the sale of greenhouse gas emission allowances allocated to Romania within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the financing of urgent projects, such as Underground Mainline V, provides an ordinance adopted on Wednesday, March 27, at the Government's sitting.'The present Urgency Ordinance proposes the setting in place of a ...
Trade: Romania running positive balance of poultry meat trade, 2012 exports top 250 ml euros
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Romania's poultry meat exports in 2012 were in excess of 250 million euros, while imports stood at 200 million euros, so that the country ran for the first time a positive trade balance in this sector, Minister of Agriculture Daniel Constantin announced.'We support the poultry meat sector because it has developed extremely well in recent years. Whereas so far Romania's relevant trade was running a ...
Honey exports, up 16pct in 2012
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Romania exported in 2012 a quantity of 11,460 tonnes of honey, up by almost 16 per cent from 2011, when the relevant exports totaled slightly over 9,898 tonnes, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).The revenues from honey exports totaled 34.758 million euros in 2012, by over 17 per cent more than the 29.688 million euros recorded in the previous ...
Real Estate: Rising number of building authorizations for houses in first months of 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The number of building authorizations for houses grew in the first two months of the year by 2.5% compared to the same period of 2012, to 3,824, according to National Institute for Statistics .“Increases were registered in Bucharest-Ilfov (+130), West (+87), center (+48), South Oltenia (+17). Drops were ...
Romanian state, through FNGCIMM, funds First Home Programme by 3.180 bn euros
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The National SMEs Credit Guarantee Fund (FNGCIMM) recorded a funding value of 3.180 billion euros for the 'First Home' Programme from 2009 to March 25, 2013, with the number of files having reached 87,000, and with the default rate standing at 0.1 per cent, Irina Constantinescu, the coordinating manager of the Fund, told a Wednesday's press conference.The sum still available for this year stands at 572 million ...
Tourism: Orthodox Easter in Bucovina!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Best Western Bucovina welcomes you to celebrate Orthodox Easter 2013! At crossroads, Best Western Bucovina Hotel in Gura Humorului is the place where the long shadows of Humor and Voronet Monasteries intertwine. Best ...
A five-star hotel was opened in Bucharest with an investment of 10 mil.euro
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The five-star hotel Premir Palace Hotel&Spa, part of the Premier Palace group controlled by MarianDumitru was opened in Bucharest close to the Steaua stadium, after an investment of 10 million euro. The hotel, about which the company announced that it had 60 rooms, was inaugurated with 82 rooms. In 2011, the ...
The Russians come to Romania for mountain tourism, the Italians prefer the Capital and the Albanians prefer spa tourism
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
As compared to February, in February 2013 at the border there was a drop in the number of foreign visitors (-11.7%) and a drop in the departures abroad of Romanian visitors (-15.7%), announced on Monday the National Institute for Statistics. Moreover, in February the foreign tourists ...
Minister Grapini: We are conducting impact study on tourism brand
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Minister Delegate for SMEs and Tourism, Maria Grapini on Saturday, March 30, announced an impact study that will be conducted on Romania's tourism brand, with the current brand to be either amended or completed, depending on results of studies by specialists.Minister Grapini has launched the idea of a new brand also for public consultations, posting an invitation in this regard on her Facebook wall, where she ...
Tourism experts, to participate in drawing-up NRDP for 2014-2020
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The creation of the National Programme for Rural Development (NRDP) for 2014-2020 aims at an integrated development of regions, including the priorities in tourism, with experts in the field going to participate in the working groups for the document drawing-up, NRDP Management Authority Director Carmen Boteanu said at the International Forum for Responsible Tourism on Friday.'Representatives of ...
Agriculture : Agriculture Minister: Romania drew almost 4.8 billion euros from EU funds on rural development
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Romania until present drew almost 4.8 billion euros from the European funds on rural development, the access rate standing at 57 percent, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Daniel Constantin told a specialist press conference on last Thursday.'Until present, there are almost 4.8 billion euros already paid to beneficiaries, money reimbursed to Romania from European funds, after the verifications ...
AgriMin Constantin: Producers fraudulently labelling their products organic or bio to be drastically penalised
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Producers fraudulently labelling their products bio or eco will be drastically penalised, because the authorities want to offer surety to consumers and producers alike, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin said Thursday.'The measures the Government took yesterday will increase the penalties on those fraudulently using the term organic or biological or ...