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Infrastructure : Craiova airport was inaugurated
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The airport in Craiova (southern Romania) was inaugurated on Friday after it was modernized and rehabilitated with funds from the Dolj County Council (CJ), which made it possible for the airport to be opened to international flights too both in the daytime and at night. Attending the above-mentioned event, Premier Victor Ponta said that the airport in Craiova could be regarded as a foundation stone for what will be the region of Oltenia as all the counties, people ...
2nd Bulgaria-Romania Bridge to Become Functional in May 2013
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The so-called Danube Bridge 2 connecting Bulgaria and Romania will become functional in May 2013, Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski announced Monday. If the weather allows it, construction works will be over by the end of December 2012, Moskovski clarified, as cited by local media. He reminded that the adjoining road and railway infrastructure has been already constructed in the two Balkan countries. Danube Bridge 2, linking Bulgaria's Vidin and ...
PM Ponta: Works on Pitesti-Craiova highway to start next year under concession arrangement
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Friday in Craiova (country south) that beginning February next year, procedures will kick off for the concession of the construction of either a highway or an express road between Pitesti (southern Romania) and Craiova, a two-year project estimated at 500 million euros.'A region like Oltenia needs infrastructure and I make this announcement myself, that this project too will unfold exclusively in cooperation with ...
Agriculture : APIA reports almost EUR 1.9 bln worth of payments in 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Disbursements to farmers by the Agricultural Payments and Intervention Agency (APIA) between January 2 - December 4, 2012 from both European funds and the state budget stand at about 1.894 billion euros, of which 1.56 billion euros are payments financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development (EAFRD).According to an APIA release to Agerpres this Wednesday, EAGF payments stand at 1.13 billion ...
Romanian farmers get subsidies per hectare from national budget: almost 222 million euros
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA) authorized payment of the subsidies per hectare given to farmers from the national budget, amounting to almost 222 million euros all in all, the quantum per hectare being 35 euros/hectare this year, according to the data supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) on Tuesday. Thus, through the agency of the MADR budget for 2012 and 2013, in keeping with the resolution on ...
Trade: Romanian traditional foods to get quality seal as of 2013
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Romanian traditional foods like the Sibiu dry sausage or the classic cured and boiled Prague ham, will be able to get the quality seal as of next year, if producers register with the food quality certification system, specifically the National Product Quality Register; this is a new project initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) in partnership with the Romanian food industry.'We talked with representatives of the Romanian food industry ...
Turnover of retail trade rises 3.8 percent in first 10 months
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The turnover of retail trade (except for the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) rose by 3.8 percent in the first 10 months of this year from the same period in 2011, announced on Tuesday the National Statistics Institute.Thus, the growth of 3.8 percent in unadjusted terms was owed to the advance recorded by retail trade in car fuels in specialized stores (+7.8 percent), sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+2.6 percent) and sales of non-food products ...
Telecom.IT : Distribution of audio-visual programmes generates revenues of over 176 mln euros in H1, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Revenues posted by the audio-visual service providers have surged slightly in the first half of 2012, amounting to more than 176 million euros (796 million lei), from 776 million lei in H1, 2011, show preliminary data revealed on Tuesday by Chairman of the National Authority for Communications Management and Regulation (ANCOM) Catalin Marinescu at the International Digital Forum. According to Catalin Marinescu, the surge of these revenues occurred amid the increase ...
Bitdefender Internet Security 2013 Antivirus package, first in AV-Test November rankings
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The latest Bitdefender Internet Security 2013 antivirus generation occupies the first position of the ranking drawn up by the AV-TEST German Institute, with a maximum score for protection and infected system reconstruction, the solution producer announced on Thursday.Bitdefender Internet Security 2013 took the first position in the independent testing carries out by AV-TEST, with 17 points out of 18 possible, the Romanian antivirus, thus, being ranked in front of all ...
Romanian IT&C industry needs Consultative Council
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The local information technology industry needs a Consultative Council, with such a proposal being meant to bring about transparency of the government policies and also predictability of the Romanian digital business climate, said Ion Vaciu, director of Comunic@tii mobile publication, at a specialised seminar on Wednesday.Vaciu stressed the proposal to set up a Consultative Council of the IT&C industry is an initiative aimed to make the government policies ...
Mobile telephony users down 3 pct by mid-year
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Romanian mobile telephony users numbered 22.7 million by this mid-year, down 3 percent from the prior year, while voice traffic was in excess of 30 billion minutes, said Eduard Lovin, Regulatory director at the National Communications Regulatory Authority at a specialised seminar on Wednesday. 'The Romanian telecoms market is one of the most competitive in Europe at this moment. The number of the active mobile telephony users dropped at mid-2012, but it is rather the ...
ANCOM, ready to hold any tender after approval of strategy for transition to digital TV
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The National Communications Regulatory Authority /ANCOM/ is ready to unfold any tender procedure immediately after the strategy for transition to digital television is okayed, ANCOM President Catalin Marinescu told Tuesday's International Digital Forum.'I hope that the strategy for transition to digital television will be approved the soonest possible, and we are prepared to conduct all actions deriving from that strategy, either it is about planning or it is about ...
Tourism : Tourist holiday programme, 'Weekend in Bucharest'
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers' Associations (FPTR) launches on December 7 the 'Weekend in Bucharest'programme, at rates between 139 and 259 lei (1 euro = 4.53 lei) for a two-night accommodation in a double room plus breakfast, at 2, 3 and 4 star hotels, FPTR informs on Wednesday.With the experience gained in over ten years of development of special programmes in Romania, namely 'Seaside for all' and 'A week in the mountains,' FPTR ...
Healthcare: Minister Arafat: 53 hospitals nationwide, the Health Ministry's modernization priority
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Health Minister Raed Arafat said on Sunday in Oradea (Bihor county, western Romania) that 53 hospitals nationwide will benefit in the near future by the concentrated attention of the Health Ministry to bring them in compliance with the modern standards from all points of view.Present in Oradea alongside former Health Minister Cseke Attila and State Secretary at the Health Ministry Florian Bodog, Dr. Arafat underscored the need to continue projects from a term to another. ...
Cars : Skoda anticipates selling some 2,000-2,500 Rapid models in Romania next year
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Skoda local importer Porsche Romania anticipates it would sell between 2,000 and 2,500 Skoda Rapid cars in Romania in 2013, Skoda brand manager Vlad Rusu told a news conference on Thursday.The Rapid model, that was launched in Romania a few days ago, has already recorded 70 orders in the pre-sale period, with 250 such vehicles being earmarked for the Romanian market in 2012, Rusu announced.The Rapid is a model meant to fill the gap left by Skoda Octavia Tour in the A ...
Romania's auto parts market could be fully deregulated in a few months
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Romania's auto parts market could be fully deregulated in a few months, following the Parliament's approval of a draft law under which even the visible parts, placed on the car's exterior (door, headlights, sideview mirror, etc.) can be made and sold without the approval of the car's maker, the Competition Council's President Bogdan Chiritoiu has told a Wednesday's specialist symposium.'Currently, any auto parts producer can make parts for the car's interior. In some ...
Agriculture : Romania wants reconversion programme in fruit growing taking model of wine growing one
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
During the talks in the European bodies Romania supported a reconversion programme in fruit growing to be carried out in the 2014-20 accounting period that should take the model of the one which was carried out in wine growing starting in 2007, said Minister of Agriculture Daniel Constantin at Maracineni, Arges County (southern Romania). 'During the Council of Ministers of the European Commission Romania requested that, starting on January 1, 2014, a reconversion-replanting ...
230 million euros available for investments in farms and produce storehouses
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The farmers who want to invest in cattle farms and fruit and vegetables storehouses have 230 million euros available from European farms between November 26, 2012 and January 18, 2013, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.The amounts allocated to measure 121 - modernisation of farms, go as high as 150 million euros and those for measure 123 - adding value to agricultural and forestry products, have 80 million euros available.'A major project I ...
Payments for rural development to suffer cuts of some 770 million euros
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Payments for rural development will suffer cuts by about 770 million euros, according to the new proposal for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), up to 7.2 to 7.3 billion euros, under the financial framework 2014 - 2020, announced, on Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin in a meeting with representatives of agricultural producers.The Minister stressed that the current negotiations show an overall reduction in both pillars (Pillar I direct payments and Pillar II rural ...
Catalina Luca (MAEur): Romania in favour of maintaining current 8.1 billion euros Rural Development budget
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Romania is in favour of maintaining the current Rural Development budget at 8.1 billion euros in the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020, because this area is a strategic priority, said Catalina Luca, negotiation advisor with the Ministry of European Affairs (MAEur) during a forum on Wednesday.'The Rural Development is still a strategic priority, that is why we believe a continuity should be provided between the current period and the future policy, which ...