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About 39 million tonnes of loaded / unloaded goods in Romanian ports, in 2011
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
An amount of 38,918 million tonnes of goods were loaded / unloaded, in 2011, in the Romanian maritime ports, according to statistics of the Ministry of Transport. Loaded commodities totaled 20.743 million tons, and unloaded 18.175 million tons. In the mentioned period, 70,000 tons were goods transported nationally by sea, and 38.848 million tons internationally. The number of passengers who opted last year for maritime transport ...
Cars: Nearly 24,000 cars older than 10 years, scrapped under respective program this year
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Nearly 24,000 vehicles older than ten years have been scrapped so far under this year's 'Car scrappage' program, while another more than 2,500 new cars were purchased, according to information of the Environment Fund Administration / AFM /.AFM has allocated for this year 30,000 vouchers, each worth 3,800 lei, mostly being for individuals, namely 25,580, of which 25,382 vouchers were distributed. This year, the Environment Fund ...
Agriculture : EC could approve funding for investment program devoted to irrigation infrastructure
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The European Commission could approve the funding for an investment program devoted to the irrigation infrastructure and water source and this was also confirmed by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told Agerpres.'Commissioner Dacian Ciolos confirmed that my objectives for this irrigation program are feasible from the point of view of the European ...
Telecom.IT: Number of subscribers for cable TV up to 5.85 million
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The number of subscribers for cable TV reached 5.85 million people in 2011, 2 percent higher than in 2010, whereas 82.6 percent of the total households in Romania received AV services through the 460 providers of TV channels rebroadcast, reveals the statistics of the National Authority for Communications Administration and Regulation (ANCOM).The statistics report reveals that the AV rebroadcasters for final users in 2011 say that the total number of subscribers for ...
Healthcare :Health insurance system reorganization represents solution for its efficiency increase
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The disestablishment of the public health insurance system is not a solution, but its reorganization is, which could increase its efficiency, new Health Minister, lecturer Vasile Cepoi, Ph D, told Agerpres in an interview.The Minister said that the Health Ministry would perform an assessment in the case of the disestablished hospitals, in order to see in what degree the measure was justified, and the first solution he had in view was ...
Study: Romania, the EU state with lowest GDP expenses for health
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Romania is the EU state with the lowest expenses for health, reaching from 5.6% of GDP in 2009, compared to the EU average of 9.9%, to just 3.7% of GDP in 2011, financing being at two thirds of the necessary minimum, according to a study published by ExpertForum (EFOR) together with Local American Working Group (LAWG) on Thursday. The study shows that, for lack of additional resources, the Romanian health system cannot offer patients quality and access to better ...
Infrastructure : Number of railroad passengers dropping – 61 million passengers in 2011
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Railroad transport operators, including CFR passengers, transported only 61 million passengers in 2011, seriously dropping since 2004, when about 100 million passengers used the railway annually, according to the Ministry of Transports. In 2010 the company registered 64.27 million passengers compared to 70.33 million in 2009 and 78.25 million in 2008. The figures dropped seriously ...
Metrorex announces tender for Otopeni line
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Metrorex launched the intention for tender for the construction of underground line 6 connecting the existing network to Henri Coanda International Airport, to be commissioned in 2017-2018 at an estimate value of 1.05 billion euro. The line will be 14 km long with 12 stops. The contract for resistance structure is estimated at 60 months, Metrorex shows. Procedures will begin on 3 September. Metrorex concluded a 66.6 million euro contract in association with ...
Study: Road projects financed by EU will be main growth engine in constructions
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The civil construction sector will be the main growth engine of the building industry in Romania in the next 2 years, because of infrastructure works financed by EU, according to a study presented by PMR Polish research group. According to estimates, the business figure in the civil construction sector grew last year by 16% to 35 billion lei (8.3 billion euro) especially due to road infrastructure projects, a segment which could maintain its rising trend until ...
Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway - audit in lieu of inauguration
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
According to calendar, the Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway (heading northwards of the capital) should have been inaugurated on May 15, but the stage of the works did not allow the opening of the stretch to traffic; instead, the current leadership of the Transport Ministry set up an audit committee that is to probe into the project's unfolding, Horatiu Buzatu, advisor to Transport Minister Ovidiu Silaghi, told a press conference on Tuesday.'The conclusions ...
Qatar, Turkey to Pitch In for Building Romania-Bulgaria-Turkey Road
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The prime ministers of Bulgaria, Qatar, and Turkey have declared their readiness to set up a joint company for the construction of a major highway running from Romania to Turkey and Greece via Bulgaria (aka the Ruse-Svilengrad Road). Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov welcomed Friday in the Black Sea residence of the Bulgarian government, Euxinograd, ...
Romanian capital’s Otopeni airport shows one of EU’s highest rates of growth
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Although Bucharest’s main airport, Otopeni, is only the 58th busiest passenger airport in the European Union (EU), it saw the third largest increase in passengers – a 9.7 percent rise from 2009 to 2010, according to data from Eurostat. A total 4.9 million passengers traveled via the airport in 2010, of which 601,000 were Romanian nationals, 3.3 million being passengers from inside the European Union (EU) and almost 1 ...
Tourism : Bulgaria authorities expect over a million Romanian tourists this year
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
As many as 960,000 Romanians spent their holidays in Bulgaria in 2011 and Sofia anticipates over a million Romanian tourists will visit Bulgaria in 2012, Bulgarian deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Ivo Marinov told a conference presenting the Bulgarian destinations on Friday. 'The number of the tourists from Romania who spent holidays in Bulgaria hit 960,000 in 2011. For 2012, we expect a rise in their numbers to over a million persons', ...
Telecom : Revenues from provision of Internet services amount to 2 bln lei in 2011
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The revenues gained from the provision of Internet services amounted to 2 billion lei in 2011, up 4 percent compared to 2010 and this value accounts for nearly 13 percent of the all-in telecommunications market, Catalin Marinescu, chairman of the National Authority for Communications Management and Regulation (ANCOM) said on Thursday at the Communications Day event.'Romania recorded in 2011 increases in the number of fixed and mobile broadband Internet ...
Communications Minister Dan Nica: Romania does not sign ACTA
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Romania does not sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Minister of Communications Dan Nica said on Thursday.'In my capacity as minister of communications, I convey you that Romania does not sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement', said Dan Nica, to the applause of the participants attending the Communications Day.Also Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced yesterday that Romania cannot ratify a document as ACTA in its ...
Internet frauds incur damage in excess of 20 million euros in 2011
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Over 2,000 cases of cyber crime were detected in 2011 by the specialist directorate of Romania's General Police Inspectorate and more than 160 crime counts were sent to courts, head of the Office for Combating Cyber Crime with the General Police Inspectorate Virgil Spiridon told an anti-fraud forum organised by FinMedia on Wednesday.'Over 500 people were arrested in 2011 following the Police actions. The cyber criminals are well organised and they ...
Agriculture : Romania to benefit by increase in budget allocation in new CAP
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Romania is one of the few EU member states to benefit by an increase in the budget allocation in the new common agricultural policy (CAP), at least for direct payments, and for the next budget period 2014-20 it will be another three billion euros, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos told a conference on the common agricultural policy. 'Romania is one of the few member states to benefit by an increase in the budget ...
Financial aid applications submitted by Romanians for 9.27 million ha
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The aid requests submitted to the Agency of Payments and Intervention for Agriculture (APIA) for the agricultural year 2012/2013 amount to 1.21 million, for a surface of 9.27 million ha, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told a press conference on Wednesday.According to APIA data, the deadline for submitting the financial aid applications per surface for the current year, no penalties incurred, was May 15, 2012, and a one ...
Cars : Vehicle sales drop by 12%
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Vehicle sales dropped by 12% in the first four months compared to the same period of 2011, to 24,597 units, according to data of the Association of Automobile Producers and Importers (APIA) which also announced estimates for 2012 had been reviewed as being on the drop. As for cars, deliveries were reduced by 11.8% at 20,482 units. On the other hand, car sales grew by 14.4% to 6,650 units in April compared to ...
Dacia sales in Europe fall by 4.7pct in April
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Dacia car registrations in Europe amounted to 19,777 units in April, down 4.7 percent compared to the same period in 2011 (20,748 units), but the market share of the domestic carmaker rose to 1.9 percent last month, according to statistics from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). From January to April 2012, registrations of Dacia cars in Europe have reached 76,442 units, down 11.1 percent compared to the same period ...