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Agriculture: Number of Romanian certified organic farmers could reach 20,000 in 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The number of certified organic farmers in Romania could reach 20,000 in 2012, according to estimates by Chairman of the Bio Romania Association of Organic Farm Operators Marian Cioceanu.'This is the last month that farmers can register as organic farmers. The end of the month is the deadline for applicants to register as such with the Agricultural Department and the information so far indicates that there could be 20,000 such farmers this year,' Cioceanu said ...
Commissioner Ciolos: It is important the outcome for agriculture of the use of European funds
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos says it is important the outcome for Romania's agriculture of the use of European funds, which he says are not an aim in themselves, but an instrument to achieve some objectives.'There are no quantitative absorption issues in Romania in relation to the European funds, since the Agency for Agricultural Payments and Interventions (APIA) is working fine in the direct payments system, but there ...
Ponta Cabinet in governance programme supports irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation with European money
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Implementing a special programme of rehabilitation of the irrigation infrastructure with European funding represents one of the objectives of the Ponta Government, according to the governance programme submitted to Parliament on Thursday.At the same time, the Ponta Cabinet plans to ensure the access of farmers to water for irrigations by facilitating the energy supply at producer's costs.Among the objectives included in the governance programme in the ...
Healthcare: First stem cell bank in a public hospital
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The first HSCs (haematopoietic stem cells) bank at the Fundeni Clinic Institute meets all the standards of the National Transplant Agency and the European standards regulating the activity of processing and preserving live cells.'The stem cell bank is a special department totally devoted to processing and storing HSCs, providing an air quality in excess of 99 percent purity for the area where the preparation and validation of the medullary graft occurs,' institute ...
Real estate : Prices reach deadlock; single room apartments get cheaper
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The prices of houses in Bucharest have remained constant in the first four months of the year except for one and two-room apartments which recorded a 2-3% drop, according to data presented by anunturiparticulari.ro. Following the period of abrupt crisis, when prices of apartments dropped every 30 days, 2012 seems to be the year of stagnation and stability in the real estate market. The average ...
Statistics: 3,144 building permits were issued in March, up 57.3pct from February
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The number of permits issued for residential building in Romania increased by 57.3 percent in March 2012, on a monthly basis, having been issued 3,144 such permits, down 6.8 percent from March 2011, according to data with the National Statistics Institute (INS).In Q1, 2012, there were 6,875 ...
Bucharest, between malls and vacant lands
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
For Bucharest, 2012 announces to be the year of new beginnings on the shopping centre market, but in the first half of April there were little construction sites where works were being done.Business Construct Magazine took a stroll in Bucharest to see the activity level.The ...
Infrastructure: Statistically, 26,791 km modernized roads at 2011-end, 47.8 percent with overdue service life
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Public roads in Romania totaled at the end of last year 83,703 km, out of which 16,690 km (19.9 percent) were national roads, 35,374 km (42.3 percent) country roads and 31,639 km (37.8 percent) communal roads, informs the National Institute of Statistics, in a release remitted to ...
Telecom.IT : Over 1500 firms set up in IT and communications in first quarter
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
In the first months of the year the Romanians set up 1519 firms in the IT and communications fields, similar to 2011, according to data offered by the Trade Registrar. The number of companies launched in the first quarter of the last 4 years has been relatively stable, around 1500-1600 companies. Between January and March 2010 alone the Romanians launched more businesses in IT&C – 1706, which is surprising considering ...
Infrastructure: New TAROM flights starting in May, with Chisinau as destination
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
TAROM introduces new flights to Chisinau destination, from mid-May, following the liberalization of air space between the Republic of Moldova and Romania, the company informs in a press release. Thus, from May 14, 2012, TAROM will introduce new frequencies on Chisinau destination, with the following flight schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday RO 203 flight, departing from Bucharest at 14:45 hrs and arrival in the Capital of the Republic of ...
Tourism : Romanian hotelkeepers advised to introduce all inclusive holiday packages
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Romanian hotelkeepers must become flexible, they must learn to adapt to the market and introduce, where it is possible, all inclusive vacation packages, besides bed and breakfast, half board or full board holiday deals, according to a release sent by the Federation of Tourism and Services Employers (FPTS).According to a study conducted by the FPTS, radical decisions have to be made in order to compete with the Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish Riviera and to promote ...
First Courtyard Marriott hotel in Romania opens in Bucharest
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Gica Popescu Hotels company got the official permission to build, develop and operate the first Courtyard Marriott hotel in Romania, an investment amounting to about 20 million euros, reads a release sent last week.The partnership between the Gica Popescu hotels and Marriott International was signed on Friday. The hotel will be located in the centre of the city, will be included in the four-star category and will have 146 rooms. Guests will be able to ...
Romania, to host in September first international congress on balneal and medical tourism
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Regional Development and Tourism Ministry (MDRT) in September, in Romania, together with the World Tourism Organization (WTM), will organize the first international congress on balneal and medical tourism, reports an MDRT release, remitted on Wednesday.Romanian Regional Development and Tourism Minister Cristian Petrescu in Spain met WTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai with whom he discussed the organization agenda of the event, in which will participate the most ...
Telecom.IT : Thirteen communications providers from Romania interested in MVNO services
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Thirteen communications providers voiced intention to provide MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) services, Catalin Marinescu, chairman of the National Authority for Communications Management and Regulation (ANCOM), told a specialized debate on Tuesday.Marinescu added that at present, there are operators in Romania who collaborate with mobile virtual operators and offering this kind of services, but only abroad.'There are operators in Romania providing MVNO ...
Agriculture: Minister Fuia: Area cultivated with genetically modified corn drops in Romania
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The total surface area of land cultivated with genetically modified corn in Romania moves downwardly and most likely this year there will be 300 less hectares cultivated with GM corn, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Stelian Fuia said on Monday on occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarters of the National Research Development Institute for Food Bioresources - IBA Bucharest. On the other hand, Stelian Fuia said the legislation will be amended in ...
Trade : Romania exports 80pct of its organic honey production
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Romania exports 80 percent of its organic honey production, the main markets being Germany and the Nordic countries, the adviser in the Ministry of Agriculture, Daniela Rebega, told AGERPRES on the occasion of the National Honey Fair.'Unfortunately, 80 percent of honey produced in an organic system, about 3,650 tonnes in 2010, went to export in bulk, especially to Germany and the Nordic countries, markets with the highest consumption of honey', Daniela Rebega ...
Big retailers shift focus also to online market
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Carrefour international hypermarket chain works out last details to launch an online store, being the second largest retailer making this move, after that Metro Cash & Carry broke the ice in January and started to sell its products online, the Capital publication writes.The new realities of the digital era (the continuous increase of the degree of Internet usage, of online payments and of mobile applications usage) force the big retailers to rethink the tactic to ...
Agriculture : FAO Agriculture Ministers to meet in Romania in 2014
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The 29th meeting of European Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 38th Session of the European Commission on Agriculture will be held in Romania in 2014. The decision was made in Baku on Friday following the 28th FAO European Regional Conference. Turkey has also applied for hosting this conference in 2016. Structural changes are planned to be held in FAO within two years. No changes have been made there since its establishment in ...
Romania exports 80% of the honey production obtained in ecological system
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Romania exports 80% of the honey production obtained in ecological system, the main markets being Germany and Northern countries, Daniela Rebega , the councilor of the Ministry of Agriculture declared on Friday for Agerpres at the National Honey Fair. “ Unfortunately 3,500tones of 80% of the honey production obtained ecologically in 2010 was exported to Germany and Northern countries, where the largest honey ...
Registry of food industries, of benefit to consumers, but coming as a blow to producers
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Romanian consumers would benefit from the establishment of a food industry registry, as they would be sure of the quality of the food products such as declared by producers, considers the initiator of the project, the Ministry of the Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), although the producers have a different opinion, that this would come as a new blow to the food industry already suffering the effects of declining sales and high taxes. According to a bill ...