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Romania's potato imports surge in 2011
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The potato imports, in fresh or frozen state, amounted to 78,496 tons, in the first 9 months of 2011, recording a 1.6-fold increase compared to the imports made in the same period of 2010 (49,045 tons), according to the figures on trade with food products the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development provided (MADR) Agerpres. The value of these imports from EU member states and countries outside this area exceeded 22.68 million euros in the first 9 months of last year, compared ...
For the New Year's Eve, fewer Romanians in the touristic resorts in the country and abroad
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The number of Romanians who chose to spend their New Year's Eve in the touristic resorts in the country and abroad dropped this year by 5% and 33% respectively due to the economic crisis, the Federation of the Employers in the Romanian Tourism (FPTR) said. According to a press release of FPTR this year 74,700 Romanians contracted a package for spending the New Year's Eve in the country, 5% fewer than last year and 25% than in 2009. "Although tarrifes diminished against last year, the ...
ESOP: 2011, year that brings players back to negotiating table on office market
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
2011 can be regarded as the year that brought players back to the negotiating table for the office market, according to a study made by the real estate consultancy company ESOP . According to the above-mentioned source, 72 percent of the last year's deals were deals for relocation in some new headquarters (from 60 percent in 2010), whereas the share of the deals for relocationrenewal of contracts went down in 2011 to 14 percent from 22 percent in 2010.'These developments ...
Retail trade turnover drops 2.3 percent
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The amount of the turnover derived from retail trade (except for cars and motorcycles sales) dropped in November compared to the previous month, both as gross series and series adjusted depending on the number of working days and seasonally-adjusted, by 2.3 and 1 percent, according to the provisional data released on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics.The turnover of the retail went up on a year-on-year basis both as gross series and seasonally-adjusted series and ...
Romania's food trade deficit reduced by 13pct
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Romania's food trade deficit in relation with extra and intra-Community countries dropped by 13.6 percent in the first nine months of 2011, to 600 million euros from 695 million euros in the same period of 2010, according to data remitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).Romania's exports rose by 27.5 percent in first nine months of 2011, totaling 2.595 billion euros, while imports registered a growth of 17 percent. Imports of food products amounted in ...
New PNDR measure, launched in 2012, aims to increase economic value of Romanian forests
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The measure 122 named the Increase of Forests' Economic Value, under the National Programme for Rural Development (PNDR), will be launched for the first time this year, with total non-repayable funds allotted to this measure till 2012 amounting to 135.86 million euros, according to the data published on the website of the Agency for Rural Development and Fisheries Payments (APDRP).Out of this amount, 20 percent account for the contribution of Romania's Government to the state ...
Deadline by which hospitals can fit into criteria for classification is extended by one year
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The deadline by which hospitals can fit into the criteria for classification, according to approved compliance plans, was extended by one year, until December 31, 2012. According to a press release sent on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health has approved and will publish in the Official Gazette the Order for completion and amending the Health Minister Order No. 3232011 on the approval of the methodology and mandatory minimal criteria for classifying hospitals depending on competence. ...
New motorcars registrations go down by aomost 40 percent in December 2011
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The registrations of new motorcars went down in December 2011 by almost 40 percent to 7,721, when compared to the same month of the previous year, whereas the total number of new vehicles registered in Romania diminished by about one third, say the data supplied by the Directorate of Driving Licences Regime and Vehicle Registration (DRPCIV), which were published on the above-mentioned company's site on Friday. Thus, according to the source mentioned before, the number of new ...
Romania's Targu Mures Airport Reports Record-High Traffic In 2011
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The "Transilvania" Airport in Targu Mures served more than 250,000 passengers in 2011, the highest number since it was opened, and expects to set a new record for traffic in 2012.According to a press release, the airport served 257,303 passengers last year, compared with 74,856 in 2010. The increase in traffic owes mainly to low-cost airline Wizz Air's new flights out of Targu Mures, to eight European destinations.By January 5, 2012, the airport had served 3,300 passengers, ...
Gfk: About half of Romanians aged over 18 consume beer during winter holidays
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
About half of Romanians aged over 18 years old, namely 47 percent, consume beer during winter holidays, reveals a study conducted by market research institute Gfk Romania for Romania's Brewers Company.According to a release of the company, the study looked also into the reasons for drinking non-alcoholic beer. Thus, 35.8 percent of the people consuming this beer choose it in order to be able to drive the car.The study was conducted nationwide on a sample of 1,048 people, ...
Gov't: Private investors to get 30 pct of National Housing Agency homes rent
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The private investors who will take part in building houses in a public-private partnership with the National Housing Agency (NHA) will get 30 percent of the rent paid by those who will live in those homes, says a Government urgent ordinance published in the Official Journal on Thursday.The decree, that modifies a law from 1999 on the Agency organisation and functioning, stipulates that the money received from renting the NHA homes is 50 percent distributed as revenue to the state ...
The healthcare system in Romania is gravely ill
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The healthcare system in Romania is gravely ill. The main cause is under-funding, which leads to a poor quality of services, hospitals being closed and the migration of healthcare staff abroad in search of better salaries and work conditions. The lack of strategy of Romanian authorities has also been blamed for the current state of the Romanian healthcare system. On Wednesday, a new healthcare draft was submitted to public debate. It can be found on the website of the Health Ministry until ...
TV shows, Facebook network and iPhone5 top Romania's 2011 Google searches
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Entertainment show 'Romanians got talent', the Facebook social network and the iPhone5 terminal cell phone were the top searches in Romania this year, as the fastest rising queries, reveals the Google Zeitgeist yearbook which appeared in Romania for the first time.The most popular searches this year reflect the growing interest for TV shows, social networks, technology and movies. In preparation of the report for the current year, Google has tagged the keywords most frequently ...
Telecoms regulator to put to tender all available radio frequencies used by Cosmote, Orange, Vodafone in 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The National Authority for Communications Management and Regulation (ANCOM) will put out to tender, in the early months of 2012, all the radio frequencies available in 900 megahertz and 1800 megahertz (MHz) bands currently used by telecoms operators Cosmote, Orange and Vodafone, ANCOM chairman Catalin Marinescu announced at a news conference on Wednesday.'We have chosen the tender as being the most equitable, correct and transparent solution, that at the same time will enable us to ...
Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Airport Opens Terminal For Business Flight Passengers
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa) airport, near capital Bucharest, on Tuesday opened a terminal for business flight passengers, following an investment of EUR2.5 million.The terminal has two boarding gates and a capacity of 30,000 passengers per year.Financing to build the terminal was ensured by the Bucharest National Airport Company (CNAB) from its own resources.Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Thursday low-cost flights will be moved from the Aurel Vlaicu airport to the Henri Coanda (Otopeni) ...
Government supplements MTI budget for 2011 by other 130 million lei
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Government decided to supplement the budget of the Transports and Infrastructure Ministry (MTI) for 2011 by other 130 million lei (over 30 million euros), for the payment of some arrears and some air navigation services, according to a resolution released in the Official Gazette.According to the Government resolution, from the allocation for MTI, over 109 million lei are due for the payment of some debts with the electricity suppliers.The other approximately 20.8 million lei ...
Pilot project for modernization of Borsec, Baile Herculane and Sulina resorts
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The government adopted on Wednesday the resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism (MDRT) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as well as the co-financing agreement on the implementation of the pilot project dubbed 'Integrated urban development for the rehabilitation and modernization of tourist destinations Borsec, Baile Herculane and Sulina,' signed in Bucharest on 11 October 2011, informs a MDRT ...
APDRP has made payments of over 1.56 billion euros, in 2011
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Rural Development Agency of Payments and Fishing (APDRP) has made in 2011 payments to the beneficiaries of the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) worth 1.56 billion euros, APDRP informs. Of this amount, 902 million euros represent payments to beneficiaries of investment measures carried out by APDRP and the remaining payments were made by the Agency of Payments and Intervention in Agriculture based on delegated measures. According to APDRP, since the ...
Romania attracts EU funds worth over bln.3.5 euros, in agriculture and rural development
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Romania absorbed over 3.5 billion euros, of the EU funds aimed to the agriculture and the rural development, which means an absorption level of 30.1 percent of the total funds planed to be allocated by 2013, Payment Agency for Rural Development and Fishing (APDRP) sources say.APDRP has signed financing agreements with over 46,177 beneficiaries of non-repayable EU funds, amounting to 4.15 billion euros, the process being in progress.The National Programme for Rural ...
Eurostat: Romania posts highest 2011 advance in real agricultural income per worker in EU
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Real agricultural income per worker went up 43.7 percent in Romania, the highest advance recorded among the EU states, whereas incomes in the EU surged by 6.7 percent, after soaring by 12.6 percent in 2010, according to 2011 provisional data unveiled on Tuesday by the Eurostat official statistical office of the EU.The highest increases were registered in Romania (43.7 percent), Hungary (41.8 percent), Ireland (30.1 percent), Slovakia (25.3 percent), Luxembourg (25.2 percent), the ...