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Minister Tabara: Romania will have to produce about 8 mln tons of wheat in 2020
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Romania will have to produce about eight million tons of wheat in 2020, according to the strategy drawn up by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) over 2014-2020, with half of the production accounting for export potential, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara told a press conference on agriculture topics.'Although this strategy is not completed yet, because we must include the figures and the parameters featuring the General Agriculture Census, released on June ...
Oilseed rape crop estimates exceeded by 13 pct
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The oilseed rape crop so far totals 730,284 tonnes, exceeding by 13 pct the initial estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) of 646,059 tonnes.Romania could grow rape on around 500,000 hectares a year, this being one of the most important technical crops used for human consumption, animal feed, as well as for obtaining biodiesel.According to the Minister of Agriculture, although this year the drought has somewhat affected the rapeseed output, ...
Romania loses 1 million hectares of ploughable land to constructions
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Romania’s ploughable land area diminished from 9.5 million hectares to 8.6 million hectares, according to the country’s Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara. 1,000 hectares of ploughable land was taken out of the agriculture circuit in each county between 2002 and 2008, to make room for various constructions and for the expansion of cities or villages.The number of agricultural exploitations went down from 4.4 million to 3.8 million, after agricultural land was consolidated and smaller plots ...
Romanian Authorities Take New Steps To Develop Medical Tourism
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Romanian Health Minister Attila Cseke said Thursday he will soon put forward a draft act to grant spa resort status to ten localities which have therapeutic springs.According to the health minister, Romania has the highest medical tourism potential in Europe and must take advantage of it by further developing resorts that provide therapeutic baths.He pointed out that a European directive on patients' right to cross-border healthcare will take effect in October 2013 and will be a great ...
Romania plans running for WTO General Council first vice-Chairman
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi reiterated on Tuesday, during the meeting with Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) Taleb Rifai, Romania's commitment, in its capacity as vice-Chairman of the organization's General Council, towards contributing to advancing the WTO global agenda and announced Romania's intention to run in 2011 for Council first-vice Chairman, informs a Foreign Ministry release. Teodor Baconschi and Taleb Rifai highlighted the excellent level ...
Study: Romanians are most hurried consumers of mobile technology
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Romanians are the most hurried consumers, checking their mobile device in the early morning hours, reveals the study called the 'Code of good manners when using mobile devices,' commissioned by Intel and conducted by Redshift Research in Romania and in other 15 countries in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) zone. Thus, almost 80 percent of Romanians check their mobile device every morning before going to work, 45 percent of them interacting with this technology first time ...
Opel sales in Romania increase over 5 percent in this year's first quarter
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Opel sales in Romania increased 5.18 percent in the first quarter of 2011 up to almost 10,000 units and the market share of the car maker reached 6.3 percent, shows a release of Opel Romania.With 625 cars registered in June, Opel strengthened its presence on the Romanian market and registered an approximate 6.3 market share last month, out of almost 10,000 registered cars.In the fist half of 2011, the Opel market share increased to 5.18 percent, exceeding the performance ...
Nissan's local sales hit 1,048 units in H1 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Car maker Nissan's local sales hit 1,048 units in H1 2011, up 77 pct from the same period of the year before, informs a company release. Nissan's market share (passenger plus commercial vehicles) increased from 1.1 pct in 2010 to 2.1 pct in 2011. A number of 780 passenger cars were sold by mid-year, taking the company's share on this segment from 0.9 pct to 1.8 pct. Nissan crossovers are further rising in the Romanians' preference and the SUV-inspired Qashqai family hatch sold 381 units, 41 ...
BCR's Anghel: Agriculture could increase its GDP share by 0.3pct in 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Romania's agriculture could increase its share in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.3 percent, as it represents between 7 and 8 percent of the GDP, similar to the agricultures of other EU countries, such as Poland and Hungary, senior economist of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) Lucian Anghel told a news conference on Monday.'The farm population is 45 percent made up of farmers aged at least 65 years. In France, for instance, 15 percent of the same population is the same age. In ...
Chronic underfunding, personnel shortage are main problems facing health care
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Chronic underfunding and personnel shortage are the main problems facing the health care system, said the participants in a panel on the health care system funding as part of Forum Invest on Wednesday.Dr. Marius Savu, managing director of the Hospitals and Medical Services Administration with the Bucharest City Hall said the capital municipality is managing 20 hospitals with 5,532 beds, and he stressed that such health care units should receive the largest part of the funds from ...
Car trade grew by 4.5%
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The business figure of the automobile and motorcycle trade and the services for the populace grew in May compared to the same period of 2011 by 4.5 and 3.6% according to Statistics Institute data. The business figure of automobile and motorcycle trade grew by 5.7% and that of market services for the populace went up by 3.6%.Increases of automobile trade were due to car sales which grew by 5.8% and that of spare parts for cars which went up by 4.1%.Drops were recorded for motorcycle ...
MDRT requests World Tourism Organization's support in preparing advertising documents
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Romanian Regional Development and Tourism Ministry (MDRT) requested the support of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in preparing the documents for the purchase of online advertising services for Romania, Regional Development and Tourism Minister Elena Udrea told a press conference on Monday.'We have requested the support of the World Tourism Organization in our projects and actions. An example in this respect is that of requesting the WTO specialists to share their ...
Feasibility study for Baneasa Airport gets 450,000 euros
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Bucharest National Airports Corporation (CNAB) will be earmarking 450,000 euros for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies to provide the economic and financial fundamentals for the development of an outlet of the Aurel Vlaicu Bucharest International Airport at Baneasa (AIBB-AV), the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure reports.The award criterion at the public procurement tender for the studies will be the best bid in economic terms. The estimated value of the contract is ...
Romania, Hungary signed motorway interconnection agreements
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Romania and Hungary signed on Tuesday the agreements on the connection of the Arad - Nadlac (RO) and Csanádpalota - Mako - Szeged (H) motorway sections, and of the Cluj Napoca - Santaul Mare (RO) and Nagykereki - Szolnok (H) sections, respectively, informs the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. According to a release of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, responsible Minister Anca Boagiu this Tuesday was on a working visit to Budapest. The agenda of her meeting ...
Eurostat: in 2009 the Romanians spent the most in the EU for food against expenditure for household goods
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Food, alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as catering services are 34,1% of the expenditure, according to Eurostat statistics made on the basis of data in 2009. Namely, 26.6% of the expenditure in the house go to food, 2.5% to non-alcoholic beverages, 2.2% to alcohol, 2.8% catering services. For comparison, the European average is 11.9% for food, 1.2% for non-alcohol, 1.5% for alcohol and 6.9% for catering. As regards the percentage for food out of the total ...
Romania posts third highest May decline in retail trade in EU
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The volume of retail trade in Romania plunged by 6 percent this May, compared with May 2010, with this decline placing Romania on the third position in the European Union, after Portugal and Spain, according to the preliminary data released on Tuesday by the Eurostat European Statistics Office.Romania recorded a surge in retail trade volume of 0.1 percent in May 2011 against April 2011. ...
APIA: 97.77 pct of area-based aid was paid out as of end-June
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Agency for Agriculture Payments and Interventions (APIA) paid out 97.77 percent of the 700.42 million euros worth of aids from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) earmarked for funding Romania's area-based aid schemes under the single payment scheme campaign.APIA reports in a press release that the 95-percent minimum threshold was exceeded by 2.77 percept, thus avoiding late payment penalties, as provided for under European Commission Regulation ...
Cereals prices will be high, says Agriculture Minister Tabara
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The cereals prices this year will be high, Romanian Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said at the weekend, pointing to some Western European countries, where cereals are used both as food and energy sources.'This year, the national, European and world markets for cereals will be big and cereals prices will never fall back to where they were 5-6 years ago. Why? Because their destination is either differentiated or diversified: food, fodder and energy sources. As much as 40 percent ...
State will buy small farming lands for concession
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The management of the State Domain Agency (ADS) is preparing a bill for the purchase of small farming lands which will be united and offered for concession to big investors, the president of ADS, Radu Cristescu declared in Craiova, quoted by Mediafax. According to the quoted source, the bill will be forwarded to the minister of agriculture, Valeriu Tabara. “What I want to do now, and I talked to minister Tabara, is to buy small lands from peasants, unite them for concession by farm ...
Romania could have wheat yield of over 6 million tons this year
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Romania could have a wheat yield of over 6 million tons this year, according to the secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture, Tanczos Barna.The latter declared on Tuesday, in Sfantu Gheorghe that according to ministry estimates, Romania could have this year a wheat yield of over 6 million tons, which means a “good” yield.According to the source, the yield could be affected in point of quality in case rains continued in the following period of time.“The weather could affect ...