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Bucharest airports see increased traffic in 10 months
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Romanian capital's two airports - the International Henri Coanda - Otopeni and the International Aurel Vlaicu - Baneasa airports recorded a total traffic of 6,005,201 passengers and 90,873 commercial flights in the 10 months of this year, the Bucharest Airports National Company announced in a release on Friday.Passenger traffic at the Henri Coanda- Otopeni Airport (18 km north of Bucharest) went up by 10.3 percent Jan. to Oct. from the same period in 2009, to 4,195,303 ...
Premier Boc suggests subsidy cut for unfarmed land, or landowners to face penalties
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The government should make a decision according to which the owners of agricultural land left unfarmed should be penalized either by the cut of the state subsidies, or by fines or overcharges, Prime Minister Emil Boc declared on Thursday, November 25, at the Romania Actualitati public radio station.'There are wide surfaces of unfarmed land and it breaks my heart to see that per hectare subsidies are paid in Romania and when one goes to check on site, one sees just weeds growing ...
Bucharest, among cheapest European cities in terms of occupancy cost of industrial spaces
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Bucharest has among lowest occupancy costs of logistic spaces in Europe and it is estimated it will record the lowest rise in these costs until 2014, Capital weekly writes based on an analysis conducted by real estate consultancy company DTZ Echinox at European level.In the next three years, occupancy costs may record the biggest rise on the markets affected the most during the economic crisis, such as Barcelona and Madrid. However, occupancy costs on these markets, at the end of ...
Sugar consumption to stagnate because of decrease in purchasing power
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The sugar consumption in Romania will stagnate in 2010 at almost 550,000 tonnes against the background of the decrease in the population's purchasing power.'This consumption grows in the years that are extremely favourable for fruits and vegetables and behaves accordingly in the difficult years. As 2010 has been a difficult year and the purchasing power has gone down, we are not expecting more than 550,000 tonnes of sugar to be consumed,' Ziarul Financiar daily quotes executive manager of ...
Romanian iPhone application Trip Journal, voted best in the world
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Romanian Trip Journal iPhone application, developed by the iQuest company of Cluj-Napoca (center-north-western Romania) has been voted the best in the world by iPhone fans, being awarded the 'All Around Best App Ever' trophy, at a world conference of iPhone application developers, daily Financiarul reports.For their Trip Journal, the Romanians of iQuest won the gold medal offered by Google in 2009 in the 'Applications for Tourism' category, and two trophies in the Mobile App World ...
Number of passengers on Otopeni and Baneasa airports, up 10 pct in 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Bucharest Airports National company predicts a 5 percent rise in the number of passengers in 2011 compared to 2010, when their number is estimated at 7 million, announced on Wednesday Quality Manager of Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport Valentin Iordache present in the Airport Forum.'In 2010, the number of passengers is estimated at 7 million, of whom 5 million on Henri Coanda Airpot and 2 million on Baneasa Airport. The number of passengers is up by 10 percent in 2010 compared to ...
Romanian Airports To Set Fees After Consultations With Airlines – Draft
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Romanian airports with an annual traffic of over 500,000 passengers will set the level of airport fees after consultations with airlines and are required to announce any changes in prices at least four months ahead, according to a draft government decision drawn up by the Transport MinistryThe draft says the measure might lower air transport costs, as it will reduce the chance of ungrounded increases in airport fees and will strengthen the collaboration between airports and their users. ...
Turkish Low-Cost Carrier Pegasus Might Enter Romanian Market In Jan 2011
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus might enter the Romanian market in January 2011 with a return flight on the route Bucharest- Istanbul. Also, Qatar Airways might operate its first flight on the route Bucharest- Doha, with stopover in Budapest. "No contract has been signed yet, but talks are underway with Qatar Airways, which is to operate flights on the Romanian market starting January 17, and with Pegasus, which is to operate starting January too", Tudor Jidav, general manager of the ...
More than 1 million Romanians suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Over one million Romanians suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), shows data the Romanian Society of Pneumology made public on Wednesday to mark the World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. To get on common ground in understanding the aspects of this disease and in order to achieve an effective management thereof, the clinicians and patients should use the same language; an instrument facilitating this link is the CAT (COPD Assessment Test) questionnaire, ...
Romanian Govt Pledges To Reduce In-Hospital Treatment, Drug Markup
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Romania's Government plans to limit in-hospital treatment next year to 10% of its 2010 level and reduce the price markup paid for drugs used in treating cancer, diabetes, HIVAIDS, TBC to 1.5% for retail and 4% for wholesale purchases.The measures considered by the Government to reduce spending in the healthcare sector are included in the additional letter of intent agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund and obtained by MEDIAFAX. According to the document, the Government ...
Staff Shortage Hurts Romanian Healthcare System More Than Lack Of Funding
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The Romanian healthcare system is confronted with a major crisis in terms of human resources, said Monday Lucian Duta, head of the national Health Insurance House (CNAS), adding this problem is bigger than insufficient funding."There is a major crisis in the healthcare system but not necessarily in terms of funding. We're faced with an acute shortage of human resources that will be hard to overcome. Funding is bigger or lower from one year to the next but training medical staff takes dozens ...
Drugstores In Romania To Be Set Up And Operate As Commercial Companies As Of 2011
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Drugstores in Romania will be set up and operate as commercial companies starting 2011, with a pharmacist as sole associate or part of associations of pharmacists who own at least 51% of shares, according to the new law on the organization and functioning of drugstores.Health Minister Cseke Attila said this is the only way to put drugstores back into the hands of pharmacists, a move which, he added, will get pharmacists to be more focused on providing top-quality services in their ...
Romanian Child Mortality Triggered By Poverty, Lack Of Information, Health Sector Problems
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The death rate among children under five is double in Romania compared to the European Union average and poverty, lack of information and doctors’ migration are among the most obvious factors to be blamed for the large number of child deaths. Save the Children Romania launched a program aimed to reduce death rate among children. Data presented during the event showed the child mortality rate in Romania hits 10.1 per one thousand live births, while the average child death rate in the EU is ...
Senate: Cloning and biometric applications violating human rights are forbidden
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The Romanian Senate, on last Tuesday, passed the draft law banning cloning and biometric applications that violate the human rights and dignity, with 99 votes in favour, three against and two abstentions.Thus, the draft law, proposes that cloning, implanting a human embryo in the body of a female animal, growing and developing a human embryo created in a different manner than in vitro fertilization of a human ovule by human male gametes, for longer than 14 days, as well as breeding and ...
Builders feel there's little chance of a rebound of their sector next year
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Construction companies operating on a market worth 12.6 billion euros a year, are still pessimistic about 2011, estimating the market will stagnate or even witness a 5 to 10% decline next year, says Mihail Rohan, chairman of the employer association of cement producers, quoting an ARACO survey.Mihai Rohan, who is general manager of Carpatcement and chairman of CIROM employer association, attended the Romania Construct Forum seminar organised by Mediafax.Estimates point to a total ...
Record number of cheap stores this year
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Clothing and footwear discount chains which tapped into the Romanian market in the last four years have opened over 30 stores this year in an attempt to make their way into areas yet untapped by competitors.Pursuing the same strategy as food retailers, which left hypermarkets far behind, by opening one store every five days as early as in 2009, the Germans at Deichmann and at Takko, which together have 75 stores, doubled their chain last year.Moreover, French-held Kiabi, which entered the ...
Mobile Mic.ro store concept to be implemented in 2,000 locations
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Mic.ro chain of grocery stores, owned by Mercadia Group, controlled by businessman Dinu Patriciu, expanded its existing network of 150 stores currently with new mobile units the same type and brand. According to Patriciu, to develop this concept 2,000 fully equipped vehicles were purchased, and the entire investment would be amortized within one year. 'Two thousand vehicles will be placed at every street corner under the mic.ro brand. Unfortunately, the cities suffer of a ...
Strabag - Straco consortium to build Deva-Orastie motorway
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Strabag - Straco consortium will build Deva-Orastie motorway (west) for 220 million euro, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure informs.The contract with the Strabag AG - SC Strabag SRL - SC Straco Grup SRL for building the Deva-Orastie bypass at motorway standard was signed on November 9 by the National Motorways and Roads Company of Romania (CNADNR). The value of the contract stands at 220.62 million euro (VAT included), out of which the European Commission's ...
Japan loan agreement for underground line extension to Otopeni Airport gets Senate nod
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Senate approved on Wednesday by a vote of vote of 90 to 3 and one abstention the bill for the ratification of the Loan Agreement with Japan; the money will finance the extension of the underground line to the Henri Coanda International Airport - in Otopeni, on the outskirts of Bucharest. Under this March 10 agreement between Romania and Japan International Cooperation Agency, Romania is to receive a loan of around 370 million euros to expand the underground network to the Henri ...
PM Boc: '10,000 km of county roads' project to be launched this autumn
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The project entitled '10,000 km of county roads' is going to be launched this autumn, having benefited of finances worth more than one billion euros, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced on Saturday, November 13, on the occasion of his visit to check modernization works at the National Road 17, linking Cluj Napoca (central-west) to Bistrita-Nasaud (northern Romania) and Suceava (north-east).'This is going to be a multi-annual project to be launched this autumn, with multi-annual ...