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Romanian Healthcare Co-Payment System Likely To Be Introduced In First Half Of 2011
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Romanian Health Minister Cseke Attila said Monday, after talks with Jeffrey Franks, head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Bucharest, that Romania will probably introduce the co-payment system for healthcare services in the first half of 2011, following debates in Parliament.Cseke said that, once approved by the Government, the law regulating the co-payment system for healthcare services will be submitted to Parliament for debates. The minister added talks also ...
Epoque Hotel, Bucharest enters luxury market through 8M-euro investment
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Epoque Hotel the newest luxury hotel in Bucharest brings 45 apartments in the Free Independent Traveler (FIT) market, through an 8 million euro investment, D&M Perfect Real Estate manager and the project's developer Alex Oproiu said on Tuesday, Oct 27.'The Epoque Hotel's building started in 2007. The built surface covers 5,200 sq.m., 3,500 of it being habitable space. The hotel is due open on Nov 1, is aimed at the upmarket segment and brings a new structure and design concept and ...
EU experts group to monitor EIB and European projects of Transport Ministry, says Anca Boagiu
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission (EC) will finance the group of experts, set to fill in key positions the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MTI) approach of monitoring the EU funded projects, MTI informs. Transport Minister Anca Boagiu had a meeting on Friday with an EIB delegation headed by the bank's Vice-President Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen. Following discussions, some mechanisms have been established through which the EIB and the EC will assist ...
Romanian Sheep Breeders To Receive Subsidies Of About EUR10 Per Sheep
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Romanian Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Saturday that, according to a draft Government decision, sheep breeders will be granted subsidies of about EUR10 per sheep, and added the value of subsidies for cattle breeders will be set at a level close to that in 2009.Tabara said authorities will try to keep the EUR10 subsidy level unchanged in 2012 and 2013.The minister said he will soon meet with key mutton market representatives. He highlighted Romania's sheep exports account for about ...
Exports of drinks and tobacco total 263.7 million euro, in first 7 months
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Romania exported, in the first 7 months of 2010, drinks and tobacco of 263.7 million euro, according to the data centralized by the National Statistics Institute.In the said period, Romania imported drinks and tobacco of 144.4 million euro, having recorded a surplus of 119.3 million euro.In the January-July 2010 interval, Romania recorded a FOB-CIF trade deficit of 22.312 billion lei (5.363 million euro), by 186 million lei (129.4 million euro) bigger than that recorded in the same period of ...
Agriculture Minister Says Romania Will Export Wheat, Corn Of Almost EUR800M In 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Romania will export this year over two million tons of wheat and a similar quantity of corn, at prices per ton ranging from EUR180 to EUR240, Romanian Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara told MEDIAFAX.Data presented by the minister indicate Romania will export corn of over EUR360 million and wheat of over EUR420 million. "Romania will export cereals this year. I think over four million tons will be exported, namely, two million tons of wheat and over two million tons of corn. It is a good ...
Microsoft sells over 240,000 Windows 7 licences in Romania
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Microsoft, the world's biggest software producer, sold over 240,000 licences of the Windows 7 operating system in the year since its launch."One year since the launch of Windows 7 in Romania, it sold over 240,000 copies through OEM (licences installed on new computers), retail, and volume licensing sales channels. Considering the difficult context of the IT market in Romania, and the 21% adoption rate on the Romanian market, according to StatCounter data, the performance is rather ...
Romania Ranked Seventh Among States Prepared For Internet Applications Of Tomorrow
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Romania is ranked seventh among 14 states considered to be prepared for internet applications of tomorrow, such as HD internet protocol television and high quality video communications, which will be adopted on a widespread scale in the upcoming years.The first six states ready to implement internet applications for tomorrow are South Korea, Japan, Latvia, Sweden, Bulgaria and Finland. Lithuania is ranked eight and is followed by the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Germany, Portugal, ...
Romanian Subway Co Metrorex To Organize Auction For Feasibility Studies To Build New Mainline
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Romanian state-owned subway company Metrorex wants to organize an auction for prefeasibility and feasibility studies for works on a new subway mainline which will link southwestern Bucharest neighborhood Rahova to northeastern Colentina, the company said in a press release Wednesday.Works on the Rahova-Colentina mainline would last about eight years, said Metrorex. The company did not disclose either the value of the project or the date of the auction.The future subway line will be ...
Romania's air passenger traffic reaches 4.57 million in H1
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Romania's air passenger traffic recorded more than 4.57 million people in the first six months of this year, according to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Of the 4.57 million passengers, 715,000 used domestic flights and 3.85 million passengers used international flights. In 2009, the total number of passengers announced by airlines reached 9.09 million, while there were 3.54 million passengers recorded in 2008. The Romanian airports recorded 79,421 aircraft movements, compared ...
Constanta, Lattakia port authorities want to open Romania-Syria regular maritime line
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The authorities of the Black Sea port of Constanta (southeastern Romania) and Lattakia, Syria want to open a regular maritime line to link the two ports' goods distribution centres, director of the Constanta-based Sea Ports Administration Company, Ioan Balan announced .He said that a delegation of the Syrian transport ministry and of the Lattakia General Port Company executives visited Constanta at the end of last week to find out, with the Romanian port authorities, those goods ...
The European Commission approved a financing of over 124 million euro for Arad Timisoara highway, West Romania
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The European Commission approved a 1.24,399,671 euro financing for a highway in West Romania linking two important cities, Arad and Timisoara. The sum was allocated from the EU cohesion funds, Transports ministry informs. The highway is 44.5 km long, of which 12.25 km represents a belt passing by Arad and 32.25 km is the length of the highway to link the two cities. The builder of the highway is CC ConstruccionAstaldi that won the contract in 2008. The value of the contract is 482 million ...
All motorway projects to be certified by road-safety auditors
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
All motorway and national road rehabilitation projects will have to be audited beginning in 2011, from the phase of pre-feasibility studies, by auditors specialized in road safety, Secretary of State in the Transports and Infrastructure Ministry Eusebiu Pistru said on Thursday.'This Directorate for Road Safety will be subordinated to the Romanian Road Authority and it will begin its activity in December this year. The Directorate will work with specialized auditors, we already have ...
Agriculture Minister: Hypermarket construction in city is capital mistake
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Hypermarket construction in the city was a capital mistake because this way the other small competition was eliminated, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Valeriu Tabara said on Thursday.'Hypermarket construction was a capital mistake. They are not supposed to be built inside the city, as they suffocate and eliminate the other small competition. In the future, my struggle and my contacts with the EU member states, both in my capacity as an MP and as a Minister, will be ...
Romanian Tour Operators’ 9-Months Revenues Down Up To 25%
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Romanian tour operators sold 2.5 million holiday packages in the first nine months of the year, but revenues dropped by up to 25%, as tourists chose cheaper holidays, said National Association of Tour Operators (ANAT) president Corina Martin.Of the total 2.5 million holiday packages that have been sold, over 1.3 million packages targeted local destinations on the Romanian seaside and 800,000 packages targeted holidays abroad.The number of tourists choosing packages for both local ...
PM Boc: We have prioritised appropriations for infrastructure works
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
On a visit on Friday to the construction site of the Cluj ring road, Prime Minister Emil Boc said the Government has prioritised appropriations for infrastructure works, so that the projects at an advanced stage of development may be finalised.'The Government has prioritised the infrastructure works that can be finalised in the period immediately ahead and we reallocated financial resources, including for the Cluj ring road, so we may ensure it is carried through,' said ...
EU's transport ministers reach agreement on Eurovignette
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The European Union's Transport Council has reached political agreement on the Eurovignette, the Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MTI) reports.Romania's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Anca Boagiu attended on Friday a meeting of the Council of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Ministers (TTE) of the European Union.The ministers reached political agreement on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending ...
Romania New Car Market Falls 30% In First 9 Mos, 5th Biggest Decline In EU
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Romania's new car market registered the fifth biggest decline in the European Union in January-September, of 29.7% on the year, compared to an average decline of 4.3% in the EU, according to the European Association of Carmakers (ACEA).Romania registered 62,348 new cars in the first nine months of the year, compared to 88,641 in the same interval in 2009. In the European Union the total number of new car registrations stood at 10.25 million in the first nine months. The biggest ...
Romanian Health Ministry Working On New Legislation On Public Healthcare System
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Romania’s Health Ministry is working on a new pack of laws regulating the healthcare system in a move to ensure fair social healthcare contributions and a more efficient National Health Insurance House, minister Cseke Attila said Saturday."We're working on a legislative package at the ministry, I wouldn't call it reform, but we plan to regulate some aspects that aren't functioning correctly in the public healthcare system," the minister told a news conference in Oradea, western Romania. ...
Romania's expectations concerning CAP, topic for discussion between Commissioner Ciolos and Romanian MPs
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Romania's expectations concerning the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013 represents the main discussion topic with the Romanian members of Parliament, European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos said at the beginning of the meeting with the members of the relevant parliamentary commissions on last Wednesday.'We are in the preparing phase of the CAP reform and therefore I want to discuss with all the producer organizations and with the representatives of the ...