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Infrastructure: Gebrüder Weiss reportedly plans major terminal south of Bucharest
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Gebrüder Weiss, the oldest transport and logistics company in Austria, is preparing the construction of the largest logistics terminal of its network in Romania, a step that would lead to a 50% increase in its local logistics platform and a tripling of the premises owned by the Romanian subsidiary, according ...
Air passenger transport doubles in first 9 months of 2022
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Air passenger transport increased, in the first nine months of this year, by 96.9%, compared to the similar period in 2021, from 7.992 million passengers to more than 15.738 million passengers, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The largest shares in terms of passenger transport were registered at Henri Coanda-Bucharest airports, with 4,735,500 passengers embarked and 4,616,400 passengers disembarked, Avram ...
Healthcare: Gov't approves National Strategy for Surveillence, Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS infection cases
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Government approved on last Tuesday the new 2022-2030 National Strategy for the surveillance, control and prevention of HIV/AIDS cases."The National Strategy for the surveillance, control and prevention of cases of HIV/AIDS infection in the period 2022-2030 was drafted by experts within the Health Ministry, non-governmental organizations, members of the National HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Coordination Committee, as well as international experts with ...
Real Estate: 2022 sets new records on Bucharest’s residential market
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
2022 will most likely lead to new records on Bucharest’s residential market in terms of home sales as well as, possibly, dwelling deliveries, shows a market report prepared by real estate consultant SVN Romania and based on official statistics and own research data. Thus, over 52,000 homes were sold in Bucharest and its surroundings in the first ten months of 2022, up 9.16% compared with the similar period from ...
CTP expands CTPark Bucharest South industrial park to 150,000 sqm
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
CTP N.V. Continental Europe’s largest owner, developer and manager of high quality industrial and logistics real estate by gross lettable area, is putting another pin on the map of Bucharest, this time in the South, in the Popesti – Leordeni area, by expanding the existing CTPark Bucharest South to 150,000 sqm. CTPark Bucharest South is strategically located between the Bucharest ring road and the ...
Cars: First Mercedes-Benz eActros electric trucks arrive in Romania
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Mercedes-Benz Trucks & Buses Romania recently brought the first three electric trucks to Romania, the eActros 300 and eActros 400 models, respectively. The trucks will be offered to key customers and tested in real traffic conditions within transport and distribution operations. The first trucks available in Romania have a ...
Romania has one of the most non-transparent car markets in Europe.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
* One in five used cars have the mileage modified, and more than half were damaged carVertical, a leader in providing reports on car history, launches in Romania the "Transparency Index of the car market", which analyzes the transactions with used cars in Europe and makes a ranking of the most transparent second-hand car markets. Romania ranks 20th out of the 23 ...
Agriculture : Govt. announces EUR 730 mln afforestation campaign of 56,000 hectares
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Romanian Government greenlighted the environment minister Barna Tánczos’s ambitious afforestation ...
Tourism: Colinele Transilvaniei becomes certified ecotourism destination
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Colinele Transilvaniei (the Transylvanian Hills) is one of the newest ecotourism destinations in Romania after having received the necessary certification from the Ministry of Tourism. The area stretches over 260,000 hectares of protected natural areas, covering part of the ...
New Radisson Blu Aurum Hotel in Brasov targets EUR 6.5 mln turnover in 2023
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Radisson Blu Aurum Hotel in the mountain city of Bra?ov, which opened in October this year, is counting on a turnover of EUR 6.5 million and an average occupancy rate of at least 65% in 2023. Its occupancy rate stood at 70% in the first month after opening, and most of the guests were Romanians (80%), but also tourists from the United States, Great Britain, the Middle East, or ...
Telecom. IT: Study: Third of Romanian smartphone users intend to switch to 5G in 2023
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Three out of ten smartphone users in Romania (31%) intend to subscribe to 5G services in the next year, according to data centralized in the Ericsson ConsumerLab report “5G: The Next Wave.” The ...
Real Estate: New home sales in Romania plummet 40% compared to 2021
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Home sales fell by roughly 40% compared to last year, largely because Romanians now find it harder to get loans. High prices in the real estate market, which show no signs of abating, are also to blame. The governmental program Noua Casa (New Home), which gives favorable, state-ensured loans to those who intend to buy their first home, has not been successful this year. Only 70% of its funds have been used up since the launch of the ...
Cars: Study: 37% of Gen Z respondents prefer to buy their vehicle online
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
37% of Gen Z would prefer to buy a car online; 66% of all age groups use online tools to research purchase; Dealership still important to most car buyers but demographic shift underway. The future of the automotive dealership is going to need a digital redesign as successive generations move ...
Infrastructure: Norwegian airline launches flights to Romania as Blue Air leaves route not served
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Low-cost airline Norwegian will operate, starting June 2023, regular commercial flights from and to Romania. The operator will launch the first route on June 23 between the capitals of Norway and Romania. The Scandinavian airline will operate two flights per week between Bucharest and Gardemoen Airport in Oslo, on Mondays and ...
Wizz Air to fly from Suceava to Tel Aviv starting January 2023
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air announced the launch of a new route from Suceava (Romania) to Tel Aviv (Israel), starting January 2023. It will be the airline's first route from Suceava to the Middle East, completing the 12 existing routes to European destinations. Wizz Air will fly from Suceava to Tel Aviv twice a week as of January 9, 2023, on Mondays and Fridays. Tickets can already be booked online on the ...
Healthcare: Study: Romanians are increasingly concerned about their dental health
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
88% of respondents declare that they are concerned about their dental health 8 out of 10 study participants mentioned that they have visited the dentist at least once in the last year Interest in dental aesthetic services is increasing. Almost 50% of Romanians turn to such services driven by the motivation to improve their self-confidence and emotional ...
Telecom. IT: Orange, RCS&RDS and Vodafone to pay 432.6 million euros to state budget for 5G frequencies obtained
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The total amount that the Romanian state will collect from the budget from the granting of licenses for 5G frequencies is 432.6 million euros, the chairman of the National Communications Administration and Regulation Authority (ANCOM), Vlad Stoica, announced in a press conference on Tuesday.According to the head of ANCOM, the winners of the auction are Orange Romania, RCS&RDS and Vodafone Romania, and the three companies purchased a spectrum of 420 MHz, ...
Real estate: Flexible office spaces on demand, a new service launched by Nooka Space in partnership with Nepi Rockcastle
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Nooka Space, the developer of the first smart proximity office network in the world, launches a smart flex office service within Nepi Rockcastle shopping malls across Romania. With office booths placed both indoors and outdoors, Nooka Space aims to enhance the customer experience, offering the possibility to book intimate flex workspaces, whenever privacy for a business meeting or for working remotely is ...
Study: Due to finances, Romanians prefer to rent, rather than buy properties
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Tenants rather than owners. The alarming increase in interest rates, the inflation, as well as the crisis in the energy sector have caused requests to purchase housing to decrease in recent months in Romania, according to a study conducted by the company ValorEasy. An analysis of the real estate market in Romania shows that in 13 of the 41 counties, plus Bucharest, there were decreases in the volume of sales in the first ...
Infrastructure: Constanta has climbed strongly in the top of the most important ports in the EU in 2021
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The port of Constanta last year had the strongest growth in the ranking of the main 20 European ports, rising from 16th to 11th place, as the amount of handled goods increased by 26%, according to the data published on Wednesday by Eurostat. Following a significant 45% fall in the ...