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Infrastructure: Six Romanian airports affected by COVID-19 outbreak to get more than 21m lei in state aid
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
At a meeting on Friday, the government approved a memorandum under which six airports in Romania will qualify for a state aid scheme worth 21,374,000 lei.According to government spokesperson Dan Carbunaru, the memorandum provides for state aid to business operators managing airports that in 2019 reported a passenger traffic of more than 200,000 passengers, but less than 3 million, in order to overcome the financial difficulties they face amid the ongoing COVID-19 ...
Romania to buy 12 hydrogen trains
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The Ministry of Transport has approved the purchase of 12 hydrogen trains as part of a pilot project to test green trains. Among the routes served will be Bucharest – Otopeni Airport and Bucharest – Pitesti. The total estimated costs of the project are 973 million euros, without VAT. The pilot project, implemented by the Railway Reform Authority, aims to purchase 12 160-seater locomotives, as well as long-term ...
HiSky, the newest airline to enter the Romanian market
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
HiSky started the operation of flights from the company’s new hub, Otopeni Airport in Bucharest. Passengers from the capital city will be able to travel with HiSky to Timisoara and Cluj but also one of the sought-after tourist destinations, Israel – Tel Aviv. At the same time, during the summer, the company will operate several charter flights, to exotic destinations, in partnership with important Romanian ...
Blue Air, 180 pct increase in number of passengers transported, in April 2022 vs April 2021
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Air operator Blue Air transported 236,000 passengers in April this year, an 180% increase over the same period of last year, shows the data published, on Friday, by the company.According to the quoted source, a 22% increase in the number of passengers from and to Romania, compared to the pre-pandemic period of 2019.In the analyzed period, the company noted a high load degree for the industry, respectively 86% and served over 85 ...
Report: Romania has to modernize over a thousand kilometers of railway
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Romania has to modernize over a thousand kilometers of railway infrastructure, reads the data of the report "Let's take the train. The rebirth of train journeys in a European Romania", made by the 2Celsius Association, within the Europe on Rail project.According to the document, presented on Friday in an online specialized workshop, the railway represents the most efficient mode of transport at present and contributes only 1.5% of the CO2 emissions in the European ...
TAROM receives state aid worth 1.9 million euro
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu, announced on Thursday that he signed the order granting national air carrier TAROM a state aid worth 1.9 million euro, in order to cover the damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."I signed, today, the Minister's Order by which we grant to TAROM state aid worth 1.9 million euro! Through the sum granted from the budget of the Ministry of Transport, TAROM will be able to cover the damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Cars: 35.56% increase in new car registrations in Romania in the first four months
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
- In the first quarter of 2022, the new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport decreased by 10.0% compared to the first quarter of 2021. - In the same quarter of 2022, the new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport fell by 18.2% compared to the first quarter of 2021. - In the first quarter of 2022, the share of the new registrations of imported used passenger cars in the total ...
Agriculture: Romania has the capacity to become European leader in the soya production
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Romania has the capacity to become European leader in the soya production, if annually a surface of approximately 700,000 ha would be allocated, five times more than at present, according to the Association of Farmers from Romania (AFR).In 2021, the surface cultivated with soya was 140,000 ha, dropping by 29% against 2020 (169,000 ha) and the production obtained has surpassed 347,000 tons, with ...
Agriculture: Government allocates 450 million RON to support farmers affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, announced on last Thursday, at the start of the Executive session, that the Government will allocate 450 million RON for supporting farmers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic."It is a support that farmers have been waiting for and through which we hope to contribute to everything that involves the recovery of Romanian agriculture, recovering production in Romanian farms. We discussed this aspect with the Minister while visiting an ...
AgriMin Chesnoiu: Romania, comfortable regarding level of internal cereal stocks until new harvest
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Romania is in a comfortable position regarding the level of internal stocks until the new harvest, if we are referring to cereal, and the supply systems at the level of the European Union are working without major disturbances, said, on Thursday, after the Government sitting, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Adrian Chesnoiu."We are in a comfortable position regarding the level of internal stocks if we are referring to cereal. The supply systems ...
Infrastructure: Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport to receive financing of 136 million euros from European funds
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport in southeastern Constanta County will receive financing of 136 million euros from European funds, to boost the security and safety of passenger traffic, announced, on Tuesday, the Minister of Transports and Infrastructure, Sorin Grindeanu.He signed with the director of the airport, Bogdan Ionut Artagea, the financing contracts of three projects, namely "Access control video surveillance system", "Boosting the ...
Oradea airport expands under EUR 16.5 mln project
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The Airport of Oradea, in the western part of Romania, subordinated to the Bihor County Council, launched in the public procurement system (SEAP) the tender for the development and modernization of the airport infrastructure, an investment estimated to cost RON 81.5 mln (EUR 16.5 mln) excluding VAT.The project is financed from European funds through the Large Infrastructure Operational Program (POIM) ...
Romania, 931 kilometers of motorway at end of 2021, meaning 5.3% of national road length
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Romania had 931 kilometers of motorway at the end of last year, representing 5.3% of the length of national roads, according to a press release sent by the National Institute of Statistics (INS)."Of the length of national roads, 6,197 km (35.4%) were European roads, 931 km (5.3%) were motorways, and from the standpoint of number of lanes, 1,978 km (11.3%) were roads with 4 lanes, 297 km (1.7%) roads with 3 lanes and 36 km (0.2%) roads with 6 lanes. The length of ...
Navigation on Bega between Romania and Serbia can be resumed after reopening Sanmihaiu Roman lock
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The lock at Sanmihaiu Roman has officially become operational again on Friday, after it was repaired during a crossborder project with Serbia, so that, after more than half a century since navigation was suspended on Bega river between Romania and the neighboring country, the channel can now be navigated between the two countries.During the project, rehabilitation works of the river lock were performed, as well as for the sluice, which was built over 100 years ...
Telecom. IT: Ericsson has obtained the CSAT approval for 5G
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Swedish manufacturer of telecom equipment Ericsson has obtained the approval from Romania's Security Council (CSAT) to provide equipment and software to be used in the IT infrastructures of national interest, as well as in the 5G networks. The opinion was given to Ericsson Telecommunications Romania, Ericsson Antenna Technology Romania, Ericsson Estonia and Ericsson ...
Tourism: Camping.info: The campsites of Romania have among the lowest prices for accommodation in Europe
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The campsites of Romanian have among the lowest prices for accommodation in Europe, and the campsite Cheile Rasnoavei is the most popular, says camping.info, specialized site in information and booking for camping services where over 23,000 such places are presented, inclusive 93 from Romania. According to camping.info, besides the campsite Valea Rasnoavei, there are other popular campsites such as Campsite Route, ...
Real Estate: Inflation and Ukraine crisis driving real estate prices up by double digits in 2022
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The Romanian residential sector saw a 16 percent increase in the average price per square metre in 2021, and the trend appears to have continued since the beginning of 2022. Last year, price hikes were supported by the high demand for apartments and houses, but now they seem to be a consequence of the rising cost of construction materials. Prices for construction materials rose by about 50 percent last year, leading to a ...
Trade: Reveal Marketing Research : No meal without bread: Romanians are still big consumers of bakery products
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
More than half of Romanians that live in rural areas consume bread daily compared to only a quarter of those in urban areas; Around the Easter holidays, half of the Romanians declare that they will prepare the cozonac – a traditional romanian holiday desert – at home, and half will buy ...
Romania's food retail turnover seen topping 142 bln RON in 2021
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The domestic food retail turnover could exceed 142 billion RON in 2021 amid the advance of consumption, but also of heightened inflationary pressure, shows a KeysFin survey."Food retail turnover increased by almost 10 percent compared to 2019 and was 97 percent above the figure of 2011, hitting the almost 130 billion RON estimated for 2020. For 2021, KeysFin analysts estimate that the threshold of 142 billion RON will be exceeded against the background of the ...
Cars: Automobile market in Romania had highest increase in Q1
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Car registrations in Europe dropped in March for the ninth month on a row, but Romania is among few markets recording increases of registrations compared to March 2021, according to data published by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). According to the source, 1.127 million automobiles were registered in March 2022 in EU, Great Britain and EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and ...