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“The Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures” report
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Latest “The Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures” report reveals that the pharmaceutical industry is the most R&D intensive industrial sector ...
Study:Almost three-quarters of Romanians go to pharmacies at least once a month
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
According to the "Pharmaceutical services in Romania. Post-pandemic realities and challenges" study launched on Tuesday at the Parliament Palace, almost three-quarters of Romanians go to pharmacies at least once a month. The research also shows a high level of satisfaction with the services offered by pharmacies. When it comes to vaccination in pharmacies, about one-third of respondents said they were ...
HealthMin Mihaila: PNRR has 150 million euros to help hospitals prevent nosocomial infections
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Health Minister Ioana Mihaila said Thursday that Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) has allocated 150 million euros that come to the aid of hospitals to prevent nosocomial infections.Mihaila said that the Ministry of Health is considering measures to improve the under-reporting of infections related to the provision of healthcare."We are considering measures to improve this under-reporting [of nosocomial infections], some of which ...
Real Estate: HAVI Logistics opens the largest distribution center in Romania – Chitila Logistics Hub
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Global Supply Chain Leader, HAVI Logistics joins the Chitila Logistics Hub’s industrial community, a project developed by Globalworth and Global Vision near Bucharest. Here, HAVI will open its largest distribution center in Romania on a total area of 21,000 square meters which will include temperature-controlled spaces, storage and offices. “We experience growing demand in the industrial ...
Cars: Vehicle retail and market services rendered to population increase in first four months
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The volume of turnover in vehicle and motorcycle trade increased, unadjusted, by 33.5 pct, in the first four months over the similar period of last year, and the volume of turnover in market services rendered to the population rose, unadjusted, by 4.8 pct, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Institute for Statistics (INS).The official statistic reveals the fact that, in the January 1 - April 30, 2021 period, compared to the January 1 - ...
Tourism: TUI TravelCenter opens five new locations in Romania this year and ten new agencies in 2022
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The agency operating TUI franchise TUI TravelCenter in Romania, as part of Memento Group, announced its extension in five new localities this year, while in 2022 it will add ten new travel agencies in the most important cities in Romania. The decision was made as a result of the positive evolution of tourism of late, favored by relaxation of travel conditions in most tourist areas Romanians are interested in, like Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria or ...
100 million euros investments in Romanian tourism in next two years
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Pro Economica Alapitvany Foundation will invest about 44 million euros of grants in several tourist projects in Transylvania, according to a press release. “The area has great potential so investments will generate a substantial economic growth, will create new jobs and new opportunities for tourists. Eleven tourist development projects, 4 star hotels and additional tourist facilities have already ...
Foreign tourists spend over 2,600 lei per person in Romania in Q1, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Non-resident foreign tourists spent in Romania, on average, 2,675 lei per person in the first quarter of the year, according to a press release of the National Institute of Statistics.The total number of non-resident foreign tourists in tourist accommodation establishments was 64,100 people, their expenses amounting to 171.5 million lei.Business trips (including participation in congresses, conferences, courses, fairs and exhibitions) were the main ...
Telecom. IT: Over 92pct of Romanians in urban areas using at least one digital device in daily life
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Over 92% of Romanians in urban areas say they use a digital device daily for work or personal purposes, and 44.4% of those who do not use the Internet at work say that lack of digital knowledge has affected their professional life, according to a study conducted by the Tech Academy online learning platform.At the same time, over 50% of the respondents have at least one device provided by their employers to carry out their business activity every day. Most of them ...
IT&C and industry brought Romania’s GDP close to pre-crisis level in Q1
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Romania’s statistics office INS confirmed the Q1 GDP flash estimate, showing a marginal (0.2%) annual decline in real terms and robust 2.8% quarterly advance in ...
Healthcare: Hospital equipping in Romania gets 2.7 billion worth of European funds in 2020
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Romania's Ministry of European Investment and Projects (MIPE), via the Managing Authority for Operational Programme Large Infrastructure (POIM) 2014 - 2020, provided between May 15, 2020 - May 15, 2021, funds of 2.7 billion lei for hospitals and social centres in Romania, amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.According to a MIPE press statement released on Monday, during the dedicated calls during the mentioned period, MIPE signed with healthcare sector beneficiaries ...
Infrastructure: The works on the Baneasa Airport will be finished on 21st July
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The works on the International Airport Bucuresti Baneasa ‘ Aurel Vlaicu’ will be finished on 21st July and the boarding time of the passengers will be between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on the dimension of the aircraft, announced on Monday Valentin Iordache, the spokesperson of the National Company Airports Bucuresti (CNAB). The projected capacity is 400 passengers per hour, arrivals and departures. Per year, the airport can receive a ...
Maritime freight transport down by 3.1 pct overall in Q1, 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Maritime port freight recorded a decrease of 3.1% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the similar period of 2020, in the context in which there was an increase of 0.5% in the volume of goods unloaded and a decrease of 6.3% in those loaded, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS)."The decrease by 3.1% of the total volume is caused by the 21.4% decrease registered by national transport and the 14.4% decrease of transit transport; ...
Tourism : Hospitality industry 2020 numbers: 35 pct plunge in turnover, 19 pct fall in headcount
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The turnover of the hospitality industry plunged 35 percent in 2020 from 27.5 billion lei in 2019 to 17.9 billion lei as a result of the pandemic, shows a survey by the Termene.ro platform based on the financial statements reported by Romanian companies.The headcount in the hotel and restaurant industry dropped 19 percent in 2020 from 186,000 to 150,000 and the cumulative net losses in the industry surged by 220 percent in 2020 to 2.3 billion lei, compared to 710 million lei in ...
Hotel chain Continental brings four former Ibis units under own brand
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Continental Hotels, the largest Romanian hotel chain, has completed the rebranding operation of four hotels in the company's portfolio upon a EUR 6.85 mln investment project. The four have previously operated for 20 years under Accor's Ibis brand, but the contract was terminated by mutual agreement last ...
Real Estate: HAVI Logistics opening distribution centre în Chitila, near Bucharest
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
German-based supply chain managing company HAVI Logistics will open a distribution centre in its logistics hub in Chitila, near Bucharest, London-listed Globalworth Real Estate Investment said on last Thursday. The distribution centre, HAVI's largest in Romania, will spread on a total area of 21,000 sq m that will include temperature-controlled spaces, storage areas and offices, Globalworth said in a press release. "We ...
Romania is the third-biggest industrial/logistic destination in the region
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Romania is the third market in Central and Eastern Europe, after Poland and the Czech Republic, and it stands very good outlook for further development, according to Rodica Tarcavu, Partner Industrial Agency, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox attending a conference dedicated to the sector. She expressed expectations for a stock of 6 million square meters in the country, with a high concentration in the Bucharest area covering almost 50%. At the ...
Healthcare: HealthMin: In PNRR we centralized projects worth 8.1 billion euro in hospital infrastructure
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Health Minister Ioana Mihaila said, on Sunday, in Dumbraveni, that as part of the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PNRR) projects for hospital infrastructure worth 8.1 billion euro have been centralized and the priority will be with those projects that respond to the people's need for medical services and which "fit the budget"."I am not opposed to any hospital infrastructure project. It's very clear that the need for hospital infrastructure is ...
Real Estate: Investments in real estate market down by 50 pct in first quarter
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The volume of investments on the real estate market of Romania was around 74 million euro in the first quarter of this year, by approximately 50 pct less than in the similar period of last year, yet estimates for the entire year indicate an investment volume of over 700 million euro, according to Bucharest City Report Q1 2021, carried out by JLL.According to developers, the office sector continues to be the most liquid, representing approximately 50 pct of the ...
Trade: Survey: 60% of Romanians consider breakfast very important and 54% eat dairy products in the morning
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
60% of Romanians consider breakfast very important and 54% eat dairy products in the morning; 22% of those who eat breakfast choose at least a dairy product in the menu, adults prefer yogurt, children like cereals and milk, while milk and coffee is the most used beverage based on milk, according to a survey made by the research company Epiphany for FrieslandCampina Romania, released on June 1, the International Milk ...