Four people died and 57 were injured Thursday morning in Tulcea town, southeastern Romania, after a bus transporting tens of passengers plunged off a dam linking Tulcea to its industrial site. The town's protection dam is used for traffic as the road to the industrial area is currently under repair.

Movies on screens in Bucharest cinemas during the period October 1-7

A series of 12 British documentaries will be screened weekly on Mondays between October 4 and December 20 at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest, the British Council has announced. The screenings are part of the British Documentary project started by the British Council in Bucharest.

Works on the first Lidl discounter store in Romania will start in October in Galati, with an estimated investment of EUR 5 million, according to the city's deputy mayor Nicuşor Ciumacenco. Lidl&Scwartz.co&KG will build the store near the former military unit in Ţiglina I area of Galati.

CEZ will finalize next year the second stage of the wind park in Dobrogea, Cogealac. “Next year, the park will have 600 MW. We currently have an installed capacity of 300 MW. We have started works on the second stage of the project, in Cogealac, and we'll finalize works in a year,” said Adrian Vorotea, head of corporate affairs of CEZ Romania.

Power and gas company E.ON invested around EUR 300 million in Romania between 2005 and 2009 in revamping natural gas and electricity distribution networks in the country, the company has announced.

Employers will be able to petition city hall for a number of special books and stamps, allowing them to hire a certain number of daily laborers for unskilled work, said Labor Minister Ioan Botis. He also said the Labor Ministry will distribute these books to local authorities and local Labor Inspection offices will check whether employers observe the new legislation.

*Sale of state companies on the stock market could replace deal with IMF – in Ziarul Financiar
*The message of a USD 76 billion executive (P&G): We would choose Romania again for the shampoo factory – in Ziarul Financiar
*E.ON: Crisis creates competition among countries and Romania is not top of the list – in Ziarul Financiar
*Govt. decides to eliminate minimum tax from October 1 – in Ziarul Financiar
*Central Bank prefers to fight inflation rather than cutting cost of loans – in Gandul

City Insurance plans to invest EUR 0.5 million in opening 40 insurance agencies across Romania by the end of 2010 and hopes to sell up to 30,000 home insurance policies, according to the company.

Consumer goods producer Procter & Gamble, which has recently opened its factory in Urlati, Romania, intends to invest in renewable energy that it could trade on the stock market, company representatives have said. “We intend to look at European funds for renewable energy, together with the Ministry of Environment. We could trade renewable energy on the stock market, as the transactions with green certificates are pending regulations,” said Ramona Brad, associate director for external relations with P&G.

Austrian wood production company Egger will invest EUR 150 million in a production line for oriented strand boards (OSB) in its Radauti factory, the company has announced. The company still needs to receive construction authorization for works on the new production line.

UPDATE: The concert in Bucharest was canceled. Project Events will announce a possible new date for the event.
Famous 80's singers Sabrina and Samantha Fox will arrive this autumn in the Romanian capital city. The 80’s music lovers will have the opportunity to see them performing a live show at Sala Palatului on November, 26, according to Project Events, organizers of the concert.