The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has decided to send an investigation commission to Romania following the pressure on Romanian journalists after the implementation of the Fiscal Code changes which made some employers substitute individual labor contracts for royalties, according to the Romanian Federation of Journalists (RFJ) Media Sind.

The Danube International Tournament (TID), in which hundreds of rowing boats from the riverside countries sail from its source down to where it flows into the Black Sea, on 2,516 km, will reach the Romanian stretch between August 29 and September 9.

Three quarters of Romanians think corruption has increased in Romania in the past five years, reveals a poll conducted by the Centre for Studying Opinions and Markets (CSOP) at the request of the Association for Implementing Democracy (AID). Only 6 percent of those interviewed think that corruption in Romania has decreased in the past few years, while 13 percent say that they do not feel any change of the corruption level in Romania.

About 55 percent of Romania's urban population aged over 15 use the computer at least once a month and 51 percent access the Internet monthly or more often, shows the 2010 Roper Reports survey released by GfK Romania

There are 10.8 million people who do not pay contributions for health in Romania, which is why the country needs to broaden the tax base for those who, so far, have not contributed, while they were involved in economic activities, Prime Minister Emil Boc has said.

US online retailer Amazon has leased 1,400 sqm of offices in the Palas compound in Iasi, developed by local businessman Iulian Dascalu. Amazon Development Center will open its headquarters in September within Palas, according to developer Iulius Group.

Movies opening in Bucharest during the period August 27-29: Despicable Me, Grown Ups

Learn Romanian. The tenth Romanian language lesson teaches you how to book a room at a hotel.

A new seaside resort will be built between existing Costinesti and Olimp. The all-inclusive resort called Terra will include 40 villas, two hotels and a SPA center, along with restaurants and stores, a mini-golf course, tennis courts and a heliport. The Constanta County Council has recently approved the zonal urban planning for this initiative, which came from the 23 August locality city hall.

Valentin Ionescu, 38, is a Economics Academy (ASE) graduate and holds an MBA from CNAM Paris and ASE Bucharest. He also holds a specialization in finance from the Georgetown University and a diploma in banking management from the CODECS University.

Vladescu tells foreigners Romania is out of recession – in Ziarul Financiar, Zara opens the first store in Pitesti in one century old building – in Ziarul Financiar, Over 12,000 Romanians have more than EUR 100,000 in deposits – in Ziarul Financiar, Valentin Ionescu is the new general manager of the Bucharest Stock Exchange – in Ziarul Financiar, Five-star Rex hotel's owners take EUR 500,000 from BCR for Spa center – in Ziarul Financiar, Hundreds of millions of euros in investment in a new seaside resort – in Gandul

Mircea Eliade was a famous Romanian historian of religions, fiction writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago. His theory of the eternal return has become one of the most influential contributions to religious studies.