All of what is now Romania was made up of small states, each one with its own story. Walachia, Moldavia, Transylvania and Dobrogea are the historical regions of Romania that give the country its cultural and historical richness.

Romanian media: Morgan Stanley needs 10 years to exit Romcab - in Ziarul Financiar, Economic prospects worsen again: 3% decline in 2010 - in Ziarul Financiar, Dragne leaves Muşat law firm and takes several lawyers with him - in Ziarul Financiar, Year of tragedies: Romania struggles to keep afloat after six months of frost and floods - in Ziarul Financiar

Over 200 million euros worth of wind energy projects set to become operational - in Ziarul Financiar

Real estate developer Avrig 35's CEO and founder Alexander Hergan (in picture) has left the helm of the company, being replaced by Haydn Wright, the real estate developer has announced. Hergan is the founder of Avrig 35, being one of the four American investors who have set up the group in 1999.

Romania stayed within the budget deficit target agreed with the International Monetary Fund for the first quarter of the year, according to Bogdan Dragoi, state secretary within the Finance Ministry.

The country's budget dropped by 1.6 percent in the first five months of the year, to approximately EUR 14.7 billion.

The first nine foreign banks in Romania will meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Romanian Central Bank (BNR) and the European Commission on July 22nd in Brussels to evaluate the agreement they have signed last year in Vienna, according to Mediafax newswire.

Jacob Hoekstra is the new country manager of Kilpatrick Executive Search Romania. He will be managing both newly expanded Romanian offices, Timisoara and Bucharest.

Kilpatrick opened its first Romanian office in 2006 in Timisoara, while the company’s consultants were also developing several projects in Bucharest.

The unemployment rate in Romania reached 8.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS), up from 7.5 percent the previous quarter.

This is the unemployment rate based on the International Employment Office standards.

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Isărescu: Inflation to stop at 8%, hopefully exchange rate will

Calea Victoriei (Victoriei Avenue) is one of Bucharest’s oldest streets and arguably one of the most well known. Its picturesque display of architectural styles recall the beauty of “Little Paris”, as Bucharest was known a century ago.

Several oil companies and consortia have won oil concessions in Romania following a bid organized by the state. Two consortia and a company have won three oil resources concessions in the Black Sea, the National Mineral Resources Agency has announced.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will come to Bucharest on July 26 for the fifth revision of the stand-by agreement with Romania. The mission, which is expected to end on August 4, will evaluate Romania's economy and discuss the economic objectives with the Romanian authorities.

Foreign investors bought more stocks on the Romanian stock market compared to the stocks they sold in the first five months of the year. The acquisition volume has reached EUR 167.9 million, according to the National Securities Commission (CNVM), while their sales reached EUR 148 million.