Romanian world champion pugilist Lucian Bute will promote Romania's tourism brand, according to the Romanian Tourism Minister. The minister plans to organize one of Lucian Bute's matches next year in Bucharest, to attract more international attention for Romania.

Romanian painter Nicolae Tonitza's painting 'Golgota' is up for sale and will be auctioned on November 18 by Artmark within the 12+1 Impressionist Masterpieces from Private Collection auction, which will take place at the Ghika Palace (5 Doamna Ghica St.), from 20,00 hours.

Rolang School will launch the second edition of the manual “Limba romana pentru straini. Learn Romanian. Apprenez le Roumain” by Mona Moldoveanu Pologea on Saturday, November 20, at 13.00 hours, at the Gaudeamus International Fair, booth number 27.

The Redescopera Sinaia Association organizes a new week-end trip to Sinaia between November 19 and 21. Attendants will learn how to dance tango on Saturday, followed by a festive dinner. On Sunday, a two-hour walking tour of the Sinaia city will follow. Creative workshops will be organized for children.

Romanian company Televoice has launched Evobook, a Romanian e-reader which will sell for EUR 150 from December this year. The electronic reader, which runs on an e-ink technology, will include 120 books in Romanian and around 20 in English and French at first and will allow readers to keep up to 4,000 books on its 2GB internal memory.

The most valuable 100 Romanian companies have a total market value of EUR 56 billion, almost the same as in 2009, according to a recent ranking drawn up by Romanian daily Ziarul Financiar. In 2007, the market value of the best-traded companies stood at EUR 100 billion, but in 2010 the value halved, as indicated by data with the National Companies Registry Office.

*State debt jumps to EUR 5 billion in an year, while banks' debt down by EUR 1 billion – in Ziarul Financiar
*Alro makes the profit planned for the entire year in the third quarter – in Ziarul Financiar
*More expensive drugs ups profits for Antibiotice and Zentiva – in Ziarul Financiar
*Orange offers access to news websites for EUR 2 a month – in Ziarul Financiar

Canadian artist Caribou will perform a live show in Bucharest on November 25, at the Bragadiru

European Commission experts have started an evaluation mission on Romania's progresses in the justice area, part of the Mechanism of Cooperation and Verification (MCV) on Justice. According to Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu, Romania's progress in the judiciary system since the last country report shows the clear commitment by the Romanian Government to fulfill its obligations.

Romanian senators on Tuesday adopted a bill that bans human cloning and certain practices involving human embryos except for in vitro fertilization purposes. The bill, which bans human cloning and certain applications in biomedicine that go against human rights and human dignity, was adopted 99 to three votes and two abstentions.

A photo exhibition with images from Kenya will be on display at the Hobby Cafe in Bucharest (34 Negustorilor St.) until November 19. The exhibition features 35 photographs taken by Romania photographer Florin Ghioca, who has been invited by the National Geographic Channel on a trip to Kenya.

Logistics operator Gefco Romania posted a turnover of EUR 22 million in the first nine months of the year, having reached a portfolio of 150 clients on the Romanian market.