Romanian state-run subway company Metrorex has awarded a EUR 215 million construction contract for the Raul Doamnei-Hasdeu sector of Bucharest’s new subway mainline to a consortium made up of Astaldi (Italy), FCC (Spain), Delta ACM and AB Construct (Romania)

A new Romanian movie production, the comedy “Hello, how are you?” is set to be released on March 4 in cinemas across the country, according to production representatives. U. S. publication Variety wrote that the movie was “a breath of fresh air”, in the context of rather bleak local films.

The Viennese Ball, organized by JW Marriott, has reached its sixth edition and will be held at the Parliament Palace on the last Saturday of February (February 25) starting 19,30 hours. Ticket prices are RON 900 and you can book them here.

This year's edition of the cultural event “JTI Meetings” will take place on September 4 and 5 and

Romanian Cartel Alfa union leader Bogdan Hossu said Friday changes in labor legislation allow a new

Romanian meteorologists said it will snow throughout Romania Friday night through Sunday at noon and

Insurance companies Generali and Ardaf will merge into Generali Romania, hoping to land a place in the top five of insurance companies in Romania. Both insurance companies have Generali as main shareholder.

Listen to and read the conversation below: Vânzătoarea: Bună ziua (Hello)
Ion: Aș dori un dicționar român-englez. Aveți? (I would like a Romanian-English dictionary. Do you have one?)

Around 76 percent of Romanians would prefer to stay away from banks, while less than half of bank clients trust the lenders, found a poll conducted by Romanian surveyor IRES. Thus, 76 percent of respondents said they would prefer to have little interaction with banks, while 90 percent said bank-client relations usually favor the banks.

Friday, February 18

19,00 hours Phoenix concert in Hard Rock Cafe (32 Kisellef Blvd.) Tickets: RON

Movies opening this week-end:

I Am Number Four (trailer below)

with Alex Pettyfer, Teresa

Franz Rattenstetter (in picture) returns to the helm of the five-star hotel Crown Plaza in Bucharest, after having headed the unit between 2001 and 2007. Rattenstetter is the new GM of the hotel in the portfolio of Ana Hotels, a company owned by Romanian businessman George Copos.