*Gold sparkles for Romanians, with 40 percent yields a year – in Ziarul Financiar
*150 MPs stay in Centre Ville apartments, where prices start at EUR 2,200 a month – in Ziarul Financiar
*Low-cost flights to move from Baneasa – in Ziarul Financiar
*Carrefour enters Botosani, a city avoided by large retailers – in Ziarul Financiar

Calendar of events in Bucharest between December 10-12: Christmas fairs, Thomas Anders concert, Johan Strauss Ensemble concert

Movies in Bucharest: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Megamind; also on screens: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, coming up in the following weeks: Tron: legacy, partir

Tobacco producer JTI Romania will not see its cigarette prices going up until July next year, as the company is already paying EUR 76.59 per 1,000 cigarettes, although the Fiscal Code currently states an excise of EUR 74. The difference is due to the VAT increase, according to Gilda Lazar, corporate affairs manager with JTI.

Romania's Transport Ministry plans to convert Bucharest's Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa) Airport into one reserved for business flights and move low-cost traffic to the Henri Coanda Airport in the nearby town of Otopeni, which will mean higher costs for budget airlines and higher ticket prices.

French retailer Carrefour will open two new hypermarkets in 2011, one in Bucharest, within the Colosseum shopping center in North West of the city and one in Botosani. For this year, three more supermarket openings are expected for Carrefour.

Romanian employers will file a single declaration for the income tax and for the social security contributions (CAS) of their employees from 2011, prime minister Emil Boc said on Wednesday. This will replace the existing five declarations.

Vodafone Romania will launch the iPhone 4 on December 17, the company has announced. Vodafone is the second telecom operator in Romania to launch the newest iPhone, after Orange brough the telephone on the local market towards the end of September.

Stefan Popa is a Romanian cartoonist, famous worldwide for his rapidity to draw cartoons with humor, great sharp ideas and a suggestive force. He holds a Guinness World Record for being the fastest drawer in the world. He's also known to the public as Stefan Popa Popa's.

*Ten ministers have EUR 4 billion for investments in 2011. What will they spend it on? - in Ziarul Financiar
*New Vodafone executive director: we will invest EUR 500 million in the next five years - in Ziarul Financiar
*Volksbank, the sixth bank on the local market, is up for sale. Will buyers step in? - in Ziarul Financiar
*Google launches Street View in eight Romanian cities - in Ziarul Financiar

Artmark auction house will organize an auction with EUR 1 million worth of paintings on December 16 in Bucharest and in Sibiu. The paintings by Romanian artists will be simultaneously auctioned from Bucharest and Sibiu through a duplex electronic system. The auction is organized in partnership with Brukental Museum in Sibiu. The Bucharest auction will take place at the J.W Marriott hotel, while the one in Sibiu, at the Hilton Hotel Sibiu, both starting 19,30 hours.

Romania will issue only 5,500 work permits for foreigners next year, 2,500 fewer than this year, and will issue fewer work authorizations to temporary employees, for whom social security contributions are not paid.