The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) will organize an international tour meant to promote the George Enescu International Festival and the works of the Romanian composer. The first countries to host the promotion events are Bulgaria, Holland and Luxembourg.

Zucchero, the best-selling artist of Italy will play in Romania for the fourth time. He will perform at Arenele Romane on June 21 at 20,00 hours. The concert is part of a tour called Chocabeck World Tour 2011. Chocabeck is the name of his new album released in 2010 and contains 11 tracks written by the artist himself. Some of them have also benefited from the contribution of Bono, U2’s leading singer.

British IT company Endava plans to hire 200 more people in Romania this year and open new delivery centers in the country. The company will organize recruiting events in Bucharest, Iasi and Cluj – Napoca in the following months.

Romanian Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu on Monday said the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission appreciated Romania’s results under the stand by agreement, adding value added tax revenue covered arrears and kept the budget deficit within agreed margins.

A new Romanian movie called “Hello, how are you?” ('Buna, ce faci?)will be released this spring. The movie will be released on March 4 and is produced by the ABS Film Company. Alexandru Maftei is the film’s director and starring actors - Ionel Mihailescu and Dana Voicu.

French bakery chain Paul plans to open two new stores this year and has a budget of EUR 800,000 for the new openings, according to Wall-street.ro. The bakery chain, which already runs three stores in Bucharest, is looking at both shopping center and street locations in Bucharest

The Schengen Area evaluation group has adopted the technical report on Romania’s Schengen accession, people close to the matter told Mediafax newswire. The reports concerning Bulgaria's Schengen Information System and the Supplementary Information Request at the National Entry (SIS/SIRENE) and land movement were not adopted, Schengen Department chief and Romanian Interior Ministry state secretary Marian Tutilescu told Mediafax.

Only 4.2 percent of Romanians with disabilities have a job, which places Romania on the last position in the European Union, according to a report conducted by the "Pentru Voi" ("For You") foundation and the Institute for Public Policies. The report also shows that Romania ranks last but one in the EU regarding the sums allotted for social services supporting people with disabilities.

The Busteni mountain resort will host a stage of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup and Championship between February 4-6. The Romanian Alpine Club organizes the event together with the Busteni Town Hall, the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation and the Romanian Federation of Climbing and Mountaineering.

The ski chairlift ropeway system in the ski slopes area Valea Soarelui and Laptici in Sinaia mountain resort, north of Bucharest, has recently been opened to the public, following EUR 30 million in investments, according to the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism.

(Emergency Ordinance no. 117 / 2010, published in the Official Gazette no. 891 / 30 December 2010

A 49 year-old woman has died Friday in Bucharest from severe bite wounds inflicted by stray dogs. The woman was found badly injured and in hypothermic and hemorrhagic shock Tuesday in the courtyard of the city's sector 5 Public Domain Administration. The building is under conservation and no employees were there and the woman was reportedly attacked by a pack of stray dogs.