After five years at the helm of the Athenee Palace Hilton five-star hotel in Bucharest, Friedrich Niemann has decided to change scenery. He will leave at the end of August to run another hotel in the Hilton chain in Berlin. Before embarking on the new journey, he has talked to Romania Insider about the five years in Romania and about the life of a hotel manager.

Brian Davies runs and owns part of a company which produces a simple, yet needed commodity: the plastic film wrap which holds together bottles and cans, the one that we all tear apart on the supermarket shelves to get the products we want. This is his day job, he likes to say as a joke to those who know him better as the chairman of the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. He has talked to Romania Insider about how the company set up business in Romania back in the 90s and about the changes down the road ever since.

The 100 biggest companies in Romania posted a cumulated turnover of EUR 44.8 billion last year, which was down EUR 10 billion compared to a year before, according to a recent report exclusively created by Romania Business Insider. Download the exclusive report.

Despite the hostility and open opposition of some of its powerful neighbors, Romania managed to achieve the centuries...

Romanian language lesson number five. This lesson teaches you to ask for a taxi and get to know some of the most used words in this context.

David Nicholl started off as a salesman with Schneider Electric' industrial division 13 years ago. Before coming to Romania to head the local subsidiary in 2006, he was already heading the industrial division in UK. With him, it's about setting goals, even smaller ones to achieve a bigger target. And it's also about having the right attitude in life. Romania Insider has talked to David Nicholl about his career, sports and goals.

The Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates prophet Ilie on July 20. One of the most important prophets in the Old Testament, Saint Ilie is celebrated as a miracle worker and the one that brings rain during a drought period. This is also the period when the Maiden Fair on Gaina mountain takes place.

Robin Martens' first contact with Romania was in the early 90s, when he worked on the master plan for the port of Constanta. He has seen how doing business was in Romania back then and upon his return in 2001, he started to see the step-by-step changes. He has talked to Romania Insider about the things that shaped his life and about the principles he applies in business and in life.

Several international newspapers have run articles on the Romanian tourism minister Elena Udrea's visit to some flooded villages in Moldova where, among others, she had brought high heeled shoes as a way to help those affected by flooding.

Romanians have always dreamed of being independent and staying united, but they were rarely left in peace for long enough to develop a sense of their own identity. This short overview of the history of Romania will give you an idea about the events that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries and which shaped the idea of a national identity in the Romanians' consciousness.

After five years at the helm of the Athenee Palace Hilton five-star hotel in Bucharest, Friedrich Niemann has decided to change scenery. He will leave at the end of August to run another hotel in the Hilton chain in Berlin. Before embarking on the new journey, he has talked to Romania Insider about the five years in Romania and about the life of a hotel manager.

Brian Davies runs and owns part of a company which produces a simple, yet needed commodity: the plastic film wrap which holds together bottles and cans, the one that we all tear apart on the supermarket shelves to get the products we want. This is his day job, he likes to say as a joke to those who know him better as the chairman of the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. He has talked to Romania Insider about how the company set up business in Romania back in the 90s and about the changes down the road ever since.

The 100 biggest companies in Romania posted a cumulated turnover of EUR 44.8 billion last year, which was down EUR 10 billion compared to a year before, according to a recent report exclusively created by Romania Business Insider. Download the exclusive report.

Despite the hostility and open opposition of some of its powerful neighbors, Romania managed to achieve the centuries...

Romanian language lesson number five. This lesson teaches you to ask for a taxi and get to know some of the most used words in this context.

David Nicholl started off as a salesman with Schneider Electric' industrial division 13 years ago. Before coming to Romania to head the local subsidiary in 2006, he was already heading the industrial division in UK. With him, it's about setting goals, even smaller ones to achieve a bigger target. And it's also about having the right attitude in life. Romania Insider has talked to David Nicholl about his career, sports and goals.

The Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates prophet Ilie on July 20. One of the most important prophets in the Old Testament, Saint Ilie is celebrated as a miracle worker and the one that brings rain during a drought period. This is also the period when the Maiden Fair on Gaina mountain takes place.

Robin Martens' first contact with Romania was in the early 90s, when he worked on the master plan for the port of Constanta. He has seen how doing business was in Romania back then and upon his return in 2001, he started to see the step-by-step changes. He has talked to Romania Insider about the things that shaped his life and about the principles he applies in business and in life.

Several international newspapers have run articles on the Romanian tourism minister Elena Udrea's visit to some flooded villages in Moldova where, among others, she had brought high heeled shoes as a way to help those affected by flooding.

Romanians have always dreamed of being independent and staying united, but they were rarely left in peace for long enough to develop a sense of their own identity. This short overview of the history of Romania will give you an idea about the events that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries and which shaped the idea of a national identity in the Romanians' consciousness.