Low cost airline Wizz Air will launch a new flight connecting Bucharest to Malaga in Spain, the company has announced. The new route will be operated from March 26 and will initially have one flight a week, on Sundays.

The occupancy rate of Bucharest's three- and four-star hotels will rise this year by about 10 percent, having increased in 2010 to 42 percent from 39 percent, according to the Bucharest Benchmarking Report, developed by consulting firm Fivestar Hospitality.

Romania plans to write off debts of EUR 234.7 million of companies in the defense industry, citing a EU norm which allows the protection of the national military interest and arguing that foreclosing their assets would impact defense capabilities. Writing off debts of companies in the defense industry will be regarded as a measure to improve the respective companies' economic and financial situation, the Economy Ministry said in a document.

Movies opening this week-end:

The King's Speech (trailer below)

with Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham...

As many as 285 public parks will be built in Romania nationwide, as the Government has approved the allocation of more than EUR 50 million euros off the Environment Fund to this end, according to Borbely Laszlo, the Minister of the Environment and Forestry.

Telecom company Vodafone Romania has launched an option for the Chinese community in Romania, allowing customers to talk for 200 minutes to any Chinese network every month. The offer is valid for both pre-paid and post-paid Vodafone accounts.

Romania’s National Anticorruption Department has detained a total 97 border police and customs workers at border crossing points in western Romania suspected of corruption and smuggling. The Bucharest Court of Appeals has so far ruled in favor of the preventive arrest of 86 suspects and has yet to rule on arrest warrants for the rest.

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors on Wednesday indicted National Customs Authority head Radu Traian Marginean on charges of corruption, people close to the matter told Mediafax newswire. Marginean was heard by prosecutors Wednesday in a case of influence peddling at the Halmeu customs, northwestern Romania. He was appointed National Customs Authority head in February 2009 and is also fiscal authority ANAF vice-president.

Car traffic will be shut down for the following nine months on Splaiul Independentei in Bucharest, between the Central Biology Institute and Piatra Craiului St., according to the Bucharest Municipality.

Romanian actor Victor Rebengiuc will get the second star on the Romanian Walk of Fame, downtown Bucharest, an event meant to celebrate his 78th birthday. The event will take place this Thursday, February 10, in Time Square, near Cocor store, at 14,00 hours. One the same day, the Romanian Peasant's Museum will also organize a ceremony to celebrate Rebengius’s birthday with the screening of “Morometii” directed by Stere Gulea. Romanian cinema representatives are expected to attend the event.

Low cost airline Wizz Air will launch a new flight connecting Bucharest to Malaga in Spain, the company has announced. The new route will be operated from March 26 and will initially have one flight a week, on Sundays.

The occupancy rate of Bucharest's three- and four-star hotels will rise this year by about 10 percent, having increased in 2010 to 42 percent from 39 percent, according to the Bucharest Benchmarking Report, developed by consulting firm Fivestar Hospitality.

Romania plans to write off debts of EUR 234.7 million of companies in the defense industry, citing a EU norm which allows the protection of the national military interest and arguing that foreclosing their assets would impact defense capabilities. Writing off debts of companies in the defense industry will be regarded as a measure to improve the respective companies' economic and financial situation, the Economy Ministry said in a document.

Movies opening this week-end:

The King's Speech (trailer below)

with Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham...

As many as 285 public parks will be built in Romania nationwide, as the Government has approved the allocation of more than EUR 50 million euros off the Environment Fund to this end, according to Borbely Laszlo, the Minister of the Environment and Forestry.

Telecom company Vodafone Romania has launched an option for the Chinese community in Romania, allowing customers to talk for 200 minutes to any Chinese network every month. The offer is valid for both pre-paid and post-paid Vodafone accounts.

Romania’s National Anticorruption Department has detained a total 97 border police and customs workers at border crossing points in western Romania suspected of corruption and smuggling. The Bucharest Court of Appeals has so far ruled in favor of the preventive arrest of 86 suspects and has yet to rule on arrest warrants for the rest.

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors on Wednesday indicted National Customs Authority head Radu Traian Marginean on charges of corruption, people close to the matter told Mediafax newswire. Marginean was heard by prosecutors Wednesday in a case of influence peddling at the Halmeu customs, northwestern Romania. He was appointed National Customs Authority head in February 2009 and is also fiscal authority ANAF vice-president.

Car traffic will be shut down for the following nine months on Splaiul Independentei in Bucharest, between the Central Biology Institute and Piatra Craiului St., according to the Bucharest Municipality.

Romanian actor Victor Rebengiuc will get the second star on the Romanian Walk of Fame, downtown Bucharest, an event meant to celebrate his 78th birthday. The event will take place this Thursday, February 10, in Time Square, near Cocor store, at 14,00 hours. One the same day, the Romanian Peasant's Museum will also organize a ceremony to celebrate Rebengius’s birthday with the screening of “Morometii” directed by Stere Gulea. Romanian cinema representatives are expected to attend the event.