The Bucharest City Hall has started demolishing the old houses on the Buzesti boulevard in the capital city to expand the boulevard. The first houses – on the right side of the boulevard, coming from Victoriei Square to Vasile Parvan – were demolished on Thursday night and 87 houses in total will be knocked down to make room for the extension.

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) will issue a gold coin celebrating the anniversary of 135 years since the birth of Queen Marie of Romania. The coin will be available from November 15.

Romanian drivers will not be obliged to equip their vehicles with snow tires this winter. The measure will be implemented starting November 2011. Romanian Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Thursday drivers who will cause accidents or block streets because their cars are not properly equipped will be fined and will be compelled to cover road-clearing costs if they get snowed in.

Movies opening this week-end:

Unstoppable (trailer below)

with Denzel Washington, Chris Pine

On at: Movieplex...

Omar Hayssam, convicted of terrorism in Romania, is currently in a Syrian prison, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an interview with daily newspaper "Adevarul," adding the two states will discuss a further course of action once Hayssam has served his sentence. The Syrian President also said that the issue is not political, but judicial.

More than half of Romanians struggle to pay their bills and almost one in four is in debt, according to the population confidence index measured by the Consumer Confidence Barometer developed by market research firm GfK. However, the confidence index has increased slightly from previous months.

Romanian movie 'The medal of honor' (Medalia de onoare), which features former Romanian president Ion Iliescu playing his own character, will be screened in Bucharest cinemas starting Friday, November 12. The premiere screening will take place at the Studio Cinema in Bucharest from 20,00 hours.

TV stations FilmBox Family, FilmBox Extra and FightBox HD will be launched in Romania in the following months, according to Piotr Reich, CEO SPI International. SPI International partners Romtelecom and UPC companies on the Romania market.

Romania's unemployment rate was of 7.08 percent in October, slightly down from 7.35 percent a month earlier, according to the country’s employment agency ANOFM. Romania's jobless rate was 7.1 percent at this time last year.

Romania's Culture Ministry will cut 600 jobs in public culture institutions, as well as one vacant state secretary position in its central apparatus, as per decisions adopted in the Government's Wednesday meeting, said minister Hunor Kelemen (in picture).

The Bucharest City Hall has started demolishing the old houses on the Buzesti boulevard in the capital city to expand the boulevard. The first houses – on the right side of the boulevard, coming from Victoriei Square to Vasile Parvan – were demolished on Thursday night and 87 houses in total will be knocked down to make room for the extension.

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) will issue a gold coin celebrating the anniversary of 135 years since the birth of Queen Marie of Romania. The coin will be available from November 15.

Romanian drivers will not be obliged to equip their vehicles with snow tires this winter. The measure will be implemented starting November 2011. Romanian Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Thursday drivers who will cause accidents or block streets because their cars are not properly equipped will be fined and will be compelled to cover road-clearing costs if they get snowed in.

Movies opening this week-end:

Unstoppable (trailer below)

with Denzel Washington, Chris Pine

On at: Movieplex...

Omar Hayssam, convicted of terrorism in Romania, is currently in a Syrian prison, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an interview with daily newspaper "Adevarul," adding the two states will discuss a further course of action once Hayssam has served his sentence. The Syrian President also said that the issue is not political, but judicial.

More than half of Romanians struggle to pay their bills and almost one in four is in debt, according to the population confidence index measured by the Consumer Confidence Barometer developed by market research firm GfK. However, the confidence index has increased slightly from previous months.

Romanian movie 'The medal of honor' (Medalia de onoare), which features former Romanian president Ion Iliescu playing his own character, will be screened in Bucharest cinemas starting Friday, November 12. The premiere screening will take place at the Studio Cinema in Bucharest from 20,00 hours.

TV stations FilmBox Family, FilmBox Extra and FightBox HD will be launched in Romania in the following months, according to Piotr Reich, CEO SPI International. SPI International partners Romtelecom and UPC companies on the Romania market.

Romania's unemployment rate was of 7.08 percent in October, slightly down from 7.35 percent a month earlier, according to the country’s employment agency ANOFM. Romania's jobless rate was 7.1 percent at this time last year.

Romania's Culture Ministry will cut 600 jobs in public culture institutions, as well as one vacant state secretary position in its central apparatus, as per decisions adopted in the Government's Wednesday meeting, said minister Hunor Kelemen (in picture).