The Romanian public sector must lay off 26,000 employees between September and December, to bring the sector down to 1.29 million employees and allow salaries to be raised by 15 percent, after the 25 percent slash implemented in July, Finance Ministry state secretary Gheorghe Gherghina said Tuesday.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has been included in the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, which reflects the evolution of prices for listed stock exchanges and other trading venues. It includes 18 other stock exchange operators in the world, among which Deutsche Bourse, London Stock Exchange Group, NASDAQ OMX Group, NYSE Euronext and the Hong Kong stock exchange HKEX.

Store theft is the biggest problem retailer New Yorker has been facing in Romania since opening stores in the country and the phenomenon affects all the companies in the textile industry, said Mihai Şindrilaru, general manager with New Yorker for Romania, quoted by newswire Mediafax.

Romania's Environment Ministry could increase the car pollution tax from next year, justified by the requirement to tax...

Discovery's TLC channel will be launched in Romania on January 20, 2011, and it will be initially distributed both in analog and digital formats by telecom operator UPC Romania, according to Discovery Networks representatives. TLC is owned by Discovery Communications and addresses an audience mostly made of women, being popular in the United States.

The New York Times has recently featured a travel article about Bucharest, seen through the eyes of a traveler who had been to the city in the early 90s and who now finds a changed Bucharest. The article was included in the section Eurofile and was signed by Alexander Lobrano.

A team of European Commission experts will visit Bucharest next week to evaluate the country's progress in seven main areas, the EC president Jose Manuel Barroso has said. The country's main objective should remain the enforcement of structural funds and fiscal consolidation, said Barroso.

The Artpromo Cultural Foundation organizes the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (EXPIFF), which will take place between November 24 and 28 in Bucharest. The event is supported by the National University of Drama and Film Bucharest, the National Art University and the Romanian National Cinema Center.

The Danube Strategy should be applied starting with the first half of next year, jointly with the other states in the region and the European Commission, but it requires solid projects, such as a network of highways, high-speed trains and flights, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday. "Sometimes it is easier to get from Bucharest to Paris, London or Brussels, than to have a direct connection with Sofia, Zagreb or Belgrade. This must change," said Boc speaking at the Danube Summit in Bucharest.

Romania and the Republic of Moldova will sign a border cooperation treaty and similar initiatives will follow in the Balkan region, said Jose Manuel Barroso (in picture), president of the European Commission, who is in Bucharest attending the Danube Summit which takes place in the country.

The Romanian public sector must lay off 26,000 employees between September and December, to bring the sector down to 1.29 million employees and allow salaries to be raised by 15 percent, after the 25 percent slash implemented in July, Finance Ministry state secretary Gheorghe Gherghina said Tuesday.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has been included in the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, which reflects the evolution of prices for listed stock exchanges and other trading venues. It includes 18 other stock exchange operators in the world, among which Deutsche Bourse, London Stock Exchange Group, NASDAQ OMX Group, NYSE Euronext and the Hong Kong stock exchange HKEX.

Store theft is the biggest problem retailer New Yorker has been facing in Romania since opening stores in the country and the phenomenon affects all the companies in the textile industry, said Mihai Şindrilaru, general manager with New Yorker for Romania, quoted by newswire Mediafax.

Romania's Environment Ministry could increase the car pollution tax from next year, justified by the requirement to tax...

Discovery's TLC channel will be launched in Romania on January 20, 2011, and it will be initially distributed both in analog and digital formats by telecom operator UPC Romania, according to Discovery Networks representatives. TLC is owned by Discovery Communications and addresses an audience mostly made of women, being popular in the United States.

The New York Times has recently featured a travel article about Bucharest, seen through the eyes of a traveler who had been to the city in the early 90s and who now finds a changed Bucharest. The article was included in the section Eurofile and was signed by Alexander Lobrano.

A team of European Commission experts will visit Bucharest next week to evaluate the country's progress in seven main areas, the EC president Jose Manuel Barroso has said. The country's main objective should remain the enforcement of structural funds and fiscal consolidation, said Barroso.

The Artpromo Cultural Foundation organizes the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (EXPIFF), which will take place between November 24 and 28 in Bucharest. The event is supported by the National University of Drama and Film Bucharest, the National Art University and the Romanian National Cinema Center.

The Danube Strategy should be applied starting with the first half of next year, jointly with the other states in the region and the European Commission, but it requires solid projects, such as a network of highways, high-speed trains and flights, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday. "Sometimes it is easier to get from Bucharest to Paris, London or Brussels, than to have a direct connection with Sofia, Zagreb or Belgrade. This must change," said Boc speaking at the Danube Summit in Bucharest.

Romania and the Republic of Moldova will sign a border cooperation treaty and similar initiatives will follow in the Balkan region, said Jose Manuel Barroso (in picture), president of the European Commission, who is in Bucharest attending the Danube Summit which takes place in the country.