More than 125,000 tourists have spent their weekend in resorts on the Romanian Black Sea shore, but hotel operators expect their numbers to swell by a few more thousand. According to data from the "Litoral-Delta Dunarii" Association, on Friday night 126,525 tourists were officially registered with accommodation units in resorts on the Black Sea coast. The real figure should be higher, as these statistics do not consider people lodged in private homes or camps.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has decided to send an investigation commission to Romania following the pressure on Romanian journalists after the implementation of the Fiscal Code changes which made some employers substitute individual labor contracts for royalties, according to the Romanian Federation of Journalists (RFJ) Media Sind.

Three quarters of Romanians think corruption has increased in Romania in the past five years, reveals a poll conducted by the Centre for Studying Opinions and Markets (CSOP) at the request of the Association for Implementing Democracy (AID). Only 6 percent of those interviewed think that corruption in Romania has decreased in the past few years, while 13 percent say that they do not feel any change of the corruption level in Romania.

Movies opening in Bucharest during the period August 27-29: Despicable Me, Grown Ups

A new seaside resort will be built between existing Costinesti and Olimp. The all-inclusive resort called Terra will include 40 villas, two hotels and a SPA center, along with restaurants and stores, a mini-golf course, tennis courts and a heliport. The Constanta County Council has recently approved the zonal urban planning for this initiative, which came from the 23 August locality city hall.

Romania will give 1,7 million pupils an apple a day during the 2010-2011 school year, part of the program 'Fruits in schools'. This program has a budget of EUR 13.4 million, out of which EUR 9.7 mln come from European funding, and EUR 3.7 million from the national budget.

After a confusing week for holders of intellectual property rights and registered individuals in Romania, who were supposed to apply and pay their social contributions on a very short notice and without many details about the process, only 10 percent of them actually went to submit the required documents. The deadline to do so was yesterday, when people queued at the pension houses and at the workforce agencies to submit and pay their respective dues.

The Romanian Parliament passed a change to the Constitutional Court law which makes it possible for large corruption cases to continue even when the constitutional challenges will be invoked. This will be applied only to new lawsuits, while the ones where the constitutional challenge has been raised will continue under the old ruling.

The National Integrity Agency (ANI) bill has passed the Senate voting and remained unchanged compared to the version which was cleared by the Chamber of Deputies last week. The law had to be re-examined following a Constitutional Court ruling. The bill needs to be signed by Romanian president Traian Basescu. It includes the mandatory declaration of assets and interests by trade union leaders.

The Bucharest University will open on Wednesday, August 25, the Center for Japanese Studies, the first such center in Romania, aiming to promote and support the research activity in Japanese studies. The project benefits from the support from the Japanese Government and from several Japanese NGOs. The center will provide the tools for research projects on Japan and training for researchers in Japanese studies.

More than 125,000 tourists have spent their weekend in resorts on the Romanian Black Sea shore, but hotel operators expect their numbers to swell by a few more thousand. According to data from the "Litoral-Delta Dunarii" Association, on Friday night 126,525 tourists were officially registered with accommodation units in resorts on the Black Sea coast. The real figure should be higher, as these statistics do not consider people lodged in private homes or camps.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has decided to send an investigation commission to Romania following the pressure on Romanian journalists after the implementation of the Fiscal Code changes which made some employers substitute individual labor contracts for royalties, according to the Romanian Federation of Journalists (RFJ) Media Sind.

Three quarters of Romanians think corruption has increased in Romania in the past five years, reveals a poll conducted by the Centre for Studying Opinions and Markets (CSOP) at the request of the Association for Implementing Democracy (AID). Only 6 percent of those interviewed think that corruption in Romania has decreased in the past few years, while 13 percent say that they do not feel any change of the corruption level in Romania.

Movies opening in Bucharest during the period August 27-29: Despicable Me, Grown Ups

A new seaside resort will be built between existing Costinesti and Olimp. The all-inclusive resort called Terra will include 40 villas, two hotels and a SPA center, along with restaurants and stores, a mini-golf course, tennis courts and a heliport. The Constanta County Council has recently approved the zonal urban planning for this initiative, which came from the 23 August locality city hall.

Romania will give 1,7 million pupils an apple a day during the 2010-2011 school year, part of the program 'Fruits in schools'. This program has a budget of EUR 13.4 million, out of which EUR 9.7 mln come from European funding, and EUR 3.7 million from the national budget.

After a confusing week for holders of intellectual property rights and registered individuals in Romania, who were supposed to apply and pay their social contributions on a very short notice and without many details about the process, only 10 percent of them actually went to submit the required documents. The deadline to do so was yesterday, when people queued at the pension houses and at the workforce agencies to submit and pay their respective dues.

The Romanian Parliament passed a change to the Constitutional Court law which makes it possible for large corruption cases to continue even when the constitutional challenges will be invoked. This will be applied only to new lawsuits, while the ones where the constitutional challenge has been raised will continue under the old ruling.

The National Integrity Agency (ANI) bill has passed the Senate voting and remained unchanged compared to the version which was cleared by the Chamber of Deputies last week. The law had to be re-examined following a Constitutional Court ruling. The bill needs to be signed by Romanian president Traian Basescu. It includes the mandatory declaration of assets and interests by trade union leaders.

The Bucharest University will open on Wednesday, August 25, the Center for Japanese Studies, the first such center in Romania, aiming to promote and support the research activity in Japanese studies. The project benefits from the support from the Japanese Government and from several Japanese NGOs. The center will provide the tools for research projects on Japan and training for researchers in Japanese studies.