The European Film Festival, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) will take place in Bucharest and four other cities in Romania in May this year. As many as 50 European movie productions will be screened during the festival. This is the 15th edition of the event.

Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by French group Renault, will launch two family car models this year, a minivan that will cost EUR 14,800, which could be called Popster, and a city car derived from a light commercial vehicle, according to L'Automobile Magazine.

Promoting prescription medicine is forbidden on Romanian TV or radio, but broadcasters are allowed to advertise medical practices, clinics and pharmacies, according to amendments to Romania's broadcasting Code, adopted Tuesday by the National Audiovisual Council (CNA).

A new Romanian movie will be released this year. The film, called 'Loverboy', is produced by Strada Film, directed by Catalin Mitulescu and features actors who starred in 'If I want to Whistle, I Whistle'.

Most Romanians go on holiday once a year and prefer to spend it in Romania, Bulgaria or Greece, according to a survey made by the Romanian portal www.infoturism.ro in cooperation with iVox. Respondents to this survey book their holiday directly in the travel agency and prefer the own car as transportation.

Romanians bought around 7 million cinema tickets last year, one third more than in 2009, which made it the biggest increase pace in the European Union. In 2009, 5.3 million cinema tickets were sold in Romania, while 6.8 million were sold last year, according to the National Cinema Center in Romania.

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...

The European Film Festival, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) will take place in Bucharest and four other cities in Romania in May this year. As many as 50 European movie productions will be screened during the festival. This is the 15th edition of the event.

Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by French group Renault, will launch two family car models this year, a minivan that will cost EUR 14,800, which could be called Popster, and a city car derived from a light commercial vehicle, according to L'Automobile Magazine.

Promoting prescription medicine is forbidden on Romanian TV or radio, but broadcasters are allowed to advertise medical practices, clinics and pharmacies, according to amendments to Romania's broadcasting Code, adopted Tuesday by the National Audiovisual Council (CNA).

A new Romanian movie will be released this year. The film, called 'Loverboy', is produced by Strada Film, directed by Catalin Mitulescu and features actors who starred in 'If I want to Whistle, I Whistle'.

Most Romanians go on holiday once a year and prefer to spend it in Romania, Bulgaria or Greece, according to a survey made by the Romanian portal www.infoturism.ro in cooperation with iVox. Respondents to this survey book their holiday directly in the travel agency and prefer the own car as transportation.

Romanians bought around 7 million cinema tickets last year, one third more than in 2009, which made it the biggest increase pace in the European Union. In 2009, 5.3 million cinema tickets were sold in Romania, while 6.8 million were sold last year, according to the National Cinema Center in Romania.

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...