Nearly 80 border police and customs workers have been detained Thursday morning in the Siret customs, one the border with the Republic of Moldova, on cigarette smuggling and bribe taking charges.

Google has recently launched the Hotpot service, allowing users in 38 countries, including Romania, to see recommendations for restaurants, hotels and coffee shops, based on other users' feedback.

The Egyptian army has sent a hidden message to president Hosni Mubarak (in picture), suggesting they would back up street protesters in the country, said one of the protesters: 'We loved you 30 years ago. We don't want to humiliate you. We don't want you to end like [Romanian president] Nicolae Ceausescu. Go in peace,” said the Egyptian protester, quoted by The Guardian.

US magazine Wired has recently published a piece about cyber crime in Romania and about a network of online scammers stemming from the city of Ramnicu Valcea. The magazine has sent its reporter Yudhijit Bhattacharjee to investigate the story on site in Romania and report about the people said to be involved in the online scamming chain. Bhattacharjee has also talked to two police officers who investigate the network.

The Czech Center of Bucharest will organize a mute film festival called “No silence, please”, which will feature screenings of early cinema masterpieces , accompanied by live music. The program will begin at 20,00 hours on Thursday, February 3, with the Czech movie “Extas” made in 1933 by director Gustav Machatý - the world’s first film that contains a nudity scene. The film will be accompanied by a live guitar performance from Hanno Hofer, Nightloosers band leader.

The Henri Coanda international airport in Bucharest saw a 10 percent higher traffic last year, to 4.9 million passengers. The number of aircraft movements on the airport also grew by 6 percent lats year on the previous, to almost 77,000 landings and takeoffs.

Romanian company Televoice, which owns the Evolio brand, will launch in February this year a PC tablet called EvoTab, running on the Android operating system, the company has announced. The tablet can be pre-ordered form the producer's website . It will become available in retail chains from February 15, at a price of RON 750 (around EUR 176).

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

A local version of the Walk of Fame boulevard has been inaugurated in Bucharest, on the sidewalk near the Cocor shopping center downtown the Romanian capital city. The first star on the Romanian Walk of Fame is that of Romanian actor Florin Piersic.

Romanian newspaper Adevarul, part of the Adevarul media holding owned by businessman Dinu Patriciu, has opened an editorial office in Brussels. It was the first office opened by a Romanian publication in Brussels, following the model used by international media companies like BBC and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Nearly 80 border police and customs workers have been detained Thursday morning in the Siret customs, one the border with the Republic of Moldova, on cigarette smuggling and bribe taking charges.

Google has recently launched the Hotpot service, allowing users in 38 countries, including Romania, to see recommendations for restaurants, hotels and coffee shops, based on other users' feedback.

The Egyptian army has sent a hidden message to president Hosni Mubarak (in picture), suggesting they would back up street protesters in the country, said one of the protesters: 'We loved you 30 years ago. We don't want to humiliate you. We don't want you to end like [Romanian president] Nicolae Ceausescu. Go in peace,” said the Egyptian protester, quoted by The Guardian.

US magazine Wired has recently published a piece about cyber crime in Romania and about a network of online scammers stemming from the city of Ramnicu Valcea. The magazine has sent its reporter Yudhijit Bhattacharjee to investigate the story on site in Romania and report about the people said to be involved in the online scamming chain. Bhattacharjee has also talked to two police officers who investigate the network.

The Czech Center of Bucharest will organize a mute film festival called “No silence, please”, which will feature screenings of early cinema masterpieces , accompanied by live music. The program will begin at 20,00 hours on Thursday, February 3, with the Czech movie “Extas” made in 1933 by director Gustav Machatý - the world’s first film that contains a nudity scene. The film will be accompanied by a live guitar performance from Hanno Hofer, Nightloosers band leader.

The Henri Coanda international airport in Bucharest saw a 10 percent higher traffic last year, to 4.9 million passengers. The number of aircraft movements on the airport also grew by 6 percent lats year on the previous, to almost 77,000 landings and takeoffs.

Romanian company Televoice, which owns the Evolio brand, will launch in February this year a PC tablet called EvoTab, running on the Android operating system, the company has announced. The tablet can be pre-ordered form the producer's website . It will become available in retail chains from February 15, at a price of RON 750 (around EUR 176).

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

A local version of the Walk of Fame boulevard has been inaugurated in Bucharest, on the sidewalk near the Cocor shopping center downtown the Romanian capital city. The first star on the Romanian Walk of Fame is that of Romanian actor Florin Piersic.

Romanian newspaper Adevarul, part of the Adevarul media holding owned by businessman Dinu Patriciu, has opened an editorial office in Brussels. It was the first office opened by a Romanian publication in Brussels, following the model used by international media companies like BBC and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.