Romania has 2.5 million users on the Facebook social network, with around 300,000 of them residing in Bucharest, according to a recent study by Facebrands.ro. Cluj- Napoca, Timisoara and Constanta come next in the top of Facebook users in Romania.

Romanian Bogdan Mustata is one of the four winners of the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. His film project, called 'Wolf' (Lupu'), joins three other projects in Israel, Malaysia and Mexico. Each of the winners will receive a USD 10,000 cash prize, attendance at industry meetings at the Sundance Film Festival, mentoring from Institute staff and participation in a feature film program lab.

Romania's car park grew last year by 1.8 percent, to more than 5.42 million vehicles, including 4.3 million passenger cars, 6.4 percent higher than in 2009, according to the data of the Interior Ministry's Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV).

The Bucharest municipality might enforce a measure aimed at placing new hypermarkets at the outskirts of the city, according to Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu, quoted by Romanian media.

Romanian President Traian Basescu was met with boos Monday morning in Iasi, eastern Romania, where he is attending celebrations of the 152-year anniversary of the Unification of Romanian principalities.

The new Ferrari Four model, which will be launched at the Geneva Car show in March, will arrive on the Romanian market in June, according to Forza Rossa, the importing company to Romania.

The documentary "The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, produced by Andrei Ujica, has won the Spotlight section at the Cinema Eye Honors, one of the most important categories of awards granted to non-fiction films. Dedicated to films that deserve more promotion in the United States, Spotlight is the only category that takes into account films that have not yet been distributed overseas.

The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority (ARBDD) intends to carry out a project aimed at protecting both the feral horses that live in the Reserve and one of Romania's oldest natural areas standing under strict protection, the Letea Forest.

Movies opening this week-end

Love and Other Drugs (trailer below)

with: Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal

on at...

Romanian actor Sebastian Stan will star in a movie inspired by the play "A View From The Bridge"of the American playwright Arthur Miller. The Romanian actor has recently starred in the "Black Swan" drama, directed by Darren Aronofsky, where he played alongside Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.

Romania has 2.5 million users on the Facebook social network, with around 300,000 of them residing in Bucharest, according to a recent study by Facebrands.ro. Cluj- Napoca, Timisoara and Constanta come next in the top of Facebook users in Romania.

Romanian Bogdan Mustata is one of the four winners of the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. His film project, called 'Wolf' (Lupu'), joins three other projects in Israel, Malaysia and Mexico. Each of the winners will receive a USD 10,000 cash prize, attendance at industry meetings at the Sundance Film Festival, mentoring from Institute staff and participation in a feature film program lab.

Romania's car park grew last year by 1.8 percent, to more than 5.42 million vehicles, including 4.3 million passenger cars, 6.4 percent higher than in 2009, according to the data of the Interior Ministry's Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV).

The Bucharest municipality might enforce a measure aimed at placing new hypermarkets at the outskirts of the city, according to Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu, quoted by Romanian media.

Romanian President Traian Basescu was met with boos Monday morning in Iasi, eastern Romania, where he is attending celebrations of the 152-year anniversary of the Unification of Romanian principalities.

The new Ferrari Four model, which will be launched at the Geneva Car show in March, will arrive on the Romanian market in June, according to Forza Rossa, the importing company to Romania.

The documentary "The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, produced by Andrei Ujica, has won the Spotlight section at the Cinema Eye Honors, one of the most important categories of awards granted to non-fiction films. Dedicated to films that deserve more promotion in the United States, Spotlight is the only category that takes into account films that have not yet been distributed overseas.

The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority (ARBDD) intends to carry out a project aimed at protecting both the feral horses that live in the Reserve and one of Romania's oldest natural areas standing under strict protection, the Letea Forest.

Movies opening this week-end

Love and Other Drugs (trailer below)

with: Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal

on at...

Romanian actor Sebastian Stan will star in a movie inspired by the play "A View From The Bridge"of the American playwright Arthur Miller. The Romanian actor has recently starred in the "Black Swan" drama, directed by Darren Aronofsky, where he played alongside Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.