Carmaker Renault plans to increase production of its Dacia Duster sports-utility vehicle after getting 75,000 orders in five months, Le Figaro reported, quoted by newswire Bloomberg, citing Gerard Detourbet, head of Renault’s low-cost program. The company will raise output to 180,000 vehicles a year at the start of 2011, from 150,000, according to the French newspaper.

Futureal and Immofinanz will open the EUR 100 million Gold Plaza shopping center in Baia Mare on November 4, after previously setting the opening date for September this year. The developers had been planning to finalize the shopping center in 2008, but the project was delayed for 2009 and finally for 2010. The shopping mall has been 80 percent financed through a loan from MKB Bank.

More than 100 Romanian and foreign inventors present over 300 inventions at the Inventika show that takes place at Romexpo Exhibition Centre in Bucharest between October 6 and 9. The exhibition will feature Ioan Rusu's remote-controlled crib that swings with a magnetic field, the motorcycle smoke wrecker vehicle, the 100 kilometre range electric scooter, the versatile chair for those with back pains and Iustin Capra's green asphalt.

Romania’s economy will shrink at the fastest pace among emerging states in Europe this year, while its estimated growth of 1.5 percent for 2011 will be the smallest in the region, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest global outlook report. The IMF forecasts Romania's gross domestic product will decrease 1.9 percent in 2010, from a steep contraction of 7.1 percent a year earlier.

*Romania enters world top 10 of corn producers – in Ziarul Financiar
*Renault – There is no difference between Mioveni and France – in Ziarul Financiar
*Nokia brought us to Romania, say Japanese Anritsu – in Ziarul Financiar
*The pollution wave from Hungary will reach Romania in a couple of days – in Ziarul Financiar
*Ikea pays EUR 1.8 million to Catarama after a law suit of several years – in Ziarul Financiar
*9 banks and 8 law firms want to reform the stock market – in Ziarul Financiar

Several Romanian artists have started to become famous abroad, some even more famous internationally than in their home country. They have started to work with international producers, deliver European tours and rank high in European charts, while shooting their videos abroad. Romania-insider.com looks at some of the names that got international fame.

Romania’s upcoming agreement with the International Monetary Fund will “certainly” be lower than its current EUR 13 billion deal, IMF mission head Jeffrey Franks said Wednesday, adding that the financing program will most likely be a precautionary one.

Romania's electricity consumption was 4.3 percent higher in the first eight months of the year than during the same period last year, according to data from the National Statistics Institute. The population used 3.1 percent more electricity, while the public lightning use dropped by 3 percent.

Romania imported 24 percent more natural gas during the first eight months of the year compared to the same period of last year, while the local natural gas production was 3 percent lower during this interval, according to data from the National Statistics Institute.

Romania and Bulgaria were taken out of Skype's Unlimited Europe services package from October, according to Bulgarian agency Novinite. The package allowed users make unlimited phone calls to 24 countries in Europe for 4,99 British pounds a month and used to be available for Romania and Bulgaria too.

Carmaker Renault plans to increase production of its Dacia Duster sports-utility vehicle after getting 75,000 orders in five months, Le Figaro reported, quoted by newswire Bloomberg, citing Gerard Detourbet, head of Renault’s low-cost program. The company will raise output to 180,000 vehicles a year at the start of 2011, from 150,000, according to the French newspaper.

Futureal and Immofinanz will open the EUR 100 million Gold Plaza shopping center in Baia Mare on November 4, after previously setting the opening date for September this year. The developers had been planning to finalize the shopping center in 2008, but the project was delayed for 2009 and finally for 2010. The shopping mall has been 80 percent financed through a loan from MKB Bank.

More than 100 Romanian and foreign inventors present over 300 inventions at the Inventika show that takes place at Romexpo Exhibition Centre in Bucharest between October 6 and 9. The exhibition will feature Ioan Rusu's remote-controlled crib that swings with a magnetic field, the motorcycle smoke wrecker vehicle, the 100 kilometre range electric scooter, the versatile chair for those with back pains and Iustin Capra's green asphalt.

Romania’s economy will shrink at the fastest pace among emerging states in Europe this year, while its estimated growth of 1.5 percent for 2011 will be the smallest in the region, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest global outlook report. The IMF forecasts Romania's gross domestic product will decrease 1.9 percent in 2010, from a steep contraction of 7.1 percent a year earlier.

*Romania enters world top 10 of corn producers – in Ziarul Financiar
*Renault – There is no difference between Mioveni and France – in Ziarul Financiar
*Nokia brought us to Romania, say Japanese Anritsu – in Ziarul Financiar
*The pollution wave from Hungary will reach Romania in a couple of days – in Ziarul Financiar
*Ikea pays EUR 1.8 million to Catarama after a law suit of several years – in Ziarul Financiar
*9 banks and 8 law firms want to reform the stock market – in Ziarul Financiar

Several Romanian artists have started to become famous abroad, some even more famous internationally than in their home country. They have started to work with international producers, deliver European tours and rank high in European charts, while shooting their videos abroad. Romania-insider.com looks at some of the names that got international fame.

Romania’s upcoming agreement with the International Monetary Fund will “certainly” be lower than its current EUR 13 billion deal, IMF mission head Jeffrey Franks said Wednesday, adding that the financing program will most likely be a precautionary one.

Romania's electricity consumption was 4.3 percent higher in the first eight months of the year than during the same period last year, according to data from the National Statistics Institute. The population used 3.1 percent more electricity, while the public lightning use dropped by 3 percent.

Romania imported 24 percent more natural gas during the first eight months of the year compared to the same period of last year, while the local natural gas production was 3 percent lower during this interval, according to data from the National Statistics Institute.

Romania and Bulgaria were taken out of Skype's Unlimited Europe services package from October, according to Bulgarian agency Novinite. The package allowed users make unlimited phone calls to 24 countries in Europe for 4,99 British pounds a month and used to be available for Romania and Bulgaria too.