Around 4.5 million Romanians have loans, more than the total number of employed people in Romania, according to a report from the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). Out of this number, 500,000 people fall into the riskiest category, with three loans, two with banks and one with a non-banking financial institution.

Companies' and population debt reaches EUR 72 billion – in Ziarul Financiar, Tiriac merges its car dealers – in Ziarul Financiar, Lidl takes 100 Romanians to Germany to train them to become managers – in Ziarul Financiar, BRD pays its employees EUR 13.7 million in bonuses for last year – in Ziarul Financiar, PwC: Romania will produce 520,000 cars in 2014 – in Ziarul Financiar, State prepares for trial with Rompetrol – in Ziarul Financiar, Over 500,000 Romanians have to queue up to pay their social contributions – in Gandul, Interest on deposits has decreased Romanians' savings – in Gandul

The nurse who was working at the Giulesti maternity intensive care ward when the fire that killed five new born babies started last week was arrested for 29 days and accused of third degree murder and of having caused serious injuries. The decision can be challenged in court.

After focusing on opening supermarkets since the beginning of the year, French retailer Carrefour will open a new hypermarket in Romania. The retailer's 23rd unit will be located in Drobeta Turnu Severin and will cover 7,100 sqm. This is the first hypermarket opened by Carrefour in the last year and a half. The opening is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25, within Severin Shopping Center. The retailer did not announce the value of the investment in this new store.

A waltz concert will take place on Tuesday evening (August 24) at the Cotroceni National Museum, as part of the ongoing Johan Strauss festival. The concert will be held by the Artmusik Quartet and will be conducted by Iosif Ion Prunner. See what other concerts are planned for this week.

More than 65 percent of Internet users said they were influenced by online advertising and spread out messages related to brands, product and services they see online, found a recent study by IAB Romania and eResearch Corp.

n Romania in the 1960s and 1970s, Cioran was a mysterious, almost mythological, presence. One would hear that such a person existed, but it was impossible to read him. His French books were neither sold nor published in translation, and his Romanian books had disappeared without a trace. Although he had departed his homeland some ten years before the war and the communist takeover, he was as invisible as the most unspeakable, or un-nameable, of non-persons

Romania's car production could go up by as much as 75 percent in 2014 compared to last year, to around 520,000 units produced locally, according to a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This would be the third fastest growth pace in Central and Eastern Europe.

Utilities, oil and gas and pharmaceutical companies had the best performances in the first half of the year among the Bucharest Stock Exchange listed companies, according to a recent report by brokerage company Tradeville. Chemical, metallurgical and car industries, which posted poorer financial results, but which witnessed a positive variation against the BET index.

The success of local sports people and film makers abroad seems to be Romania's main international counterbalances for the bad news coming from the country. The Wall Street Journal has recently published an article about a Romanian playing in the US National Football League, Zoltan Mesko. Mesko, 24, who has studied in the US, is now playing for the New England Patriots.

Around 4.5 million Romanians have loans, more than the total number of employed people in Romania, according to a report from the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). Out of this number, 500,000 people fall into the riskiest category, with three loans, two with banks and one with a non-banking financial institution.

Companies' and population debt reaches EUR 72 billion – in Ziarul Financiar, Tiriac merges its car dealers – in Ziarul Financiar, Lidl takes 100 Romanians to Germany to train them to become managers – in Ziarul Financiar, BRD pays its employees EUR 13.7 million in bonuses for last year – in Ziarul Financiar, PwC: Romania will produce 520,000 cars in 2014 – in Ziarul Financiar, State prepares for trial with Rompetrol – in Ziarul Financiar, Over 500,000 Romanians have to queue up to pay their social contributions – in Gandul, Interest on deposits has decreased Romanians' savings – in Gandul

The nurse who was working at the Giulesti maternity intensive care ward when the fire that killed five new born babies started last week was arrested for 29 days and accused of third degree murder and of having caused serious injuries. The decision can be challenged in court.

After focusing on opening supermarkets since the beginning of the year, French retailer Carrefour will open a new hypermarket in Romania. The retailer's 23rd unit will be located in Drobeta Turnu Severin and will cover 7,100 sqm. This is the first hypermarket opened by Carrefour in the last year and a half. The opening is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25, within Severin Shopping Center. The retailer did not announce the value of the investment in this new store.

A waltz concert will take place on Tuesday evening (August 24) at the Cotroceni National Museum, as part of the ongoing Johan Strauss festival. The concert will be held by the Artmusik Quartet and will be conducted by Iosif Ion Prunner. See what other concerts are planned for this week.

More than 65 percent of Internet users said they were influenced by online advertising and spread out messages related to brands, product and services they see online, found a recent study by IAB Romania and eResearch Corp.

n Romania in the 1960s and 1970s, Cioran was a mysterious, almost mythological, presence. One would hear that such a person existed, but it was impossible to read him. His French books were neither sold nor published in translation, and his Romanian books had disappeared without a trace. Although he had departed his homeland some ten years before the war and the communist takeover, he was as invisible as the most unspeakable, or un-nameable, of non-persons

Romania's car production could go up by as much as 75 percent in 2014 compared to last year, to around 520,000 units produced locally, according to a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This would be the third fastest growth pace in Central and Eastern Europe.

Utilities, oil and gas and pharmaceutical companies had the best performances in the first half of the year among the Bucharest Stock Exchange listed companies, according to a recent report by brokerage company Tradeville. Chemical, metallurgical and car industries, which posted poorer financial results, but which witnessed a positive variation against the BET index.

The success of local sports people and film makers abroad seems to be Romania's main international counterbalances for the bad news coming from the country. The Wall Street Journal has recently published an article about a Romanian playing in the US National Football League, Zoltan Mesko. Mesko, 24, who has studied in the US, is now playing for the New England Patriots.