Movies opening in Romanian cinemas during the week-end August 20-22

The antiquarian bookshelves in Universitate area of Bucharest will no longer tell a dull, gray story when closed during the evening. They will be painted with realistic-comical scenes in the everyday life in Bucharest by a group of artists involved in the 'I Love Bucharest' – the Adventures of Mr. Urban project. The organizers of this project are 'Asociatia din Pod' (The Attic Association) and Mora Foundation. The 22 bookshelves will be painted with comic-like drawings. The artists have already started to work on this project and should be ready in two weeks.

The Guardian travel writer Benji Lanyado, who was on a train trip from London to Istanbul, making videos from the places he has visited, has dedicated one to Bucharest and Romania. “Ceausescu's remains have been exhumed this week, but Benji Lanyado goes looking for another Romanian tyrant,” writes The Guardian as the video's intro.

Vienna Insurance Group's companies active in Romania posted EUR 274 million of gross subscribed premiums in the first half of the year, a drop of 12.5 percent compared to the same period of 2009. However, VIG grew its profit in Romania by 18.7 percent, to EUR 14.3 million during this period. VIG owns BCR Asigurari de Viata, BCR Asigurari, Omniasig, Omniasig Life and Asirom in Romania.

France has started sending back to Romania the illegal Roma immigrants it had found in the country, with the first batch due to arrive on Thursday. 93 Romanian citizens of Roma ethnicity will be sent back on two commercial flights today, followed by others in the next days, according to Mediafax newswire quoting data from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. These are all voluntary repatriations and each Roma received EUR 300 to return to Romania, while for children the compensation was of EUR 100.

Local company Avicarvil has finalized the first stage of the investment in “La Provincia, pui de casa” (La Provincia, farm chicken), whose business model relies on raising chicken in a traditional way and then selling poultry on the Romanian market. The company plans to invest in a a fodder factory which should be fueled by locally-produced fodder.

The Romanian Labor Code will be modified this fall to allow a simpler partnership between employer and employees, said Economy Minister Adriean Videanu. “We will have a pleasant surprise in fall. They are working on it,” said Videanu who attended a seminar about energy investments.

Week-end events in the mountain and seaside resorts for the period August 20-22

Week--end events in Bucharest between August 20-22

Romanians' quality of life got worse this year compared to last year, found a research on the quality of life issued by the Romanian Academy. Romanians saw deteriorating political environment and became less satisfied with the way the country is managed.

Movies opening in Romanian cinemas during the week-end August 20-22

The antiquarian bookshelves in Universitate area of Bucharest will no longer tell a dull, gray story when closed during the evening. They will be painted with realistic-comical scenes in the everyday life in Bucharest by a group of artists involved in the 'I Love Bucharest' – the Adventures of Mr. Urban project. The organizers of this project are 'Asociatia din Pod' (The Attic Association) and Mora Foundation. The 22 bookshelves will be painted with comic-like drawings. The artists have already started to work on this project and should be ready in two weeks.

The Guardian travel writer Benji Lanyado, who was on a train trip from London to Istanbul, making videos from the places he has visited, has dedicated one to Bucharest and Romania. “Ceausescu's remains have been exhumed this week, but Benji Lanyado goes looking for another Romanian tyrant,” writes The Guardian as the video's intro.

Vienna Insurance Group's companies active in Romania posted EUR 274 million of gross subscribed premiums in the first half of the year, a drop of 12.5 percent compared to the same period of 2009. However, VIG grew its profit in Romania by 18.7 percent, to EUR 14.3 million during this period. VIG owns BCR Asigurari de Viata, BCR Asigurari, Omniasig, Omniasig Life and Asirom in Romania.

France has started sending back to Romania the illegal Roma immigrants it had found in the country, with the first batch due to arrive on Thursday. 93 Romanian citizens of Roma ethnicity will be sent back on two commercial flights today, followed by others in the next days, according to Mediafax newswire quoting data from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. These are all voluntary repatriations and each Roma received EUR 300 to return to Romania, while for children the compensation was of EUR 100.

Local company Avicarvil has finalized the first stage of the investment in “La Provincia, pui de casa” (La Provincia, farm chicken), whose business model relies on raising chicken in a traditional way and then selling poultry on the Romanian market. The company plans to invest in a a fodder factory which should be fueled by locally-produced fodder.

The Romanian Labor Code will be modified this fall to allow a simpler partnership between employer and employees, said Economy Minister Adriean Videanu. “We will have a pleasant surprise in fall. They are working on it,” said Videanu who attended a seminar about energy investments.

Week-end events in the mountain and seaside resorts for the period August 20-22

Week--end events in Bucharest between August 20-22

Romanians' quality of life got worse this year compared to last year, found a research on the quality of life issued by the Romanian Academy. Romanians saw deteriorating political environment and became less satisfied with the way the country is managed.