Car traffic will be restricted to three lanes on the Constantin Prezan boulevard, between Charles de Gaulle Square and Arcul de Triumf starting Monday, August 9, until mid-September. Road repairing will restrict traffic to three lanes- two will be available for traffic from Charles de Gaulle to Arcul de Triumf and only one lane from Arcul de Triumf to Charles de Gaulle.

The power outages in Mamaia and 2 Mai seaside resorts this week-end were caused by the over consumption of energy in the resorts, according to supplier Enel Distributie Dobrogea. Such events happened during the week as well, when energy consumption went up compared to the approved consumption – sometimes double this threshold, according to Enel.

Romanian-born pianist Lucian Ban will play in the 'Enescu Re-Imagined” concert at the Romanian Atheneum this fall, along with John Hebert and other jazz musicians in New York. The concert will take place on September 22nd.

The Rasnov citadel has been re-opened after a year of renovation works, although the revamping was not entirely finalized. Tracks have been secured within the citadel, which will be opened for public for free during August. During September, the price of an entry ticket will be of RON 10 for adults and RON 5 for kids.

The feature length movie “Wedding in Basarabia”, directed by Nap Toader (Napoleon Helmis) has been selected for the Montreal World Film Festival, which will take place between August 26 and September 6. The comedy, a Romania – Republic of Moldova – Luxembourg co-production, will be featured in the Focus on World Cinema section.

Telecom operator Cosmote grew its revenues by 6.3 percent in the second quarter of this year, to EUR 115 million, according to data announced by its mother company OTE. The revenues for the first half of the year reached EUR 229 million, up 9.7 percent on the first half of 2009.

The Nova Group, a company owned by Romanian businessman Dan Adamescu, has bought the 50 percent share package in Medien Holding, the publisher of Romania Libera newspaper, from German Waz, the company has announced. The Nova Group thus became the sole owner of the media group.

Bucharest week-end events August 6 –8: Salsa Festival, Soundtrack for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

Seaside and mountain events, August 6-8

Movies this week-end: Salt, The Last Airbender, The Killing Jar

Car traffic will be restricted to three lanes on the Constantin Prezan boulevard, between Charles de Gaulle Square and Arcul de Triumf starting Monday, August 9, until mid-September. Road repairing will restrict traffic to three lanes- two will be available for traffic from Charles de Gaulle to Arcul de Triumf and only one lane from Arcul de Triumf to Charles de Gaulle.

The power outages in Mamaia and 2 Mai seaside resorts this week-end were caused by the over consumption of energy in the resorts, according to supplier Enel Distributie Dobrogea. Such events happened during the week as well, when energy consumption went up compared to the approved consumption – sometimes double this threshold, according to Enel.

Romanian-born pianist Lucian Ban will play in the 'Enescu Re-Imagined” concert at the Romanian Atheneum this fall, along with John Hebert and other jazz musicians in New York. The concert will take place on September 22nd.

The Rasnov citadel has been re-opened after a year of renovation works, although the revamping was not entirely finalized. Tracks have been secured within the citadel, which will be opened for public for free during August. During September, the price of an entry ticket will be of RON 10 for adults and RON 5 for kids.

The feature length movie “Wedding in Basarabia”, directed by Nap Toader (Napoleon Helmis) has been selected for the Montreal World Film Festival, which will take place between August 26 and September 6. The comedy, a Romania – Republic of Moldova – Luxembourg co-production, will be featured in the Focus on World Cinema section.

Telecom operator Cosmote grew its revenues by 6.3 percent in the second quarter of this year, to EUR 115 million, according to data announced by its mother company OTE. The revenues for the first half of the year reached EUR 229 million, up 9.7 percent on the first half of 2009.

The Nova Group, a company owned by Romanian businessman Dan Adamescu, has bought the 50 percent share package in Medien Holding, the publisher of Romania Libera newspaper, from German Waz, the company has announced. The Nova Group thus became the sole owner of the media group.

Bucharest week-end events August 6 –8: Salsa Festival, Soundtrack for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

Seaside and mountain events, August 6-8

Movies this week-end: Salt, The Last Airbender, The Killing Jar