The British Embassy in Bucharest has started a contest for those passionate about protecting the environment. Participants to the contest, called "10:10 Agent", are required to send three pictures of places/things in the capital city that consume energy uselessly, along with a short caption to each photo and solutions to overcome that specific problem -in English, around four-five phrases.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has decided to keep the key interest rate at 6.25 percent, similarly to the last six months. BNR cut the rate from 6.5 percent to 6.25 percent in May this year. In December last year, the key policy rate was of 8 percent and was gradually decreased throughout 2010.

The use of sugars, starch or similar products meant to increase potential alcohol levels in fermented alcoholic drinks, other than beer and wine, will be prohibited, according to a draft decision by the Ministries of Agriculture and of Health.

The gross domestic product (GDP) was down 2.3 percent in the first nine months of 2010, compared to the similar period of 2009, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The industry was the branch that registered the highest growth in activity volume, of 4.2 percent.

UniCredit plans to open 300 new bank outlets in Romania, out of a total of 900 outlets in the Central and Eastern Europe for the next five years, according to Federico Ghizzoni, the bank's delegate administrator.

Shift opened its doors in the summer of 2010 tucked away in General Eremia Grigorescu St. just behind Bulevadul Dacia, in that area of Bucharest that makes you feel as though you could be in Paris or Buenos Aires.

This week's travel destination in Romania is Sighişoara, one of the most beautiful and well preserved inhabited citadels in Europe. The city is located in the historic region of Transylvania, on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş county.

Several trains in Romania were canceled on Thursday morning due to the glaze on the contact wires on several routes. The following trains have been canceled:

Airline traffic on the two Bucharest airports, Otopeni and Baneasa was re-started on Thursday morning, with all flights on these airports operated normally, according to the Otopeni airport spokesman Valentin Iordache.

Saviana Stanescu is a Romanian-born playwright and one of the most outstanding Eastern European writers. She lives in New York City and teaches at the Drama Department at the New York University. Her plays have won important awards such as the John Golden Award for Excellence in Playwriting or the MARULIC Prize for Best European Radio-drama.

The British Embassy in Bucharest has started a contest for those passionate about protecting the environment. Participants to the contest, called "10:10 Agent", are required to send three pictures of places/things in the capital city that consume energy uselessly, along with a short caption to each photo and solutions to overcome that specific problem -in English, around four-five phrases.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has decided to keep the key interest rate at 6.25 percent, similarly to the last six months. BNR cut the rate from 6.5 percent to 6.25 percent in May this year. In December last year, the key policy rate was of 8 percent and was gradually decreased throughout 2010.

The use of sugars, starch or similar products meant to increase potential alcohol levels in fermented alcoholic drinks, other than beer and wine, will be prohibited, according to a draft decision by the Ministries of Agriculture and of Health.

The gross domestic product (GDP) was down 2.3 percent in the first nine months of 2010, compared to the similar period of 2009, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The industry was the branch that registered the highest growth in activity volume, of 4.2 percent.

UniCredit plans to open 300 new bank outlets in Romania, out of a total of 900 outlets in the Central and Eastern Europe for the next five years, according to Federico Ghizzoni, the bank's delegate administrator.

Shift opened its doors in the summer of 2010 tucked away in General Eremia Grigorescu St. just behind Bulevadul Dacia, in that area of Bucharest that makes you feel as though you could be in Paris or Buenos Aires.

This week's travel destination in Romania is Sighişoara, one of the most beautiful and well preserved inhabited citadels in Europe. The city is located in the historic region of Transylvania, on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş county.

Several trains in Romania were canceled on Thursday morning due to the glaze on the contact wires on several routes. The following trains have been canceled:

Airline traffic on the two Bucharest airports, Otopeni and Baneasa was re-started on Thursday morning, with all flights on these airports operated normally, according to the Otopeni airport spokesman Valentin Iordache.

Saviana Stanescu is a Romanian-born playwright and one of the most outstanding Eastern European writers. She lives in New York City and teaches at the Drama Department at the New York University. Her plays have won important awards such as the John Golden Award for Excellence in Playwriting or the MARULIC Prize for Best European Radio-drama.