Local telecom company RCS & RDS has launched its mobile telephony service Digi Mobil in Italy, catering to the needs of over 1 million Romanians living there. Italy is the second destination country for Romanian workers where RCS &RDS launches its services, after launching Digi Mobil in Spain in 2008.

The weight of the green public acquisitions carried out by the Romanian public authorities reaches up to 20 percent of the total amount, which is 30 percent below the level requested by the European Union. The European Commission has established a 50 percent ratio which should go to green acquisitions for each member state.

The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos will be attending several events taking place in Bucharest and Sibiu between October 13 and 15. Ciolos will conclude the works of the Conference on the Contribution of EU Funds to Integration of Roma Population.

Banks active in Romania could lose over EUR 500 million if the Government Ordinance (OUG) 50/2010 stays in its current ambiguous form, according to the head of the Romanian Banks Association (ARB), Radu Gratian Ghetea (in picture).

Romania has seen the most significant growth in sentiment about companies’ financial outlook, according to the fourth edition of the Deloitte Business Sentiment Index (DBSI). 63 percent of interviewed executives shared optimism - an almost 48 percent increase since the first survey in September 2009 and more than three times higher than the previous edition, issued in April.

Intersnack has bought the Nutline sunflower seeds, preanuts and dried fruits brand from Alka Group, owned by Amir Krenzia, according to Ziarul Financiar. The deal was estimated at around EUR 10 million, but the two companies have not offered details.

Dutch social entrepreneur Arnoud Raskin (in picture), who has had the idea of starting a mobile school for homeless children and who will deliver a speech at the TEDx Bucharest event on Friday, October 15, will further attend an open event on Sunday meeting people who are concerned about social entrepreneurship and alternative education methods.

Jean Negulesco was a Romanian director and screenwriter, a pioneer in cinemascope, a wide-screen technique in the 1950s. He has worked for the major American film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox and he has received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

By Alexandra Fodor

*Intersnack buys Nutline – in Ziarul Financiar
*Merkel demands that debt to German firms be paid – in Ziarul Financiar
*Qatar's national airline starts recruitment campaign in Romania– in Ziarul Financiar
*Dacia has produced a million Logan cars in Mioveni, worth EUR 8 billion – in Ziarul Financiar
*Salaries of employees in the private sector are up by 9 percent – in Gandul
*BCR's unhappy customers: The bank hasn't showed up to reconciliation, we're going to court – in Gandul
*Georgescu sells Gecad ePayment to South African Naspers – in Adevarul

There is a vibrant world waiting to be discovered across Romania, outside capital city Bucharest and much of it rests unknown. Some of Romania's biggest cities have a rich history, have witnessed the creation of the country's culture and some of them are currently flourishing business hubs. Romania-insider.com starts a series of articles presenting major Romania cities. This week's pick is Timisoara, the first mainland European city to to be lit by electric street lamps in 1884. This was also the city where the anti-communist revolution spark started in 1989.

Local telecom company RCS & RDS has launched its mobile telephony service Digi Mobil in Italy, catering to the needs of over 1 million Romanians living there. Italy is the second destination country for Romanian workers where RCS &RDS launches its services, after launching Digi Mobil in Spain in 2008.

The weight of the green public acquisitions carried out by the Romanian public authorities reaches up to 20 percent of the total amount, which is 30 percent below the level requested by the European Union. The European Commission has established a 50 percent ratio which should go to green acquisitions for each member state.

The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos will be attending several events taking place in Bucharest and Sibiu between October 13 and 15. Ciolos will conclude the works of the Conference on the Contribution of EU Funds to Integration of Roma Population.

Banks active in Romania could lose over EUR 500 million if the Government Ordinance (OUG) 50/2010 stays in its current ambiguous form, according to the head of the Romanian Banks Association (ARB), Radu Gratian Ghetea (in picture).

Romania has seen the most significant growth in sentiment about companies’ financial outlook, according to the fourth edition of the Deloitte Business Sentiment Index (DBSI). 63 percent of interviewed executives shared optimism - an almost 48 percent increase since the first survey in September 2009 and more than three times higher than the previous edition, issued in April.

Intersnack has bought the Nutline sunflower seeds, preanuts and dried fruits brand from Alka Group, owned by Amir Krenzia, according to Ziarul Financiar. The deal was estimated at around EUR 10 million, but the two companies have not offered details.

Dutch social entrepreneur Arnoud Raskin (in picture), who has had the idea of starting a mobile school for homeless children and who will deliver a speech at the TEDx Bucharest event on Friday, October 15, will further attend an open event on Sunday meeting people who are concerned about social entrepreneurship and alternative education methods.

Jean Negulesco was a Romanian director and screenwriter, a pioneer in cinemascope, a wide-screen technique in the 1950s. He has worked for the major American film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox and he has received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

By Alexandra Fodor

*Intersnack buys Nutline – in Ziarul Financiar
*Merkel demands that debt to German firms be paid – in Ziarul Financiar
*Qatar's national airline starts recruitment campaign in Romania– in Ziarul Financiar
*Dacia has produced a million Logan cars in Mioveni, worth EUR 8 billion – in Ziarul Financiar
*Salaries of employees in the private sector are up by 9 percent – in Gandul
*BCR's unhappy customers: The bank hasn't showed up to reconciliation, we're going to court – in Gandul
*Georgescu sells Gecad ePayment to South African Naspers – in Adevarul

There is a vibrant world waiting to be discovered across Romania, outside capital city Bucharest and much of it rests unknown. Some of Romania's biggest cities have a rich history, have witnessed the creation of the country's culture and some of them are currently flourishing business hubs. Romania-insider.com starts a series of articles presenting major Romania cities. This week's pick is Timisoara, the first mainland European city to to be lit by electric street lamps in 1884. This was also the city where the anti-communist revolution spark started in 1989.