Low cost airline Wizz Air will launch a new flight connecting Bucharest to Malaga in Spain, the company has announced. The new route will be operated from March 26 and will initially have one flight a week, on Sundays.

Romania will allot EUR 15 million to hospitals this year for IT&C projects, according to Romanian Communications Minister Valerian Vreme.The Communications Ministry will spend as much as EUR 400,000 per hospital to outfit around 40 units, said Vreme.

The occupancy rate of Bucharest's three- and four-star hotels will rise this year by about 10 percent, having increased in 2010 to 42 percent from 39 percent, according to the Bucharest Benchmarking Report, developed by consulting firm Fivestar Hospitality.

Romania plans to write off debts of EUR 234.7 million of companies in the defense industry, citing a EU norm which allows the protection of the national military interest and arguing that foreclosing their assets would impact defense capabilities. Writing off debts of companies in the defense industry will be regarded as a measure to improve the respective companies' economic and financial situation, the Economy Ministry said in a document.

The Romanian Communications Ministry will carry out a EUR 84 million project, funded by the European Union, to provide Internet access to the remaining unconnected areas in the country, according to minister Valerian Vreme.

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia, the Romanian unit of Finnish mobile giant Nokia, oil company OMV Petrom and oil refinery Rompetrol Rafinare were the country’s top exporters in 2010 both in the European Union and outside the EU, the Economy Ministry said Friday.

The Romanian Government has delayed until the spring of 2012 the sale of a 15 percent stake in natural gas producer Romgaz Medias, according to the country’s draft letter of intent agreed with the International Monetary Fund.

Romanian foreign direct investments, or FDI, fell 25.6 percent to EUR 2.6 billion in 2010, from EUR 3.5 billion in the previous year, the central bank said Friday.

Friday, February 11

10,00 hours Valentine's day Fair at Sala Dalles. On until February 14

10,00 hours Valentine's...

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (BT) manages EUR 311 million in wealth on the private banking segment, having increased by 20 percent the volume of managed assets for wealthy clients in 2010. Its clients need to have cash of at least EUR 100,000 placed with the bank for at least three months in the row, to qualify for the private banking services.

Low cost airline Wizz Air will launch a new flight connecting Bucharest to Malaga in Spain, the company has announced. The new route will be operated from March 26 and will initially have one flight a week, on Sundays.

Romania will allot EUR 15 million to hospitals this year for IT&C projects, according to Romanian Communications Minister Valerian Vreme.The Communications Ministry will spend as much as EUR 400,000 per hospital to outfit around 40 units, said Vreme.

The occupancy rate of Bucharest's three- and four-star hotels will rise this year by about 10 percent, having increased in 2010 to 42 percent from 39 percent, according to the Bucharest Benchmarking Report, developed by consulting firm Fivestar Hospitality.

Romania plans to write off debts of EUR 234.7 million of companies in the defense industry, citing a EU norm which allows the protection of the national military interest and arguing that foreclosing their assets would impact defense capabilities. Writing off debts of companies in the defense industry will be regarded as a measure to improve the respective companies' economic and financial situation, the Economy Ministry said in a document.

The Romanian Communications Ministry will carry out a EUR 84 million project, funded by the European Union, to provide Internet access to the remaining unconnected areas in the country, according to minister Valerian Vreme.

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia, the Romanian unit of Finnish mobile giant Nokia, oil company OMV Petrom and oil refinery Rompetrol Rafinare were the country’s top exporters in 2010 both in the European Union and outside the EU, the Economy Ministry said Friday.

The Romanian Government has delayed until the spring of 2012 the sale of a 15 percent stake in natural gas producer Romgaz Medias, according to the country’s draft letter of intent agreed with the International Monetary Fund.

Romanian foreign direct investments, or FDI, fell 25.6 percent to EUR 2.6 billion in 2010, from EUR 3.5 billion in the previous year, the central bank said Friday.

Friday, February 11

10,00 hours Valentine's day Fair at Sala Dalles. On until February 14

10,00 hours Valentine's...

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (BT) manages EUR 311 million in wealth on the private banking segment, having increased by 20 percent the volume of managed assets for wealthy clients in 2010. Its clients need to have cash of at least EUR 100,000 placed with the bank for at least three months in the row, to qualify for the private banking services.