Seven Romanian software companies have sent Romania on the fourth position in Deloitte's Central Europe Technology Fast 50 top, the company has announced. However, Romanian companies have registered a slower pace of growth than the region.

This year's International Sleepless Nights Accordion festival will open with a jazz performance by Romanian accordionist Emy Dragoi on Wednesday, October 20, at the Tete-a-Tete Coffee Art & Chill. The event wil also feature Costel Nitescu as special guest playing the violin.

uropean movie lovers will be able to watch representative Norwegian films at the upcoming Norwegian Movie Days in Bucharest between October 27 and 29, at the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR). The event, organized by the Norwegian Embassy to Bucharest and ICR, will include five movies with free entry.

Austrian company Bilfinger Berger Baugesellschaft has signed a EUR 12.6 million contract with the Romanian Roads Company CNADNR to revamp the Giurgeni and Agigea bridges. The Giurgeni bridge revamping contract, worth EUR 8.8 million (excluding VAT), is more than half covered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the rest coming from the Romanian Government.

The Bucharest Early Music Festival, organized by Medieval Praxis, will start on October 30 in Bucharest. The event will be dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach this year, celebrating 325 years since the birth of the composer and commemorating 260 years since his death. Already at its fifth edition, the festival features music predating the Classical period in West European music.

Romania's pavilion at EXPO Shanghai 2010 is hosting the Romania-China Cultural Week from October 16,an event which is part of the cultural diplomacy program held at Greenopolis pavilion, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced.

Titan, owned by Austrian Euromills, has finalized a EUR 15 million investment in its Bucharest factory which will produce rolls for McDonald's restaurants in Romania and Bulgaria. The investment was started a year ago and parts of the production will go to countries like Greece, Serbia and Macedonia as week.

OMV Petrom's electric power plant will start production at the end of 2011 and is currently being built in Brazi, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The power plant in Brazi, north of Bucharest, will feature a gas turbine. When finalized, the power plant will provide up to 9 percent of the electricity produced in Romania.

*Govt. proposes 12% flat tax and salary contribution to 41%. Is a budget possible on this data? - in Ziarul Financiar
*Will PSD and PNL manage to dismiss the Govt. under the pressure of the masses? - in Ziarul Financiar
*Titan invests EUR 15 mln in factory to produce hamburger rolls - in Ziarul Financiar
*Medcenter to put EUR 7 mln in Bucharest analysis lab - in Ziarul Financiar

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) members of the Romanian Parliament, along with the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance (in opposition), and the National Liberal Party (PNL - in opposition) submitted the motion of no-confidence against the Boc Government. The document is named 'The No-Confidence Motion of Majority Romania, People's Motion.'

Seven Romanian software companies have sent Romania on the fourth position in Deloitte's Central Europe Technology Fast 50 top, the company has announced. However, Romanian companies have registered a slower pace of growth than the region.

This year's International Sleepless Nights Accordion festival will open with a jazz performance by Romanian accordionist Emy Dragoi on Wednesday, October 20, at the Tete-a-Tete Coffee Art & Chill. The event wil also feature Costel Nitescu as special guest playing the violin.

uropean movie lovers will be able to watch representative Norwegian films at the upcoming Norwegian Movie Days in Bucharest between October 27 and 29, at the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR). The event, organized by the Norwegian Embassy to Bucharest and ICR, will include five movies with free entry.

Austrian company Bilfinger Berger Baugesellschaft has signed a EUR 12.6 million contract with the Romanian Roads Company CNADNR to revamp the Giurgeni and Agigea bridges. The Giurgeni bridge revamping contract, worth EUR 8.8 million (excluding VAT), is more than half covered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the rest coming from the Romanian Government.

The Bucharest Early Music Festival, organized by Medieval Praxis, will start on October 30 in Bucharest. The event will be dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach this year, celebrating 325 years since the birth of the composer and commemorating 260 years since his death. Already at its fifth edition, the festival features music predating the Classical period in West European music.

Romania's pavilion at EXPO Shanghai 2010 is hosting the Romania-China Cultural Week from October 16,an event which is part of the cultural diplomacy program held at Greenopolis pavilion, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced.

Titan, owned by Austrian Euromills, has finalized a EUR 15 million investment in its Bucharest factory which will produce rolls for McDonald's restaurants in Romania and Bulgaria. The investment was started a year ago and parts of the production will go to countries like Greece, Serbia and Macedonia as week.

OMV Petrom's electric power plant will start production at the end of 2011 and is currently being built in Brazi, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The power plant in Brazi, north of Bucharest, will feature a gas turbine. When finalized, the power plant will provide up to 9 percent of the electricity produced in Romania.

*Govt. proposes 12% flat tax and salary contribution to 41%. Is a budget possible on this data? - in Ziarul Financiar
*Will PSD and PNL manage to dismiss the Govt. under the pressure of the masses? - in Ziarul Financiar
*Titan invests EUR 15 mln in factory to produce hamburger rolls - in Ziarul Financiar
*Medcenter to put EUR 7 mln in Bucharest analysis lab - in Ziarul Financiar

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) members of the Romanian Parliament, along with the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance (in opposition), and the National Liberal Party (PNL - in opposition) submitted the motion of no-confidence against the Boc Government. The document is named 'The No-Confidence Motion of Majority Romania, People's Motion.'