The Imperial Hotel, Bristol Hotel or Metropol Hotel, Brancoveanu Palace, The Grand Theatre, Vacaresti Monastery, Saint Sava Monastery – these are some of the lost places of Bucharest. Discover their story and much more in a seminar on the “City of Lost Places”, held at Calea Victoriei Foundation, on February 3, from 19,00 hours.

The first day of trading for Fondul Proprietatea shares triggered a record volume of over EUR 50 million in trading with FP shares. The maximum price per share was of RON 0.675 during the first trading day, below the nominal value of the fund's shares, which is of RON 1. The fund's shares recorded 5,638 trades on the first day, which was a record on BSE. The day also brought the highest number of pre-opening orders on a single listed share- 3,500.

Romanian state-owned airline Tarom wants to break even in 2011, after its 2010 budget provided for a EUR 4.6 million, according to a draft government decision by the Ministry of Transport. In 2009, Tarom projected around a EUR 176,000 profit, but the net result was actually around a EUR 21 million loss.

Artmark auction house recorded auction art sales of EUR 5.5 million last year, which makes up for 68 percent of the local art sales, according to data from the company. The company posted EUR 1.8 million in auction sales in 2009, which made 48 percent of the market.

Romania's car park grew last year by 1.8 percent, to more than 5.42 million vehicles, including 4.3 million passenger cars, 6.4 percent higher than in 2009, according to the data of the Interior Ministry's Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV).

Fondul Proprietatea (FP) might seek stock exchange listings in London, Warsaw, Vienna or Hong Kong, Mark Mobius, executive chairman of PF manager Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets said on Tuesday, the first day of trading for the fund's shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The first transactions with the Fondul Proprietatea shares were held at a price of RON 0.602 per share this morning, when the fund was listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). The fund was listed directly, without an Initial Public Offering (IPO). More about the evolution of the fund's shares here.

Gypsy punk phenomenon Gogol Bordello returns to Bucharest in the international tour "We Comin' Rougher”.

Rhythm Of The Dance – The National Dance Company of Ireland will return to Romania to sustain a series of performances. The show , an absolute premiere, is produced by Michael Flatley’s famous choreographer, Doireann Carney.

Max Ausnit was known in the first part of the 20th century as the King of Steel in Romania. He was one of Romania's principal industrialists at the time and not only had control and stakes in several factories in Romania, but he also controlled factories abroad, in Yugoslavia and Poland. He had to leave Romania twice and was condemned to death in absence by two different regimes in the country at the time. His son, Steven Ausnit, now 86, tells Romania-Insider.com the story of his father.

The Imperial Hotel, Bristol Hotel or Metropol Hotel, Brancoveanu Palace, The Grand Theatre, Vacaresti Monastery, Saint Sava Monastery – these are some of the lost places of Bucharest. Discover their story and much more in a seminar on the “City of Lost Places”, held at Calea Victoriei Foundation, on February 3, from 19,00 hours.

The first day of trading for Fondul Proprietatea shares triggered a record volume of over EUR 50 million in trading with FP shares. The maximum price per share was of RON 0.675 during the first trading day, below the nominal value of the fund's shares, which is of RON 1. The fund's shares recorded 5,638 trades on the first day, which was a record on BSE. The day also brought the highest number of pre-opening orders on a single listed share- 3,500.

Romanian state-owned airline Tarom wants to break even in 2011, after its 2010 budget provided for a EUR 4.6 million, according to a draft government decision by the Ministry of Transport. In 2009, Tarom projected around a EUR 176,000 profit, but the net result was actually around a EUR 21 million loss.

Artmark auction house recorded auction art sales of EUR 5.5 million last year, which makes up for 68 percent of the local art sales, according to data from the company. The company posted EUR 1.8 million in auction sales in 2009, which made 48 percent of the market.

Romania's car park grew last year by 1.8 percent, to more than 5.42 million vehicles, including 4.3 million passenger cars, 6.4 percent higher than in 2009, according to the data of the Interior Ministry's Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV).

Fondul Proprietatea (FP) might seek stock exchange listings in London, Warsaw, Vienna or Hong Kong, Mark Mobius, executive chairman of PF manager Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets said on Tuesday, the first day of trading for the fund's shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The first transactions with the Fondul Proprietatea shares were held at a price of RON 0.602 per share this morning, when the fund was listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). The fund was listed directly, without an Initial Public Offering (IPO). More about the evolution of the fund's shares here.

Gypsy punk phenomenon Gogol Bordello returns to Bucharest in the international tour "We Comin' Rougher”.

Rhythm Of The Dance – The National Dance Company of Ireland will return to Romania to sustain a series of performances. The show , an absolute premiere, is produced by Michael Flatley’s famous choreographer, Doireann Carney.

Max Ausnit was known in the first part of the 20th century as the King of Steel in Romania. He was one of Romania's principal industrialists at the time and not only had control and stakes in several factories in Romania, but he also controlled factories abroad, in Yugoslavia and Poland. He had to leave Romania twice and was condemned to death in absence by two different regimes in the country at the time. His son, Steven Ausnit, now 86, tells Romania-Insider.com the story of his father.