The French Institute in Bucharest (77 Dacia Blvd) will host a short movies marathon night this week-end. The French Night of Short Films will start on Saturday, January 29 at 21,00 hours and end on Saturday at 04,00 hours in the morning.

The "George Enescu" Festival 2011 has been included in an annual selection of the most prestigious tourist destinations compiled by Austrian magazine Gewinn. Although it’s not actually a ranking, Romania sits on the 16th place as a tourist destination, recommended for the 2011 “George Enescu” Festival.

German IT security company Astaro has bought Romanian CoSoSys, developer of Endpoint Security, Data Loss Prevention and portable media security software. The acquisition price was not disclosed.

Friday, January 28

10,00 hours Expo Mariaj fair at Romexpo. On until January 30. Ticket price: RON 13

19,00 hours...

Romanian authorities want to create bike tracks for touristic purposes across the country. The Regional Development and Tourism Ministry will be in charge with putting together the bike tracks on existing road infrastructure. Bike tracks will also be created in mountain areas.

Movies opening this week-end:

The Green Hornet (trailer below)

with Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou

on at...

The Bucharest National Airports Company has contracted a EUR 100 loan from BRD Groupe Societe Generale and BCR, to finance the third development and modernizing phase of the Otopeni airport in the Romanian capital city. The two lenders have been chosen in an open bid.

French retailer Carrefour will open a new hypermarket in Bucharest, within the Colloseum shopping center in the Romanian capital city in September this year. This will be Carrefour's eight hypermarket in Bucharest and the 24th in the country.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a EUR 10 million loan to Raiffeisen Bank Romania to fuel energy efficiency projects for local companies.

Romanian MP Liana Dumitrescu died Thursday morning at the Elias emergency hospital in Bucharest of a rare brain disease, sources in the hospital said. She was 38.

The French Institute in Bucharest (77 Dacia Blvd) will host a short movies marathon night this week-end. The French Night of Short Films will start on Saturday, January 29 at 21,00 hours and end on Saturday at 04,00 hours in the morning.

The "George Enescu" Festival 2011 has been included in an annual selection of the most prestigious tourist destinations compiled by Austrian magazine Gewinn. Although it’s not actually a ranking, Romania sits on the 16th place as a tourist destination, recommended for the 2011 “George Enescu” Festival.

German IT security company Astaro has bought Romanian CoSoSys, developer of Endpoint Security, Data Loss Prevention and portable media security software. The acquisition price was not disclosed.

Friday, January 28

10,00 hours Expo Mariaj fair at Romexpo. On until January 30. Ticket price: RON 13

19,00 hours...

Romanian authorities want to create bike tracks for touristic purposes across the country. The Regional Development and Tourism Ministry will be in charge with putting together the bike tracks on existing road infrastructure. Bike tracks will also be created in mountain areas.

Movies opening this week-end:

The Green Hornet (trailer below)

with Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou

on at...

The Bucharest National Airports Company has contracted a EUR 100 loan from BRD Groupe Societe Generale and BCR, to finance the third development and modernizing phase of the Otopeni airport in the Romanian capital city. The two lenders have been chosen in an open bid.

French retailer Carrefour will open a new hypermarket in Bucharest, within the Colloseum shopping center in the Romanian capital city in September this year. This will be Carrefour's eight hypermarket in Bucharest and the 24th in the country.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a EUR 10 million loan to Raiffeisen Bank Romania to fuel energy efficiency projects for local companies.

Romanian MP Liana Dumitrescu died Thursday morning at the Elias emergency hospital in Bucharest of a rare brain disease, sources in the hospital said. She was 38.