The salary expenses in the Romanian public sector will be cut in 2011 down to the 2005 level of 7.4 percent of gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative in Romania Tonny Lybek said at the Palace of Parliament on Tuesday.

Michal Golebiewski is the first expat to join the Microsoft Romania team as Business, Marketing and Operations (BMO) Lead from September 1st, the company has announced. He will replace Dan Bulucea, who left the company in March this year.

The Chamber of Notaries Public in Bucharest will reduce by 10 percent the fees charged for real estate transaction signed in Bucharest and in five other counties, namely Calarasi, Giurgiu, Ialomita, Ilfov and Teleorman, starting September 1.

real,- Hypermarket Romania will move its headquarters above the real,- Pallady hypermarket, where it will occupy 6,500 sqm of space. The three available floors will host the retailer's 350 employees working in the main offices.

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu, currently on an official visit to Romania, on Tuesday will meet Chairman of the Romanian Senate Mircea Geoana and Speaker of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies Roberta Anastase.

The famous Orient Express on Monday stopped, for the first time in the latest 12 years, while traveling between Paris and Istanbul, Istanbul and Venice respectively, in the Royal Station of the Sinaia mountain resort (Prahova County, north of Bucharest), where the about 100 passengers enjoyed a red-carpet welcome.

The Romanian Government wants to amend the country’s labor legislation, introduce postal voting for Romanians living abroad, simplify privatization procedures and regulate aspects related to the checkup of public purchase contract award procedures, according to Mediafax newswire.

Banks demand higher yields from state – in Ziarul Financiar, Food industry multinationals closed down 25 plants – in Ziarul Financiar, Volume of loans granted by non-banking financial institutions, down by EUR 600 million in H1 – in Ziarul Financiar, Burger King and Nestle replace Everest in Piaţa Romană – in Ziarul Financiar, State could cash in EUR 100 million from sale of 15% in Transgaz – in Ziarul Financiar

RCS & RDS launches prepaid mobile Internet and voice – in Ziarul Financiar

Two people have died from the West Nile virus in Romania, out of a total of seven people carrying the virus, according to the Romanian Health Ministry. The two people who died were 75 and 79 and had other illnesses as well.

Romanian writer Florin Iaru's photography exhibition will be opened on Wednesday, September 1st, at the Anthony Frost English Bookshop in Bucharest. The fourth issue of the photography magazine Punctum will also be launched at the event. The exhibition will be opened all thorough September.

The salary expenses in the Romanian public sector will be cut in 2011 down to the 2005 level of 7.4 percent of gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative in Romania Tonny Lybek said at the Palace of Parliament on Tuesday.

Michal Golebiewski is the first expat to join the Microsoft Romania team as Business, Marketing and Operations (BMO) Lead from September 1st, the company has announced. He will replace Dan Bulucea, who left the company in March this year.

The Chamber of Notaries Public in Bucharest will reduce by 10 percent the fees charged for real estate transaction signed in Bucharest and in five other counties, namely Calarasi, Giurgiu, Ialomita, Ilfov and Teleorman, starting September 1.

real,- Hypermarket Romania will move its headquarters above the real,- Pallady hypermarket, where it will occupy 6,500 sqm of space. The three available floors will host the retailer's 350 employees working in the main offices.

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu, currently on an official visit to Romania, on Tuesday will meet Chairman of the Romanian Senate Mircea Geoana and Speaker of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies Roberta Anastase.

The famous Orient Express on Monday stopped, for the first time in the latest 12 years, while traveling between Paris and Istanbul, Istanbul and Venice respectively, in the Royal Station of the Sinaia mountain resort (Prahova County, north of Bucharest), where the about 100 passengers enjoyed a red-carpet welcome.

The Romanian Government wants to amend the country’s labor legislation, introduce postal voting for Romanians living abroad, simplify privatization procedures and regulate aspects related to the checkup of public purchase contract award procedures, according to Mediafax newswire.

Banks demand higher yields from state – in Ziarul Financiar, Food industry multinationals closed down 25 plants – in Ziarul Financiar, Volume of loans granted by non-banking financial institutions, down by EUR 600 million in H1 – in Ziarul Financiar, Burger King and Nestle replace Everest in Piaţa Romană – in Ziarul Financiar, State could cash in EUR 100 million from sale of 15% in Transgaz – in Ziarul Financiar

RCS & RDS launches prepaid mobile Internet and voice – in Ziarul Financiar

Two people have died from the West Nile virus in Romania, out of a total of seven people carrying the virus, according to the Romanian Health Ministry. The two people who died were 75 and 79 and had other illnesses as well.

Romanian writer Florin Iaru's photography exhibition will be opened on Wednesday, September 1st, at the Anthony Frost English Bookshop in Bucharest. The fourth issue of the photography magazine Punctum will also be launched at the event. The exhibition will be opened all thorough September.