The austerity measures taken by the Romanian government, which were initially announced to end in 2011, will have to be kept next year so that the country can achieve the targets it has agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Romanian language lesson number 7 - Going shopping, useful words and expressions

If you want to see a bit of the wild Romania and discover the beauty of the Carpathian mountains, we could recommend a hand full of places to go. This week we'll take you to Moldova, in the Ceahlau and Hasmas mountain massifs. It is a trip you should make by car to fully enjoy it– rent one for a couple of days, if needed.

Always on the look out for something new and different on the local bar scene, I found The Gang Cafe and Lounge. Situated directly behind Floreasca fruit market on Calea Floreasca, it is perhaps not the best location for passing foot traffic, but if you are in the area, it is certainly worth looking for.

A Black Sea monitoring agency has found oil spills in the Bulgarian and Romanian shelf waters, in particular near port cities of Varna and Constanta. “The total area of identified oil slicks is more than ten square kilometers

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has kept the key interest rate at 6.25 percent, as expected by market analysts. BNR has also decided to keep the mandatory minimum reserves in the system to 15 percent for passives in Romanian currency and 25 percent, for those in foreign currencies.

UniCredit Tiriac Bank posted a net profit of EUR 36 million in the first half of this year, down 18 percent on the same period of 2009, the bank has announced.

The bank's total revenues were of EUR 158.4 million, up 10 percent.

German media group Waz, which has recently said it would exit from several markets in the Balkans area, Romania included, was disappointed by the region, according to a statement made by its president Bodo Hombach, for Deutsche Welle.

The Bucharest-based subsidiary of Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited has recently received the approval to supply natural gas in Romania. The license issued by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) is valid for one year.

US violinist Mat Maneri will play in Bucharest this Sunday, August 7, at the Green Hours club in Bucharest. The Grammy-nominated violinist will play alongside Romanian pianist Lucian Ban.

The austerity measures taken by the Romanian government, which were initially announced to end in 2011, will have to be kept next year so that the country can achieve the targets it has agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Romanian language lesson number 7 - Going shopping, useful words and expressions

If you want to see a bit of the wild Romania and discover the beauty of the Carpathian mountains, we could recommend a hand full of places to go. This week we'll take you to Moldova, in the Ceahlau and Hasmas mountain massifs. It is a trip you should make by car to fully enjoy it– rent one for a couple of days, if needed.

Always on the look out for something new and different on the local bar scene, I found The Gang Cafe and Lounge. Situated directly behind Floreasca fruit market on Calea Floreasca, it is perhaps not the best location for passing foot traffic, but if you are in the area, it is certainly worth looking for.

A Black Sea monitoring agency has found oil spills in the Bulgarian and Romanian shelf waters, in particular near port cities of Varna and Constanta. “The total area of identified oil slicks is more than ten square kilometers

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has kept the key interest rate at 6.25 percent, as expected by market analysts. BNR has also decided to keep the mandatory minimum reserves in the system to 15 percent for passives in Romanian currency and 25 percent, for those in foreign currencies.

UniCredit Tiriac Bank posted a net profit of EUR 36 million in the first half of this year, down 18 percent on the same period of 2009, the bank has announced.

The bank's total revenues were of EUR 158.4 million, up 10 percent.

German media group Waz, which has recently said it would exit from several markets in the Balkans area, Romania included, was disappointed by the region, according to a statement made by its president Bodo Hombach, for Deutsche Welle.

The Bucharest-based subsidiary of Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited has recently received the approval to supply natural gas in Romania. The license issued by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) is valid for one year.

US violinist Mat Maneri will play in Bucharest this Sunday, August 7, at the Green Hours club in Bucharest. The Grammy-nominated violinist will play alongside Romanian pianist Lucian Ban.