The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the conference on 'Europe Whereto? Economic Solutions of the Left' that the Ovidiu Sincai Institute Foundation organizes in Bucharest, on Friday. The event is followed by a news conference held by Germany's Ex-Chancellor.

Romanian Finance Ministry employees who started a spontaneous strike yesterday continued their protest, staying in the ministry headquarters during the entire night on Wednesday. The 200 employees will continue to protest on Thursday and go on with the strike until their demand over the return of cut bonuses will be met. The union leaders negotiated with the ministry's representatives until 3,00 hours in the morning but have failed to reach an agreement.

Telecom operator Vodafone Romania will also launch the much awaited iPhone 4 telephone in the following months, the company has announced. The company is asking those interested to sign up on its webpage here to get more details once the telephone becomes available. Competitor Orange had done something similar before recently launching the telephone in Romania.

Andrei Rosu run two international marathons this year, starting with one at the North Pole, and was the first person to play the drums there. He dreams of becoming the first Romanian to run seven marathons on seven continents by this time next year. Andrei, an economist by profession, wants to climb the Everest, cross Africa by bike, sail around the world and cross Asia in a balloon, he says in an interview with romania-insider.com.

The Orthodox Christians celebrate the Pious Saint Parascheva, on Thursday, October 14. Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians both from home and abroad come and pray at the relics of St. Parascheva in Iasi and that of the other saints specially brought on pilgrimage, on the occasion.

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

Hundreds of employees of the Finance Ministry and the Bucharest Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) staged a spontaneous protest Wednesday on the halls of the Ministry itself, saying they have not received their bonuses, which make a significant part of their wages, for the last two months.

A Romanian researcher who invented a device which could detect cancer in early stages works on testing the device and eventually producing it in Romania, with the launch expected early next year. Researcher Raluca-Ioana van Staden has become famous for the invention which has been awarded internationally. After working several years abroad, teaming up with her husband, she chose to come back to Romania to help create a strong Romanian research team. She has talked to romania-insider.com about this invention, which could be expanded to detecting other diseases in the future.

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will send a team of experts to Romania to analyze the opportunity of a joint venture with local peer Romgaz, Gazprom’s president Alexei Miller said Wednesday. Miller met with Romanian officials in Bucharest to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the South Stream pipeline project.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the conference on 'Europe Whereto? Economic Solutions of the Left' that the Ovidiu Sincai Institute Foundation organizes in Bucharest, on Friday. The event is followed by a news conference held by Germany's Ex-Chancellor.

Romanian Finance Ministry employees who started a spontaneous strike yesterday continued their protest, staying in the ministry headquarters during the entire night on Wednesday. The 200 employees will continue to protest on Thursday and go on with the strike until their demand over the return of cut bonuses will be met. The union leaders negotiated with the ministry's representatives until 3,00 hours in the morning but have failed to reach an agreement.

Telecom operator Vodafone Romania will also launch the much awaited iPhone 4 telephone in the following months, the company has announced. The company is asking those interested to sign up on its webpage here to get more details once the telephone becomes available. Competitor Orange had done something similar before recently launching the telephone in Romania.

Andrei Rosu run two international marathons this year, starting with one at the North Pole, and was the first person to play the drums there. He dreams of becoming the first Romanian to run seven marathons on seven continents by this time next year. Andrei, an economist by profession, wants to climb the Everest, cross Africa by bike, sail around the world and cross Asia in a balloon, he says in an interview with romania-insider.com.

The Orthodox Christians celebrate the Pious Saint Parascheva, on Thursday, October 14. Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians both from home and abroad come and pray at the relics of St. Parascheva in Iasi and that of the other saints specially brought on pilgrimage, on the occasion.

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

Hundreds of employees of the Finance Ministry and the Bucharest Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) staged a spontaneous protest Wednesday on the halls of the Ministry itself, saying they have not received their bonuses, which make a significant part of their wages, for the last two months.

A Romanian researcher who invented a device which could detect cancer in early stages works on testing the device and eventually producing it in Romania, with the launch expected early next year. Researcher Raluca-Ioana van Staden has become famous for the invention which has been awarded internationally. After working several years abroad, teaming up with her husband, she chose to come back to Romania to help create a strong Romanian research team. She has talked to romania-insider.com about this invention, which could be expanded to detecting other diseases in the future.

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will send a team of experts to Romania to analyze the opportunity of a joint venture with local peer Romgaz, Gazprom’s president Alexei Miller said Wednesday. Miller met with Romanian officials in Bucharest to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the South Stream pipeline project.