Florian Aldea (in picture) is the new general manager of Carpatcement Holding, replacing Mihai Rohan, who has been working with Carpatcement for the last ten years. Rohan will remain president of the Administration Board with Carpatcement Holding for the next two years, starting January 2011.

Severina Pascu is the new CEO of telecom company UPC Romania, having been promoted from the chief financial officer position, according to Ziarul Financiar, quoting sources in the company.

Wilfried Lebas, who has been running the Romanian subsidiary of French Lactalis, the LaDorna company, has left his position and will be replaced by Romanian Dorel Radu, according to Romania media quoting the Official Gazette.

Romanian capital city Bucharest will host a Danube Summit from November 8, an event that is expected to reconfirm in a final declaration the political support for the future EU's Danube Strategy. The event precedes the December summit meeting of the European Council, where the European Commission will unveil a draft action plan for the Danube Strategy, with a final version to be approved by the June 2011 summit meeting of the European Council.

A delegation of the European Parliament's Regional Development Commission is visiting Romania from November 3 until November 5 for an on-site assessment of the use of structural funds. The delegation will also visit project sites in Giurgiu, Arad and Timisoara.

Daniel Negreanu, an internationally famous poker player of Romanian origin, attended a poker tournament which took place in Bucharest on October 31st. Negreanu, nicknamed Kid Poker, is a professional poker player and one of the highest earning poker players of all times. His total live tournament winnings exceed USD 13 million.

Google will open an official office in Romania this month, led by Dan Bulucea (in picture), previously business and marketing director with Microsoft. The new office will deal with implementing Google's strategy in the country, establishing business partnerships with local companies, communications and advertising sales. The activity on the Romanian market used to be managed through Google's office in Ireland.

Omer Tetik, the first vice-president of Credit Europe Romania Bank, will become the bank's president and head of the Administration Council, replacing Murat Sabaz, who will stay in the bank's board. The replacement decision will be submitted to the bank's shareholders' approval on November 16.

Charles Arizmendi is the new Chief Operations Officer of BitDefender, the company has announced. Arizmendi, with 20 years of experience in sales, has been working for Microsoft until recently, where he coordinated sales, marketing and programs for the Central and Eastern Europe.

Xerox has appointed Gabriel Pantelimon general manager of Xerox Romania and the Republic of Moldova, the company has announced. Pantelimon will replace Petr Sichrovsky, who will return to the Czech Republic but will not stay with Xerox, according to Romanian media.

Florian Aldea (in picture) is the new general manager of Carpatcement Holding, replacing Mihai Rohan, who has been working with Carpatcement for the last ten years. Rohan will remain president of the Administration Board with Carpatcement Holding for the next two years, starting January 2011.

Severina Pascu is the new CEO of telecom company UPC Romania, having been promoted from the chief financial officer position, according to Ziarul Financiar, quoting sources in the company.

Wilfried Lebas, who has been running the Romanian subsidiary of French Lactalis, the LaDorna company, has left his position and will be replaced by Romanian Dorel Radu, according to Romania media quoting the Official Gazette.

Romanian capital city Bucharest will host a Danube Summit from November 8, an event that is expected to reconfirm in a final declaration the political support for the future EU's Danube Strategy. The event precedes the December summit meeting of the European Council, where the European Commission will unveil a draft action plan for the Danube Strategy, with a final version to be approved by the June 2011 summit meeting of the European Council.

A delegation of the European Parliament's Regional Development Commission is visiting Romania from November 3 until November 5 for an on-site assessment of the use of structural funds. The delegation will also visit project sites in Giurgiu, Arad and Timisoara.

Daniel Negreanu, an internationally famous poker player of Romanian origin, attended a poker tournament which took place in Bucharest on October 31st. Negreanu, nicknamed Kid Poker, is a professional poker player and one of the highest earning poker players of all times. His total live tournament winnings exceed USD 13 million.

Google will open an official office in Romania this month, led by Dan Bulucea (in picture), previously business and marketing director with Microsoft. The new office will deal with implementing Google's strategy in the country, establishing business partnerships with local companies, communications and advertising sales. The activity on the Romanian market used to be managed through Google's office in Ireland.

Omer Tetik, the first vice-president of Credit Europe Romania Bank, will become the bank's president and head of the Administration Council, replacing Murat Sabaz, who will stay in the bank's board. The replacement decision will be submitted to the bank's shareholders' approval on November 16.

Charles Arizmendi is the new Chief Operations Officer of BitDefender, the company has announced. Arizmendi, with 20 years of experience in sales, has been working for Microsoft until recently, where he coordinated sales, marketing and programs for the Central and Eastern Europe.

Xerox has appointed Gabriel Pantelimon general manager of Xerox Romania and the Republic of Moldova, the company has announced. Pantelimon will replace Petr Sichrovsky, who will return to the Czech Republic but will not stay with Xerox, according to Romanian media.