22 June 2010

Qatar Airways will launch four flights a week to and from Bucharest at the beginning of next year. The services will continue to Budapest, according to the airline. The launch is part of a wider European flights expansion for the Doha-based airline. Qatar Airways will also open new routes to Nice, via Milan, Brussels, as well as in Asia: in Thailand and in Veitnam.

21 June 2010

The Romanian state is cashing in just a third of the road taxes it should receive due to the lack of an efficient control system, according to the Transport Ministry. The annual road tax potential for the state would be of EUR 500 million, but the actual road tax payments cover only EUR 130 million. This is one of the reasons for which Romania has problems with repairing roads, according to Sorin Sirbu, head of the road transport direction with the Transport Ministry. The extra amounts would still not be enough to cover the required investments in Romania's road infrastructure without a proper budget.

21 June 2010

Local cab company Fly Taxi has recently asked for insolvency, according to Mediafax newswire. The company, owned by businessman Fernando Enciu, has lost its exclusive contract with Otopeni airport after the airport has organized a bid and has chosen several cab companies which are allowed to work in the Otopeni airport area. Fernando Enciu also runs a business in the Great Island of Braila (Insula Mare a Brailei) and owns a 7,000 sqm plot of land close to Herastrau lake.

21 June 2010

How do you think Romania can be re-started and by whom (or by what)? What road should the country follow to achieve a higher level of economic development, which would allow its citizens to live decent lives? You might have seen how things were done in other countries. Share the knowledge. What would you do if you were to run this car?

21 June 2010

Headlines in Romanian media on Monday, June 21st, 2010: Loan installments cost Romanians 5 billion euros a year– in Ziarul Financiar

Tampiza leaves Lukoil Romania after 8 years at the helm – in Ziarul Financiar

Finance Ministry announces 16% tax on interests and luncheon vouchers as of July 1 – in Ziarul Financiar

First official loss of a mall: 40 million euros – in Ziarul Financiar

P&G to produce its first Head & Shoulders shampoo “made in Urlati” in July – in Ziarul Financiar

Cocor expects 10,000 visitors a day – in Ziarul Financiar

20 June 2010

Tiago Mall Oradea has been recently sold for EUR 30.5 million to Shopping Center Holding firm, in a bid organized by Casa de Insolventa Transilvania, according to Mediafax newswire. The bid is part of the liquidation process of the mall developer MLS Proiect Oradea, which was a subsidiary of the Irish development group Mivan.

22 June 2010

Qatar Airways will launch four flights a week to and from Bucharest at the beginning of next year. The services will continue to Budapest, according to the airline. The launch is part of a wider European flights expansion for the Doha-based airline. Qatar Airways will also open new routes to Nice, via Milan, Brussels, as well as in Asia: in Thailand and in Veitnam.

21 June 2010

The Romanian state is cashing in just a third of the road taxes it should receive due to the lack of an efficient control system, according to the Transport Ministry. The annual road tax potential for the state would be of EUR 500 million, but the actual road tax payments cover only EUR 130 million. This is one of the reasons for which Romania has problems with repairing roads, according to Sorin Sirbu, head of the road transport direction with the Transport Ministry. The extra amounts would still not be enough to cover the required investments in Romania's road infrastructure without a proper budget.

21 June 2010

Local cab company Fly Taxi has recently asked for insolvency, according to Mediafax newswire. The company, owned by businessman Fernando Enciu, has lost its exclusive contract with Otopeni airport after the airport has organized a bid and has chosen several cab companies which are allowed to work in the Otopeni airport area. Fernando Enciu also runs a business in the Great Island of Braila (Insula Mare a Brailei) and owns a 7,000 sqm plot of land close to Herastrau lake.

21 June 2010

How do you think Romania can be re-started and by whom (or by what)? What road should the country follow to achieve a higher level of economic development, which would allow its citizens to live decent lives? You might have seen how things were done in other countries. Share the knowledge. What would you do if you were to run this car?

21 June 2010

Headlines in Romanian media on Monday, June 21st, 2010: Loan installments cost Romanians 5 billion euros a year– in Ziarul Financiar

Tampiza leaves Lukoil Romania after 8 years at the helm – in Ziarul Financiar

Finance Ministry announces 16% tax on interests and luncheon vouchers as of July 1 – in Ziarul Financiar

First official loss of a mall: 40 million euros – in Ziarul Financiar

P&G to produce its first Head & Shoulders shampoo “made in Urlati” in July – in Ziarul Financiar

Cocor expects 10,000 visitors a day – in Ziarul Financiar

20 June 2010

Tiago Mall Oradea has been recently sold for EUR 30.5 million to Shopping Center Holding firm, in a bid organized by Casa de Insolventa Transilvania, according to Mediafax newswire. The bid is part of the liquidation process of the mall developer MLS Proiect Oradea, which was a subsidiary of the Irish development group Mivan.

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