*BCR Group, controlled by Erste, makes RON 6 million profit in third quarter – in Ziarul Financiar
*The stake of the ordinance becomes the stake of the IMF agreement – in Ziarul Financiar
*Americans from Plexus give up on plans to enter China and open a factory in Oradea – in Ziarul Financiar
*Tg Mures airport seeks EUR 40 mln EU financing – in Ziarul Financiar
*Loss in the banking system reaches RON 474 million in the first nine months – in Gandul

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The negotiations between Romania and the International Monetary Fund, which currently runs a review mission in the country, may have reached a deadlock mainly because of the condition to change the consumer loans emergency ordinance 50, so the IMF visit to Romania could be extended, according to Mediafax newswire. Suspending the agreement with the IMF is not excluded at this point, according to the newswire which quotes sources familiar with the talks.

Calendar of events between November st and November 4th - business events, conferences, concerts, workshops,

The charitable association Ovidiu Rom has achieved its target of raising money to support 1,200 children in kindergarden at the Halloween Charity Ball organized on Saturday, October 30, at the Palace of the Parliament. The association raised money both from corporate sponsors and from individuals, which varied between EUR 50 and EUR 11,000.

Somali pirates Friday night seized Panama-flagged tanker MV Polar, which has 24 sailors aboard, of whom one is Romanian, European Union naval force Atalanta said Saturday.

Romania hasn’t met the end-September performance criteria on general government arrears and it will ask the International Monetary Fund for a new waiver of non-observance, IMF mission chief Jeffrey Franks said Friday. This will be the sixth waiver of non-observance on government arrears since Romania signed a EUR 13 billion loan agreement with the IMF in 2009.

Two days after a non-confidence vote failed to receive the needed number of votes in the Romanian Parliament, the Romanian opposition social democrats and liberals on Friday submitted a new no-confidence motion in Parliament against the Government. The Cabinet has sought the lawmakers’ vote of confidence to pass the education reform into law.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a EUR 80 million syndicated financing package to Expur, a Romanian oilseed processing company. The EBRD financing will support Expur’s strategy to contribute to the development of the rape meal and biodiesel markets in Romania

Romania will switch back to winter time or Eastern Europe Time early on Sunday, October 31st, with 04,00 hours turning into 03,00 hours. Switching to Eastern Europe Time will not change the train schedule, with the passenger trains to depart according to the official summer time by 04,00 hours, while those scheduled to depart after 04,00 will leave according to the official train schedule by observing the Eastern Europe Time, the CFR Railways Passenger Branch announced.

Mircea Sandu, the head of the Romanian Football Federation (in picture), is being investigated by the National Anti Corruption Body (DNA) on having allegedly received a bribe to cast a certain vote in supporting Poland and Ukraine to organize the European Championship in 2012.

An agency of Banca Transilvania situated in Timisoara was robbed Thursday night and EUR 16.000 was stolen from the bank’s safe, according to Mediafax newswire.