Power and gas company E.ON invested around EUR 300 million in Romania between 2005 and 2009 in revamping natural gas and electricity distribution networks in the country, the company has announced.

Employers will be able to petition city hall for a number of special books and stamps, allowing them to hire a certain number of daily laborers for unskilled work, said Labor Minister Ioan Botis. He also said the Labor Ministry will distribute these books to local authorities and local Labor Inspection offices will check whether employers observe the new legislation.

*Sale of state companies on the stock market could replace deal with IMF – in Ziarul Financiar
*The message of a USD 76 billion executive (P&G): We would choose Romania again for the shampoo factory – in Ziarul Financiar
*E.ON: Crisis creates competition among countries and Romania is not top of the list – in Ziarul Financiar
*Govt. decides to eliminate minimum tax from October 1 – in Ziarul Financiar
*Central Bank prefers to fight inflation rather than cutting cost of loans – in Gandul

City Insurance plans to invest EUR 0.5 million in opening 40 insurance agencies across Romania by the end of 2010 and hopes to sell up to 30,000 home insurance policies, according to the company.

Consumer goods producer Procter & Gamble, which has recently opened its factory in Urlati, Romania, intends to invest in renewable energy that it could trade on the stock market, company representatives have said. “We intend to look at European funds for renewable energy, together with the Ministry of Environment. We could trade renewable energy on the stock market, as the transactions with green certificates are pending regulations,” said Ramona Brad, associate director for external relations with P&G.

Austrian wood production company Egger will invest EUR 150 million in a production line for oriented strand boards (OSB) in its Radauti factory, the company has announced. The company still needs to receive construction authorization for works on the new production line.

UPDATE: The concert in Bucharest was canceled. Project Events will announce a possible new date for the event.
Famous 80's singers Sabrina and Samantha Fox will arrive this autumn in the Romanian capital city. The 80’s music lovers will have the opportunity to see them performing a live show at Sala Palatului on November, 26, according to Project Events, organizers of the concert.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has kept the key interest rate at 6.25 percent, as expected by

onstruction permits issued for residential buildings in August this year stood at 4,670, up 9.5 percent from July 2010 and 0.4 percent from the same month last year, according to the National Statistics Institute (INS).

Romanian meteorologists have issued an advisory for rain and gusty wind, valid from Wednesday evening until Thursday morning for the country’s southern and south-eastern regions.

Einuiea band will perform on October 3 during the screening of the movie “Nosferatu, symphony of horror” within the “Dracula – king and vampire” exhibition at the National Museum of Art (MNAR), the museum has announced. The performance will be hosted by the museum hall dedicated to the evolution of Dracula's image and of vampires in the international cinema.

The image of a discretely tattooed motorbike rider who loves skydiving and martial arts is not that common yet among business people in Romania. But Simone Favat, the general manager of IQ Facilities Management, deals well with combining a couple of outdoor activities not for the faint-hearted with a more down-to-Earth activity: the real estate asset management business.