Romania further lags behind other European states by the nation's health, reveals an analysis published in the4 second issue of the Romanian Journal of Bioethics.

The season for mountain bike races and triathlons is almost ending for 2010, but there's one more event you probably won't want to miss. After a very full summer season, probably one of the last mountain bike races for the year will be organized by TeamExpert near Bucharest, in the Natural Parc Comana.

Movies this week-end: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Going the Distance, The American. Watch trailers.

Foreign direct investments to Romania (FDI) fell 36 percent to EUR1.9 billion in the first seven months of this year, from EUR 2.9 billion during the same period of last year, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank.

Romanian consumer prices went up 0.23 percent in August after a 2.6 percent increase a month earlier, while the annual inflation accelerated to 7.58 percent, the highest rate in two years, the country’s statistics institute INS said Friday. In July, the annual rate was 7.14 percent.

Bucharest people are invited on September 17, between 6 pm and 2 am, to the longest night of the Romanian film, a marathon of Romanian productions, part of the first Sleepless Night of the Romanian Film.

FRIDAY, September 10

11,00 hours Bread Fair in National Park. On until September 12

11,00 hours The

George Emil Palade was a famous Romanian cell biologist and physiologist whose work laid the foundations for modern cell biology. He won the 1974 Nobel Prize “for discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell”. He was a professor at the Rockefeller and Yale universities and founding member of the American Society for Cell Biology .

*Pharma market gets record growth – plus 35% in the second quarter – in Ziarul Financiar
*ING invests EUR 250 million in its Cluj service center – in Ziarul Financiar
*Boc Government pledges to build the 2011 budget with a 24% VAT – in Ziarul Financiar
*New strategy for RBS Bank – back to corporate – in Ziarul Financiar
*Diverta gives up 20% of retail space and shuts down 12 bookstores – in Ziarul Financiar

Romania's economy is expected to shrink two percent in 2010 and will increase between 1.5 and 2 percent in 2011, reads the additional letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved by the Government. "The economic recovery will be delayed due to persisting low domestic demand, the unfavorable regional context and the recent floods," reads the document.

The Romanian Government has revised its estimate on primary spending to EUR 30.7 billion this year, from a previous EUR 30.5 billion, according to the additional letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund deal, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

Romania ranks 67th of the 137 countries included in the world competitiveness report issued by the World Economic Forum. The country is down three places compared to last year.