The power outages in Mamaia and 2 Mai seaside resorts this week-end were caused by the over consumption of energy in the resorts, according to supplier Enel Distributie Dobrogea. Such events happened during the week as well, when energy consumption went up compared to the approved consumption – sometimes double this threshold, according to Enel.

Romanian-born pianist Lucian Ban will play in the 'Enescu Re-Imagined” concert at the Romanian Atheneum this fall, along with John Hebert and other jazz musicians in New York. The concert will take place on September 22nd.

The Rasnov citadel has been re-opened after a year of renovation works, although the revamping was not entirely finalized. Tracks have been secured within the citadel, which will be opened for public for free during August. During September, the price of an entry ticket will be of RON 10 for adults and RON 5 for kids.

The feature length movie “Wedding in Basarabia”, directed by Nap Toader (Napoleon Helmis) has been selected for the Montreal World Film Festival, which will take place between August 26 and September 6. The comedy, a Romania – Republic of Moldova – Luxembourg co-production, will be featured in the Focus on World Cinema section.

Telecom operator Cosmote grew its revenues by 6.3 percent in the second quarter of this year, to EUR 115 million, according to data announced by its mother company OTE. The revenues for the first half of the year reached EUR 229 million, up 9.7 percent on the first half of 2009.

The Nova Group, a company owned by Romanian businessman Dan Adamescu, has bought the 50 percent share package in Medien Holding, the publisher of Romania Libera newspaper, from German Waz, the company has announced. The Nova Group thus became the sole owner of the media group.

Bucharest week-end events August 6 –8: Salsa Festival, Soundtrack for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

Seaside and mountain events, August 6-8

Movies this week-end: Salt, The Last Airbender, The Killing Jar

Mona-Lisa Caravaniez is the new managing director of Ogilvy&Mather Romania, after Gina Leu, the former MD, has chosen to take a sabbatical period.

Romanians would like to improve their work-life balance, found a recent study carried on by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). 40 percent of Romanians say that in 10 years time they would like to enjoy a better work-life balance, while 28 percent state that they wish to be self-employed in the next decade, according to the 'Managing Tomorrow’s People' study.

Stuart Whent (in picture), the current managing director of BPP Professional Education in Romania, has been promoted to group director of operations for the Central and Eastern Europe. He will manage Romania, the Republic of Moldova, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Poland. He will oversee the activity of BPP Professional Education and of BPP University College.