The owner of Cotroceni Park mall in Bucharest, AFI Europe, has signed the leasing contract with fashion retailer H&M, which should open the first store in Romania within Cotroceni Park in spring next year.

The review of a book by Dumitru Tsepeneag - Vain Art of the Fugue

Romanian state-owned companies Avioane Craiova, IOR, Mangalia Shipyard, Cuprumin and Moldomin will be privatized, according to the Economy Minister Adriean Videanu. This is not the first attempt to privatize these companies, which were already on the list of state participations which will be sold on the stock market.

Romania has launched its new tourism campaign at the Shanghai World Expo on Thursday, revealing the slogan “Explore the Carpathian Garden', as well as a new logo for the campaign (see picture).

Telecom operator Orange saw its revenues decline by 8.8 percent in the first half of this year, to EUR 484 million, according to Mediafax quoting a company report. The second quarter of the year however brought an improvement on the Romanian market.

Private health care operator Centrul Medical Unirea (CMU) posted EUR 10 million in revenues in the first half of the year, a 36 percent improvement on the same period of last year. CMU's Regina Maria maternity grew its turnover more than two fold during this period.

Pharmaceutical group A&D Pharma posted a sales figure of EUR 303 million in the first half of this year, up 30 percent on the same period last year, the company has announced. Its net profit went up even more – by 90 percent, to EUR 17.45 million.

While 'the eternal flame in Andreiasu' is the generic name, there's more than one flame burning in Vrancea county, where Andreiasu mountain locality is located.

It all starts with gaseous hydrocarbons emissions – some of which have the so-called 'spontaneous combustion'. Which means the gas will turn to flames once it reaches the air, but they can also be ignited

Michael Bolton will return to Romania for a new concert, after playing in Bucharest in June, This time, you will be able to listen to his songs in Constanta, where he will play on Friday, July 30, near the Constanta harbor, starting 21,00 hours.

Coca Coca Hellenic's sales volumes in Romania declined by low-double digit percentage points in the second quarter of the year, reflecting the continued challenging economic environment, earlier timing of Easter this year and the effect of severe flooding in the southern and eastern regions of the country.

Romania will use an integrated information system in its health sector, which includes the introduction of a health card, the electronic chart and the electronic prescription, which it hopes to introduce by the end of next year. This could save the country some EUR 300 million, according to Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Romania businessman Dinu Patriciu, who has met the International Monetary Fund delegation yesterday, said the IMF representatives live in a theoretical world, without knowing anything about the Romanian economy. The Romanian authorities should find a quick solutions, as others have found before, to send the IMF home