The organizers of the Untold and Neversea festivals in Romania announced the start of the 10th edition of their blood...
The Bucharest municipality will pay around EUR 175,000 for a statue representing Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale. This would be the third statue of Caragiale on display in Bucharest. It will be created by artist Ionel Stoicescu, who has been creating various monuments for the Bucharest municipality.
Romanian independent taxi drivers will not buy fuels from gas stations on Thursday, in protest over the increase in fuel prices, the Association for the Rights of Independent Taxi Drivers (ATDI) said in a press release Sunday.
The Cernavoda bridge on the Danube-Marea Neagra flood gate will be closed down for repairs for a year, until January 2012, which will trigger a longer journey for those planning to reach the Romanian seaside by car this summer.
Irish band U2 could perform in Bucharest in September this year, inaugurating the Lia Manoliu stadium in the Romanian capital city, if the discussions with the band's representative will reach an agreement, according to Mediafax newswire, quoting sources in the Bucharest City Hall.
Romania will spend EUR 88 million, of which EUR 23.7 million coming from EU funding, on improving the infrastructure and safety on the national road DN 1, which links Bucharest to Prahova valley – the main mountain resorts and to the North – West of the country.
The Bucharest City Hall will pay around EUR 42,500 for a ten-minute film presenting the Romanian capital city. The winner of the bid to create this film is Stage Expert, which has previously won the bid for video and audio services for Romania's attendance at the Expo Shanghai 2010.
Movies opening this week-end
The Tourist (trailer below)
with Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp
on at: Movieplex Cinema...
IndieWire, a specialized publication in the US writing about independent filmmakers, has reviewed Romania's Oscar entry movie 'If I want to Whistle, I whistle', saying the film marks a strong debut in the awards. The publication has offered the B grade for the movie, which had its premiere in the US earlier this week.
The number of foreign visitors to Romania reached 6.9 million in the first 11 months of the year, down 0.6 percent on the same period of last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
The Bucharest municipality will pay around EUR 175,000 for a statue representing Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale. This would be the third statue of Caragiale on display in Bucharest. It will be created by artist Ionel Stoicescu, who has been creating various monuments for the Bucharest municipality.
Romanian independent taxi drivers will not buy fuels from gas stations on Thursday, in protest over the increase in fuel prices, the Association for the Rights of Independent Taxi Drivers (ATDI) said in a press release Sunday.
The Cernavoda bridge on the Danube-Marea Neagra flood gate will be closed down for repairs for a year, until January 2012, which will trigger a longer journey for those planning to reach the Romanian seaside by car this summer.
Irish band U2 could perform in Bucharest in September this year, inaugurating the Lia Manoliu stadium in the Romanian capital city, if the discussions with the band's representative will reach an agreement, according to Mediafax newswire, quoting sources in the Bucharest City Hall.
Romania will spend EUR 88 million, of which EUR 23.7 million coming from EU funding, on improving the infrastructure and safety on the national road DN 1, which links Bucharest to Prahova valley – the main mountain resorts and to the North – West of the country.
The Bucharest City Hall will pay around EUR 42,500 for a ten-minute film presenting the Romanian capital city. The winner of the bid to create this film is Stage Expert, which has previously won the bid for video and audio services for Romania's attendance at the Expo Shanghai 2010.
Movies opening this week-end
The Tourist (trailer below)
with Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp
on at: Movieplex Cinema...
IndieWire, a specialized publication in the US writing about independent filmmakers, has reviewed Romania's Oscar entry movie 'If I want to Whistle, I whistle', saying the film marks a strong debut in the awards. The publication has offered the B grade for the movie, which had its premiere in the US earlier this week.
The number of foreign visitors to Romania reached 6.9 million in the first 11 months of the year, down 0.6 percent on the same period of last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics.