Vodafone Romania will launch the iPhone 4 on December 17, the company has announced. Vodafone is the second telecom operator in Romania to launch the newest iPhone, after Orange brough the telephone on the local market towards the end of September.

Artmark auction house will organize an auction with EUR 1 million worth of paintings on December 16 in Bucharest and in Sibiu. The paintings by Romanian artists will be simultaneously auctioned from Bucharest and Sibiu through a duplex electronic system. The auction is organized in partnership with Brukental Museum in Sibiu. The Bucharest auction will take place at the J.W Marriott hotel, while the one in Sibiu, at the Hilton Hotel Sibiu, both starting 19,30 hours.

Romania will issue only 5,500 work permits for foreigners next year, 2,500 fewer than this year, and will issue fewer work authorizations to temporary employees, for whom social security contributions are not paid.

Romania short film Stopover, directed by Ioana Uricaru, has been included in the competition for the Sundance International Film festival. The film has been nominated in the International Narrative Shorts category, along with other 14 films.

Romanian ballerina Alina Cojocaru, who performs for the Royal Ballet in London, has been nominated for the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards. The awards gala will take place on January 24 next year in London.

The Czech Cultural Center in Bucharest will screen the Metrobranding documentary on December 13, from 20,00 hours. The documentary will feature Romanian brands like Relaxa the mattress, Dragasani sneakers, Pegas the bicycle, Mobra the motorcycle, the Fieni bulbs and Ileana the sewing machine, which were once the stars of the Romanian golden era. The documentary will also have English subtitles.

Google has launched the Street View application in Romania, available for eight cities in the country, among which Bucharest, Brasov, Oradea, Timisoara, Cluj, Sibiu and Constanta.

The European Commission has recently given the green light for the construction of two additional reactors at Romania’s sole nuclear power plant in Cernavoda. Romania, through state-owned nuclear energy company Nuclearelectrica, controls 51 percent in EnergoNuclear, a joint venture set up to build two new reactors at the country's sole nuclear power plant in Cernavoda.

The Bucharest Mayor Sorin Oprescu and Princess Margareta, the eldest daughter of Romania's ex-sovereign Mihai have unveiled the statue of King Carol I, which was re-erected on its original spot in the Royal Palace Square in downtown Bucharest.

The Romanian Parliament on Tuesday adopted the pensions law that the head of state had sent back for reexamination, requesting that the retirement age be set at 63 for women and 65 for men.

Vodafone Romania will launch the iPhone 4 on December 17, the company has announced. Vodafone is the second telecom operator in Romania to launch the newest iPhone, after Orange brough the telephone on the local market towards the end of September.

Artmark auction house will organize an auction with EUR 1 million worth of paintings on December 16 in Bucharest and in Sibiu. The paintings by Romanian artists will be simultaneously auctioned from Bucharest and Sibiu through a duplex electronic system. The auction is organized in partnership with Brukental Museum in Sibiu. The Bucharest auction will take place at the J.W Marriott hotel, while the one in Sibiu, at the Hilton Hotel Sibiu, both starting 19,30 hours.

Romania will issue only 5,500 work permits for foreigners next year, 2,500 fewer than this year, and will issue fewer work authorizations to temporary employees, for whom social security contributions are not paid.

Romania short film Stopover, directed by Ioana Uricaru, has been included in the competition for the Sundance International Film festival. The film has been nominated in the International Narrative Shorts category, along with other 14 films.

Romanian ballerina Alina Cojocaru, who performs for the Royal Ballet in London, has been nominated for the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards. The awards gala will take place on January 24 next year in London.

The Czech Cultural Center in Bucharest will screen the Metrobranding documentary on December 13, from 20,00 hours. The documentary will feature Romanian brands like Relaxa the mattress, Dragasani sneakers, Pegas the bicycle, Mobra the motorcycle, the Fieni bulbs and Ileana the sewing machine, which were once the stars of the Romanian golden era. The documentary will also have English subtitles.

Google has launched the Street View application in Romania, available for eight cities in the country, among which Bucharest, Brasov, Oradea, Timisoara, Cluj, Sibiu and Constanta.

The European Commission has recently given the green light for the construction of two additional reactors at Romania’s sole nuclear power plant in Cernavoda. Romania, through state-owned nuclear energy company Nuclearelectrica, controls 51 percent in EnergoNuclear, a joint venture set up to build two new reactors at the country's sole nuclear power plant in Cernavoda.

The Bucharest Mayor Sorin Oprescu and Princess Margareta, the eldest daughter of Romania's ex-sovereign Mihai have unveiled the statue of King Carol I, which was re-erected on its original spot in the Royal Palace Square in downtown Bucharest.

The Romanian Parliament on Tuesday adopted the pensions law that the head of state had sent back for reexamination, requesting that the retirement age be set at 63 for women and 65 for men.