The opposition parties in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies' committee for labor voted Monday in favor of setting the standard retirement age to 60 for women and 64 for men.

The Romanian documentary 'The World According to Ion B' (Lumea vazuta de Ion B) has received the Emmy Award in the category Arts Programming. This was the first documentary created by HBO Central Europe which competed for the Emmy Awards.

Sun Plaza shopping center in the Southern area of Bucharest will attempt to break a world record by installing the biggest Christmas light installation. Guinness World Records will be in Bucharest to sign up the attempt, which will try to break the existing record of 150,000 light bulbs in a single location.

The first mono brand Gucci store in Bucharest will be opened by mid December this year, despite initial rumors of a possible delay, according to CPP Luxury Industry Management Consultants. The Gucci store will be located on the ground floor of the five – star hotel Athenee Palace Hilton and will cover 280 sqm. The retail area in the hotel has recently underwent renovation.

The Millenium Cross monument in Charles de Gaulle Plaza in Bucharest will be moved to make room for the underground passage which will be build in the area. The passage will cost EUR 58 million for 1,400 meters of road.

The Romanian Government has recently approved a program meant to modernize 10,000 km of national and local roads, connect villages to water and sewage systems and modernize the rural areas in Romania, the Regional Development and Tourism Ministry has announced. The program will take place between 2011 and 2020.

Telecom operator Cosmote Romania will bring the iPhone 4 to Romania in the following period, the company has announced, without mentioning the exact date of the launch. Cosmote is the third operator on the Romanian market to announce it will sell the iPhone 4 locally, after Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania. Orange actually launched the iPhone 4 in Romania on September 24, and Vodafone has recently said it will bring the terminal to Romania by Christmas.

A hospital in Vienna cashes in EUR 500,000 each month from Romanian patients, according to Theodor Alexandrescu, director of Alico, quoted by Ziarul Financiar daily. Alexandrescu did not mention the name of the hospital.

The Romanian Senate's Committee for education adopted Saturday an amendment to the Education Bill which forbids married...

Romanian Health Minister Attila Cseke said Sunday that medicine graduates who have failed the internship exam may be allowed into the system with limited duties, in order to cover the personnel shortage. A bill currently being drafted by the Health Ministry could allow the graduates to help doctors in various departments.

The opposition parties in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies' committee for labor voted Monday in favor of setting the standard retirement age to 60 for women and 64 for men.

The Romanian documentary 'The World According to Ion B' (Lumea vazuta de Ion B) has received the Emmy Award in the category Arts Programming. This was the first documentary created by HBO Central Europe which competed for the Emmy Awards.

Sun Plaza shopping center in the Southern area of Bucharest will attempt to break a world record by installing the biggest Christmas light installation. Guinness World Records will be in Bucharest to sign up the attempt, which will try to break the existing record of 150,000 light bulbs in a single location.

The first mono brand Gucci store in Bucharest will be opened by mid December this year, despite initial rumors of a possible delay, according to CPP Luxury Industry Management Consultants. The Gucci store will be located on the ground floor of the five – star hotel Athenee Palace Hilton and will cover 280 sqm. The retail area in the hotel has recently underwent renovation.

The Millenium Cross monument in Charles de Gaulle Plaza in Bucharest will be moved to make room for the underground passage which will be build in the area. The passage will cost EUR 58 million for 1,400 meters of road.

The Romanian Government has recently approved a program meant to modernize 10,000 km of national and local roads, connect villages to water and sewage systems and modernize the rural areas in Romania, the Regional Development and Tourism Ministry has announced. The program will take place between 2011 and 2020.

Telecom operator Cosmote Romania will bring the iPhone 4 to Romania in the following period, the company has announced, without mentioning the exact date of the launch. Cosmote is the third operator on the Romanian market to announce it will sell the iPhone 4 locally, after Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania. Orange actually launched the iPhone 4 in Romania on September 24, and Vodafone has recently said it will bring the terminal to Romania by Christmas.

A hospital in Vienna cashes in EUR 500,000 each month from Romanian patients, according to Theodor Alexandrescu, director of Alico, quoted by Ziarul Financiar daily. Alexandrescu did not mention the name of the hospital.

The Romanian Senate's Committee for education adopted Saturday an amendment to the Education Bill which forbids married...

Romanian Health Minister Attila Cseke said Sunday that medicine graduates who have failed the internship exam may be allowed into the system with limited duties, in order to cover the personnel shortage. A bill currently being drafted by the Health Ministry could allow the graduates to help doctors in various departments.