Movies in Bucharest opening this week-end: The Next Three Days, Takers, You Again; also on screens: Unstoppable, Easy A, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Drugstores in Romania will be set up and operated as commercial companies starting 2011, with a pharmacist as sole associate or part of associations of pharmacists who own at least 51 percent of shares, according to the new law on the organization and functioning of drugstores.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals sentenced business people Corneliu Iacobov and Toader Gaurean to seven and six years in prison, respectively, for defrauding the RAFO Onesti oil refinery. The Court also sentenced Marin Marin to seven years in prison, for abuse of office, and acquitted Liliana Luchian and the other defendants, charged with money laundering.

The number of Romanians who emigrated stands at 2.7 million this year, accounting for 13.1 percent of the population, but is expected to drop considerable on the long term, in 10 -15 years, as Romania converges toward Europe, according to the World Bank. Most Romanians emigrated to Italy, Spain, Hungary, Israel, USA, Germany, Canada, Austria, France and the UK.

Make up Art Cosmetics (M•A•C) will open a Pop Up store in Baneasa Shopping City in December this year, the first such unit on the Romanian market.

A Brasov-based company called Visual Fan will next month launch a tablet PC called Allview AllDro. The tablet is produced in China based on Visual Fan's technical specifications and will be sold for EUR 200.

Romanian company Bioromoil Automatic Stations will open the first automatic gas station in Craiova this month and plans to reach a network of 40 such stations close to large retail centers by the end of next year.

A metro train got off the tracks between Unirii and Timpuri Noi metro stations on Wednesday evening, without causing any victims. The traffic was stopped on that route and works are currently underway to evacuate the passengers and move the metro train back to the depot.

Romania’s Economy Ministry has drafted a bill that would compel energy suppliers to inform consumers on the origins of the electricity they are selling. "It's possible that consumers may want to choose their suppliers based also on the fuel mixture used to produce the electricity, given that renewable energy might be exempted from excise duties," the ministry said in the bill's rationale.

Film lovers can try a new type of movie watching experience in Bucharest too - the silent cinema. Screenings are organized on Sunday and Wednesday evenings at The Ark (196A Calea Rahovei). You can watch 'Casablanca' on Sunday, November 21, from 21,00 hours.

Movies in Bucharest opening this week-end: The Next Three Days, Takers, You Again; also on screens: Unstoppable, Easy A, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Drugstores in Romania will be set up and operated as commercial companies starting 2011, with a pharmacist as sole associate or part of associations of pharmacists who own at least 51 percent of shares, according to the new law on the organization and functioning of drugstores.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals sentenced business people Corneliu Iacobov and Toader Gaurean to seven and six years in prison, respectively, for defrauding the RAFO Onesti oil refinery. The Court also sentenced Marin Marin to seven years in prison, for abuse of office, and acquitted Liliana Luchian and the other defendants, charged with money laundering.

The number of Romanians who emigrated stands at 2.7 million this year, accounting for 13.1 percent of the population, but is expected to drop considerable on the long term, in 10 -15 years, as Romania converges toward Europe, according to the World Bank. Most Romanians emigrated to Italy, Spain, Hungary, Israel, USA, Germany, Canada, Austria, France and the UK.

Make up Art Cosmetics (M•A•C) will open a Pop Up store in Baneasa Shopping City in December this year, the first such unit on the Romanian market.

A Brasov-based company called Visual Fan will next month launch a tablet PC called Allview AllDro. The tablet is produced in China based on Visual Fan's technical specifications and will be sold for EUR 200.

Romanian company Bioromoil Automatic Stations will open the first automatic gas station in Craiova this month and plans to reach a network of 40 such stations close to large retail centers by the end of next year.

A metro train got off the tracks between Unirii and Timpuri Noi metro stations on Wednesday evening, without causing any victims. The traffic was stopped on that route and works are currently underway to evacuate the passengers and move the metro train back to the depot.

Romania’s Economy Ministry has drafted a bill that would compel energy suppliers to inform consumers on the origins of the electricity they are selling. "It's possible that consumers may want to choose their suppliers based also on the fuel mixture used to produce the electricity, given that renewable energy might be exempted from excise duties," the ministry said in the bill's rationale.

Film lovers can try a new type of movie watching experience in Bucharest too - the silent cinema. Screenings are organized on Sunday and Wednesday evenings at The Ark (196A Calea Rahovei). You can watch 'Casablanca' on Sunday, November 21, from 21,00 hours.