Two Romanian short movies, '15 iulie' and 'Apele Tac' have been selected for the Berlin Film Festival shorts category – Berlinale Shorts 2011.

Citibank has installed an ATM which allows users to withdraw both RON and EUR. The ATM is located in the bank's branch in Baneasa Shopping City mall, north of capital city Bucharest.

The main reasons for Romania receiving convictions from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) are the property rights and the laborious enforcement of the court’s decisions, according to Razvan-Horatiu Radu, a government agent at ECHR.

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday cleared a government emergency decree issued in 2009 that raised taxes on gambling and the minimal value of share capital required for a gambling license. The Court was called to rule on an exception of unconstitutionality raised during a trial by the Romanian Gambling Association.

A foreign tourist can visit Bucharest for the equivalent of USD 28.3 a day, which is slightly more expensive than Sofia in Bulgaria and Krakow in Poland, according to a study by Price of Travel, Backpacker Index 2011.

Romanians who will take out loans within the “First Home” state backed lending program must guarantee their loan with their current account and can file currency swap requests, according to the explanatory note to a Government decision which amends the norms implementing the program.

Several Romanian tourism development associations have recently launched the mobile cooking Romania program, which combines sightseeing of spectacular places with cooking and tasting of culinary treasures of the Carpathian garden. The project is organized by the Carpathian Tourism Cluster, the Monteoru Renaissance association, the Brasov tourism association and the Association of Truffle Hunters in Romania.

Qatar Airways has inaugurated the first direct flight connecting Romania and Qatar. The airline flies from Bucharest to Doha, but also to destinations like Bangkok, Denpasar, Dubai, Maldives and Melbourne. Qatar Airways operates four flights a week on the new route, according to their website.

Romania’s Economy Ministry is planning to sell or shut down several research and development institutes and will consult with local and international bodies on the matter, according to an official document obtained by Mediafax newswire.

The number of medical leaves granted last year in Romania dropped by 45 percent compared to 2009 following the introduction of a stricter system, the Health Ministry said in a press release Thursday. As many as 2.9 million medical leave certificates were granted between January 1 and November 30 in 2009, only 1.6 million certificates were issued in the same interval in 2010, the ministry said.

Two Romanian short movies, '15 iulie' and 'Apele Tac' have been selected for the Berlin Film Festival shorts category – Berlinale Shorts 2011.

Citibank has installed an ATM which allows users to withdraw both RON and EUR. The ATM is located in the bank's branch in Baneasa Shopping City mall, north of capital city Bucharest.

The main reasons for Romania receiving convictions from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) are the property rights and the laborious enforcement of the court’s decisions, according to Razvan-Horatiu Radu, a government agent at ECHR.

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday cleared a government emergency decree issued in 2009 that raised taxes on gambling and the minimal value of share capital required for a gambling license. The Court was called to rule on an exception of unconstitutionality raised during a trial by the Romanian Gambling Association.

A foreign tourist can visit Bucharest for the equivalent of USD 28.3 a day, which is slightly more expensive than Sofia in Bulgaria and Krakow in Poland, according to a study by Price of Travel, Backpacker Index 2011.

Romanians who will take out loans within the “First Home” state backed lending program must guarantee their loan with their current account and can file currency swap requests, according to the explanatory note to a Government decision which amends the norms implementing the program.

Several Romanian tourism development associations have recently launched the mobile cooking Romania program, which combines sightseeing of spectacular places with cooking and tasting of culinary treasures of the Carpathian garden. The project is organized by the Carpathian Tourism Cluster, the Monteoru Renaissance association, the Brasov tourism association and the Association of Truffle Hunters in Romania.

Qatar Airways has inaugurated the first direct flight connecting Romania and Qatar. The airline flies from Bucharest to Doha, but also to destinations like Bangkok, Denpasar, Dubai, Maldives and Melbourne. Qatar Airways operates four flights a week on the new route, according to their website.

Romania’s Economy Ministry is planning to sell or shut down several research and development institutes and will consult with local and international bodies on the matter, according to an official document obtained by Mediafax newswire.

The number of medical leaves granted last year in Romania dropped by 45 percent compared to 2009 following the introduction of a stricter system, the Health Ministry said in a press release Thursday. As many as 2.9 million medical leave certificates were granted between January 1 and November 30 in 2009, only 1.6 million certificates were issued in the same interval in 2010, the ministry said.