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.

Jordan has signed a nuclear cooperation accord with Romania, according to the Jordan Times reported, citing the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission. King Abdullah of Jordan met Romanian foreign minister Teodor Baconschi, who delivered a letter from Romanian president Traian Basescu.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Romania and Bulgaria will not join the Schengen area in March this year, as it was initially planned, according to the Hungarian Internal Affairs minister Sandor Pinter. The two countries will most likely join the Schengen area in October the earliest.

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.

As many as 400 foreign tourists, among whom British, French and Americans, have made bookings and are waited for this winter at the Ice Hotel at Balea Lac, the only ice hotel in Eastern Europe.

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.

Jordan has signed a nuclear cooperation accord with Romania, according to the Jordan Times reported, citing the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission. King Abdullah of Jordan met Romanian foreign minister Teodor Baconschi, who delivered a letter from Romanian president Traian Basescu.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Romania and Bulgaria will not join the Schengen area in March this year, as it was initially planned, according to the Hungarian Internal Affairs minister Sandor Pinter. The two countries will most likely join the Schengen area in October the earliest.

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.

As many as 400 foreign tourists, among whom British, French and Americans, have made bookings and are waited for this winter at the Ice Hotel at Balea Lac, the only ice hotel in Eastern Europe.