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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Romanian company Televoice has launched Evobook, a Romanian e-reader which will sell for EUR 150 from December this year. The electronic reader, which runs on an e-ink technology, will include 120 books in Romanian and around 20 in English and French at first and will allow readers to keep up to 4,000 books on its 2GB internal memory.

Rolang School will launch the second edition of the manual “Limba romana pentru straini. Learn Romanian. Apprenez le Roumain” by Mona Moldoveanu Pologea on Saturday, November 20, at 13.00 hours, at the Gaudeamus International Fair, booth number 27.

Romanian world champion pugilist Lucian Bute will promote Romania's tourism brand, according to the Romanian Tourism Minister. The minister plans to organize one of Lucian Bute's matches next year in Bucharest, to attract more international attention for Romania.

Romanian world champion pugilist Lucian Bute will promote Romania's tourism brand, according to the Romanian Tourism Minister. The minister plans to organize one of Lucian Bute's matches next year in Bucharest, to attract more international attention for Romania.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Romanian company Televoice has launched Evobook, a Romanian e-reader which will sell for EUR 150 from December this year. The electronic reader, which runs on an e-ink technology, will include 120 books in Romanian and around 20 in English and French at first and will allow readers to keep up to 4,000 books on its 2GB internal memory.

Rolang School will launch the second edition of the manual “Limba romana pentru straini. Learn Romanian. Apprenez le Roumain” by Mona Moldoveanu Pologea on Saturday, November 20, at 13.00 hours, at the Gaudeamus International Fair, booth number 27.

Romanian world champion pugilist Lucian Bute will promote Romania's tourism brand, according to the Romanian Tourism Minister. The minister plans to organize one of Lucian Bute's matches next year in Bucharest, to attract more international attention for Romania.

Romanian world champion pugilist Lucian Bute will promote Romania's tourism brand, according to the Romanian Tourism Minister. The minister plans to organize one of Lucian Bute's matches next year in Bucharest, to attract more international attention for Romania.