British rehab clinic Castle Craig Hospital, the largest hospital for the treatment of addictions in the UK is currently looking for a Romanian health care operator partners to open a rehab clinic in Romania, Rupert Wolfe Murray, the company's representative for Romania told Romania-Insider.com. “There is no proper rehab facility in Romania,” says Wolfe Murray.

Google will open an official office in Romania this month, led by Dan Bulucea (in picture), previously business and marketing director with Microsoft. The new office will deal with implementing Google's strategy in the country, establishing business partnerships with local companies, communications and advertising sales. The activity on the Romanian market used to be managed through Google's office in Ireland.

An agency of Banca Transilvania situated in Timisoara was robbed Thursday night and EUR 16.000 was stolen from the bank’s safe, according to Mediafax newswire.

Carrefour Romania, the local subsidiary of French retailer Carrefour, will borrow EUR 60 million from its main shareholder Carrefour Netherland B.V., according to the Official Journal.

Local group UTI has sold Cobra Security company to Swedish group Securitas AB, which is represented locally by Securitas Services România, according to Mediafax newswire. UTI group is controlled by Tiberiu Urdareanu. Cobra Security was set up in 1992 and posted around EUR 13 million in turnover last year, up 10 percent on the previous year. The company hires 2,770 staff.

Several large retailers will open stores next year in Polus Center Constanta mall, which has been re-branded as Maritimo Shopping Center after the Immofinanz takeover. Swedish clothing retailer H&M and sports retailer Decathlon will open stores in the mall in 2011, when Immofinanz plans to finalize works on the shopping center. French hypermarket chain Auchan will also have a store in the Constanta shopping mall, which should be ready in September next year.

Swedish retailer H&M will open stores in Palas Shopping center in Iasi, as well as in Iulius Mall shopping centers in Timisoara and Cluj Napoca, according to Iulius Group, the owner of the three shopping centers. Palas shopping center is still under construction in Iasi and should be finalized in fall next year. The developer is yet to announce when the H&M stores in Iulius Mall shopping centers will be opened.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has issued two metallic coins to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the first...

Ten European Union member states still impose restrictions for Romania migrant workers, according to the Romanian Labor Ministry, quoted by Agerpres. The United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland, Austria, Luxembourg, Holland and Malta make the group of EU countries which restrict the access both Romanian and Bulgarian workers on their markets. The transition period for workers in Romania and Bulgaria started with the EU accession in 2007 and will end in 2013.

(Update adds details about the ruling party's declaration about the vote on the VAT reduction in the last paragraph.) Romania’s Chamber of Deputies adopted Tuesday a bill setting the value added tax on basic foods, such as bread, milk, meat, sugar and vegetable oil, at 5% instead of 24%.

British rehab clinic Castle Craig Hospital, the largest hospital for the treatment of addictions in the UK is currently looking for a Romanian health care operator partners to open a rehab clinic in Romania, Rupert Wolfe Murray, the company's representative for Romania told Romania-Insider.com. “There is no proper rehab facility in Romania,” says Wolfe Murray.

Google will open an official office in Romania this month, led by Dan Bulucea (in picture), previously business and marketing director with Microsoft. The new office will deal with implementing Google's strategy in the country, establishing business partnerships with local companies, communications and advertising sales. The activity on the Romanian market used to be managed through Google's office in Ireland.

An agency of Banca Transilvania situated in Timisoara was robbed Thursday night and EUR 16.000 was stolen from the bank’s safe, according to Mediafax newswire.

Carrefour Romania, the local subsidiary of French retailer Carrefour, will borrow EUR 60 million from its main shareholder Carrefour Netherland B.V., according to the Official Journal.

Local group UTI has sold Cobra Security company to Swedish group Securitas AB, which is represented locally by Securitas Services România, according to Mediafax newswire. UTI group is controlled by Tiberiu Urdareanu. Cobra Security was set up in 1992 and posted around EUR 13 million in turnover last year, up 10 percent on the previous year. The company hires 2,770 staff.

Several large retailers will open stores next year in Polus Center Constanta mall, which has been re-branded as Maritimo Shopping Center after the Immofinanz takeover. Swedish clothing retailer H&M and sports retailer Decathlon will open stores in the mall in 2011, when Immofinanz plans to finalize works on the shopping center. French hypermarket chain Auchan will also have a store in the Constanta shopping mall, which should be ready in September next year.

Swedish retailer H&M will open stores in Palas Shopping center in Iasi, as well as in Iulius Mall shopping centers in Timisoara and Cluj Napoca, according to Iulius Group, the owner of the three shopping centers. Palas shopping center is still under construction in Iasi and should be finalized in fall next year. The developer is yet to announce when the H&M stores in Iulius Mall shopping centers will be opened.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has issued two metallic coins to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the first...

Ten European Union member states still impose restrictions for Romania migrant workers, according to the Romanian Labor Ministry, quoted by Agerpres. The United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland, Austria, Luxembourg, Holland and Malta make the group of EU countries which restrict the access both Romanian and Bulgarian workers on their markets. The transition period for workers in Romania and Bulgaria started with the EU accession in 2007 and will end in 2013.

(Update adds details about the ruling party's declaration about the vote on the VAT reduction in the last paragraph.) Romania’s Chamber of Deputies adopted Tuesday a bill setting the value added tax on basic foods, such as bread, milk, meat, sugar and vegetable oil, at 5% instead of 24%.