This week’s Romanian city is Targoviste, the former Wallachian capital and Royal Court located 80 km from the current Romanian capital Bucharest. It is a city where history springs from every corner, and its closeness to Bucharest makes it a great week-end escape destination.

The Romanian leu opened Tuesday’s session at 4.3 to the euro, close to Monday's closing levels, when it was trading at 4.297/4.299 to the euro.

Investment in research and development is one of the essential ingredients required to generate economic growth. EU funds are available for R&D activities as well, and Romania-Insider.com looks at the main features of the EU funds for research and development, as well as at several foreign investments in the Romanian R&D sector.

The Romanian car industry posted a turnover of EUR 8.1 billion last year, which was 6 percent of the country's GDP. The auto industry is expected to reach a 10 percent weight of the GDP this year, according to Constantin Stroe, head of the Car Makers Association in Romania.

The Romanian documentary 'The World According to Ion B' (Lumea vazuta de Ion B) has received the Emmy Award in the category Arts Programming. This was the first documentary created by HBO Central Europe which competed for the Emmy Awards.

*400,000 Romanians chose private medical care – in Ziarul Financiar
*Car center in mall: Grand Arena tries to attract visitors. Decathlon comes in December – in Ziarul Financiar
*Ropharma shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange tomorrow – in Ziarul Financiar
*Firms replace expat managers with Romanians who worked abroad and reduce their salary costs by 20 percent – in Ziarul Financiar

Romania’s car output exceeded 290,000 units in the first ten months of 2010, close to the level registered in 2009, when...

Romanian band Vama has launched a song called Sarkozy versus Gypsy, inspired by the Rroma deportation saga which took place this summer, when hundreds of Roma people were sent back to Romania and Bulgaria from France.

As we are about to enter the party season, we are looking at the greatest party drink of them all – Champagne! It is very interesting how people’s perception of the French fizz has changed over the past 30 years. Once it was considered something only for special occasions like Christmas, birthdays and weddings. The reason for the change in attitude is that Champagne prices have barely increased in recent years, whereas increased wealth makes it relatively more affordable.

Romania's Government will introduce a financial incentive package to encourage purchases of electric cars through an "ecologic bonus" for consumers and through tax deductions or state aid for producers.

This week’s Romanian city is Targoviste, the former Wallachian capital and Royal Court located 80 km from the current Romanian capital Bucharest. It is a city where history springs from every corner, and its closeness to Bucharest makes it a great week-end escape destination.

The Romanian leu opened Tuesday’s session at 4.3 to the euro, close to Monday's closing levels, when it was trading at 4.297/4.299 to the euro.

Investment in research and development is one of the essential ingredients required to generate economic growth. EU funds are available for R&D activities as well, and Romania-Insider.com looks at the main features of the EU funds for research and development, as well as at several foreign investments in the Romanian R&D sector.

The Romanian car industry posted a turnover of EUR 8.1 billion last year, which was 6 percent of the country's GDP. The auto industry is expected to reach a 10 percent weight of the GDP this year, according to Constantin Stroe, head of the Car Makers Association in Romania.

The Romanian documentary 'The World According to Ion B' (Lumea vazuta de Ion B) has received the Emmy Award in the category Arts Programming. This was the first documentary created by HBO Central Europe which competed for the Emmy Awards.

*400,000 Romanians chose private medical care – in Ziarul Financiar
*Car center in mall: Grand Arena tries to attract visitors. Decathlon comes in December – in Ziarul Financiar
*Ropharma shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange tomorrow – in Ziarul Financiar
*Firms replace expat managers with Romanians who worked abroad and reduce their salary costs by 20 percent – in Ziarul Financiar

Romania’s car output exceeded 290,000 units in the first ten months of 2010, close to the level registered in 2009, when...

Romanian band Vama has launched a song called Sarkozy versus Gypsy, inspired by the Rroma deportation saga which took place this summer, when hundreds of Roma people were sent back to Romania and Bulgaria from France.

As we are about to enter the party season, we are looking at the greatest party drink of them all – Champagne! It is very interesting how people’s perception of the French fizz has changed over the past 30 years. Once it was considered something only for special occasions like Christmas, birthdays and weddings. The reason for the change in attitude is that Champagne prices have barely increased in recent years, whereas increased wealth makes it relatively more affordable.

Romania's Government will introduce a financial incentive package to encourage purchases of electric cars through an "ecologic bonus" for consumers and through tax deductions or state aid for producers.