British companies invested a total of EUR 1.9 billion in Romania in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 36 percent on the same period of last year, according to data from the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. British companies invested EUR 2.6 million in Romania in the first nine months last year.

Low cost airline Wizz Air transported 1.6 million passengers on flights to and from Romania in the first nine months of the year, with an airplane load factor of 86 percent, the company has announced. The company's profit margin in Romania is of 4 to 5 percent, said its vice-president John Stephenson. Romania is one of the company's most successful markets, said Stephenson, who thinks the airline industry is coming out of the crisis.

Clothing retailer Sprider Stores has opened a new store in Promenada Mall in Braila, following a EUR 1 million...

Movies on screens in Bucharest during the period October 15 - 21.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the conference on 'Europe Whereto? Economic Solutions of the Left' that the Ovidiu Sincai Institute Foundation organizes in Bucharest, on Friday. The event is followed by a news conference held by Germany's Ex-Chancellor.

Andrei Rosu run two international marathons this year, starting with one at the North Pole, and was the first person to play the drums there. He dreams of becoming the first Romanian to run seven marathons on seven continents by this time next year. Andrei, an economist by profession, wants to climb the Everest, cross Africa by bike, sail around the world and cross Asia in a balloon, he says in an interview with romania-insider.com.

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

A Romanian researcher who invented a device which could detect cancer in early stages works on testing the device and eventually producing it in Romania, with the launch expected early next year. Researcher Raluca-Ioana van Staden has become famous for the invention which has been awarded internationally. After working several years abroad, teaming up with her husband, she chose to come back to Romania to help create a strong Romanian research team. She has talked to romania-insider.com about this invention, which could be expanded to detecting other diseases in the future.

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will send a team of experts to Romania to analyze the opportunity of a joint venture with local peer Romgaz, Gazprom’s president Alexei Miller said Wednesday. Miller met with Romanian officials in Bucharest to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the South Stream pipeline project.

British companies invested a total of EUR 1.9 billion in Romania in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 36 percent on the same period of last year, according to data from the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. British companies invested EUR 2.6 million in Romania in the first nine months last year.

Low cost airline Wizz Air transported 1.6 million passengers on flights to and from Romania in the first nine months of the year, with an airplane load factor of 86 percent, the company has announced. The company's profit margin in Romania is of 4 to 5 percent, said its vice-president John Stephenson. Romania is one of the company's most successful markets, said Stephenson, who thinks the airline industry is coming out of the crisis.

Clothing retailer Sprider Stores has opened a new store in Promenada Mall in Braila, following a EUR 1 million...

Movies on screens in Bucharest during the period October 15 - 21.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the conference on 'Europe Whereto? Economic Solutions of the Left' that the Ovidiu Sincai Institute Foundation organizes in Bucharest, on Friday. The event is followed by a news conference held by Germany's Ex-Chancellor.

Andrei Rosu run two international marathons this year, starting with one at the North Pole, and was the first person to play the drums there. He dreams of becoming the first Romanian to run seven marathons on seven continents by this time next year. Andrei, an economist by profession, wants to climb the Everest, cross Africa by bike, sail around the world and cross Asia in a balloon, he says in an interview with romania-insider.com.

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

A Romanian researcher who invented a device which could detect cancer in early stages works on testing the device and eventually producing it in Romania, with the launch expected early next year. Researcher Raluca-Ioana van Staden has become famous for the invention which has been awarded internationally. After working several years abroad, teaming up with her husband, she chose to come back to Romania to help create a strong Romanian research team. She has talked to romania-insider.com about this invention, which could be expanded to detecting other diseases in the future.

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will send a team of experts to Romania to analyze the opportunity of a joint venture with local peer Romgaz, Gazprom’s president Alexei Miller said Wednesday. Miller met with Romanian officials in Bucharest to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the South Stream pipeline project.