Almost a quarter of Romanians pay they bills using automated payment machines, which is double the European average, found a study by Intella Information. However, most Romanians still prefer to receive the paper bills – only eight percent of those included in the study said they chose electronic bills.

Romania is one of the Eastern European markets which looks the most interesting, according to Mark Mobius, the emerging market guru with Templeton Asset Management, in a recent interview published by the Time magazine. But the country comes after Russia, Turkey and Poland.

Rominserv, a company in the Rompetrol group, has signed an agreement with Portuguese Prio SGPS to build four vegetable oil tanks, with an investment estimated at USD 2.1 million, Rompetrol has announced. The tanks are part of the vegetable oil extraction plant in Lehliu.

Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) will be most likely floated the Bucharest Stock Exchange in January next year, as well as on a foreign stock market, possibly the London one, according to Greg Konieczny, fund manager for Franklin Templeton in Romania, quoted by the Money Channel.

Eolica Dobrogea, which is developing wind farms in several localities in Dobrogea, including Cogealac, will ask the Cogealac city hall to organize a referendum for all inhabitants to decide on how the wind energy potential in the area will be used. The inhabitants should also decide on how the EUR 3.5 billion revenues to the local budget will be used, Eolica said in a statement earlier today.

Bucharest student club Club A, which celebrates 40 years since opening, will host a Suie Paparude concert tonight starting 11,30 hours. Entry tickets will cost RON 10.

Mining company Romaltyn Mining Baia Mare, owned by Russian Polyus Group, will invest USD 14 million in mining technologies. The company intends to re-start the gold extraction in the area, but needs to finalize investments beforehand and it hopes to be able to start the processing activity towards the beginning of next year.

A 42-kilometer marathon will take place in Moieciu de Sus, in Brasov county, in May next year. The running event, which will be organized on May 7 under the name EcoMarathon, has a nine-hour time limit. The course is made out of 3 loops forming the EcoMarathon clover, the Start and the Finish are in Moieciu de Sus. Besides the marathon, a cross on 14 kilometers will also be organized.

Discounter Plus has opened two new stores with an investment of EUR 3 million. The new discounter stores are in Cluj and in Slobozia. The new openings brings the Plus network in Romania at 103 stores. Plus has been expanding in Romania for the last couple of years and it plans to further grow its network to cities of over 15,000 inhabitants.

Street Heroes, the international urban culture festival which brings together skating, bmx, graffiti, street art, street dance and parties will take place between August 12-14 in Tineretului Park in Bucharest. The event will host the release of a film by Pontus Alv, called 'In Search of the Miraculous', on August 12.

Almost a quarter of Romanians pay they bills using automated payment machines, which is double the European average, found a study by Intella Information. However, most Romanians still prefer to receive the paper bills – only eight percent of those included in the study said they chose electronic bills.

Romania is one of the Eastern European markets which looks the most interesting, according to Mark Mobius, the emerging market guru with Templeton Asset Management, in a recent interview published by the Time magazine. But the country comes after Russia, Turkey and Poland.

Rominserv, a company in the Rompetrol group, has signed an agreement with Portuguese Prio SGPS to build four vegetable oil tanks, with an investment estimated at USD 2.1 million, Rompetrol has announced. The tanks are part of the vegetable oil extraction plant in Lehliu.

Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) will be most likely floated the Bucharest Stock Exchange in January next year, as well as on a foreign stock market, possibly the London one, according to Greg Konieczny, fund manager for Franklin Templeton in Romania, quoted by the Money Channel.

Eolica Dobrogea, which is developing wind farms in several localities in Dobrogea, including Cogealac, will ask the Cogealac city hall to organize a referendum for all inhabitants to decide on how the wind energy potential in the area will be used. The inhabitants should also decide on how the EUR 3.5 billion revenues to the local budget will be used, Eolica said in a statement earlier today.

Bucharest student club Club A, which celebrates 40 years since opening, will host a Suie Paparude concert tonight starting 11,30 hours. Entry tickets will cost RON 10.

Mining company Romaltyn Mining Baia Mare, owned by Russian Polyus Group, will invest USD 14 million in mining technologies. The company intends to re-start the gold extraction in the area, but needs to finalize investments beforehand and it hopes to be able to start the processing activity towards the beginning of next year.

A 42-kilometer marathon will take place in Moieciu de Sus, in Brasov county, in May next year. The running event, which will be organized on May 7 under the name EcoMarathon, has a nine-hour time limit. The course is made out of 3 loops forming the EcoMarathon clover, the Start and the Finish are in Moieciu de Sus. Besides the marathon, a cross on 14 kilometers will also be organized.

Discounter Plus has opened two new stores with an investment of EUR 3 million. The new discounter stores are in Cluj and in Slobozia. The new openings brings the Plus network in Romania at 103 stores. Plus has been expanding in Romania for the last couple of years and it plans to further grow its network to cities of over 15,000 inhabitants.

Street Heroes, the international urban culture festival which brings together skating, bmx, graffiti, street art, street dance and parties will take place between August 12-14 in Tineretului Park in Bucharest. The event will host the release of a film by Pontus Alv, called 'In Search of the Miraculous', on August 12.