"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

The ski chairlift ropeway system in the ski slopes area Valea Soarelui and Laptici in Sinaia mountain resort, north of Bucharest, has recently been opened to the public, following EUR 30 million in investments, according to the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism.

A 49 year-old woman has died Friday in Bucharest from severe bite wounds inflicted by stray dogs. The woman was found badly injured and in hypothermic and hemorrhagic shock Tuesday in the courtyard of the city's sector 5 Public Domain Administration. The building is under conservation and no employees were there and the woman was reportedly attacked by a pack of stray dogs.

The "George Enescu" Festival 2011 has been included in an annual selection of the most prestigious tourist destinations compiled by Austrian magazine Gewinn. Although it’s not actually a ranking, Romania sits on the 16th place as a tourist destination, recommended for the 2011 “George Enescu” Festival.

Romanian authorities want to create bike tracks for touristic purposes across the country. The Regional Development and Tourism Ministry will be in charge with putting together the bike tracks on existing road infrastructure. Bike tracks will also be created in mountain areas.

Movies opening this week-end:

The Green Hornet (trailer below)

with Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou

on at...

Romania has 2.5 million users on the Facebook social network, with around 300,000 of them residing in Bucharest, according to a recent study by Facebrands.ro. Cluj- Napoca, Timisoara and Constanta come next in the top of Facebook users in Romania.

Romanian Bogdan Mustata is one of the four winners of the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. His film project, called 'Wolf' (Lupu'), joins three other projects in Israel, Malaysia and Mexico. Each of the winners will receive a USD 10,000 cash prize, attendance at industry meetings at the Sundance Film Festival, mentoring from Institute staff and participation in a feature film program lab.

Romania's car park grew last year by 1.8 percent, to more than 5.42 million vehicles, including 4.3 million passenger cars, 6.4 percent higher than in 2009, according to the data of the Interior Ministry's Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV).

The Bucharest municipality might enforce a measure aimed at placing new hypermarkets at the outskirts of the city, according to Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu, quoted by Romanian media.

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

The ski chairlift ropeway system in the ski slopes area Valea Soarelui and Laptici in Sinaia mountain resort, north of Bucharest, has recently been opened to the public, following EUR 30 million in investments, according to the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism.

A 49 year-old woman has died Friday in Bucharest from severe bite wounds inflicted by stray dogs. The woman was found badly injured and in hypothermic and hemorrhagic shock Tuesday in the courtyard of the city's sector 5 Public Domain Administration. The building is under conservation and no employees were there and the woman was reportedly attacked by a pack of stray dogs.

The "George Enescu" Festival 2011 has been included in an annual selection of the most prestigious tourist destinations compiled by Austrian magazine Gewinn. Although it’s not actually a ranking, Romania sits on the 16th place as a tourist destination, recommended for the 2011 “George Enescu” Festival.

Romanian authorities want to create bike tracks for touristic purposes across the country. The Regional Development and Tourism Ministry will be in charge with putting together the bike tracks on existing road infrastructure. Bike tracks will also be created in mountain areas.

Movies opening this week-end:

The Green Hornet (trailer below)

with Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou

on at...

Romania has 2.5 million users on the Facebook social network, with around 300,000 of them residing in Bucharest, according to a recent study by Facebrands.ro. Cluj- Napoca, Timisoara and Constanta come next in the top of Facebook users in Romania.

Romanian Bogdan Mustata is one of the four winners of the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. His film project, called 'Wolf' (Lupu'), joins three other projects in Israel, Malaysia and Mexico. Each of the winners will receive a USD 10,000 cash prize, attendance at industry meetings at the Sundance Film Festival, mentoring from Institute staff and participation in a feature film program lab.

Romania's car park grew last year by 1.8 percent, to more than 5.42 million vehicles, including 4.3 million passenger cars, 6.4 percent higher than in 2009, according to the data of the Interior Ministry's Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV).

The Bucharest municipality might enforce a measure aimed at placing new hypermarkets at the outskirts of the city, according to Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu, quoted by Romanian media.