Romania's EU membership enables companies to seek financial support from the EU through structural and cohesion funds. Romania-insider.com starts a new series of articles providing information about European funds, the way companies and individuals can access them, as well as practical advice for those interested in making a successful project. Firstly, let's look at what are the main categories of funds available from the EU.

The French Romanian Audiovisual and Cinema days will be held on October 18 and 19 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Bucharest, focusing on the transition to digital cinema. This third edition of the event is organized by the Embassy of France and the French Institute in Bucharest, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony and the Ministry of Telecommunications.

Around 100 of the most powerful people in the world attended the Trilateral Commission's European meeting, held in the Romanian capital city between October 15 and 17. It was for the first time Romania hosted the event of the commission, which is often referred to as the world shadow government.

The local Domino's Pizza franchise, owned by Radacini Group, has expanded with a second unit in Bucharest, in the Obor area of the capital city, Romania-insider.com has learned. The company has recently opened this second Domino's Pizza outlet on Ferdinand boulevard, after opening the first unit in Pipera earlier this year.

The oil and gas market in Romania and in the region will get back to the 2008 level in three or four years, when the demand will return to that level, according to Mosonyi Gyorgy, president of the board with Hungarian oil company Mol. The company will continue to expand its distribution network in Romania, its representative has said.

Calendar of events in Bucharest during the period October 15-17: David Guetta, Jennifer Rush concerts, Bucharest City Marathon, Celebrating Chopin at the Romanian Athenaeum.

*Carrefour Romania sales down 2.8% in third quarter, to EUR 270 million - in Ziarul Financiar
*Treich, Erste: They should deliver flyers about the risks of financial products, similarly to drugs - in Ziarul Financiar
*Wizz Air doesn't see Romania as a crisis country. “Our business brings a profit margin of 5 percent” - in Ziarul Financiar
*Govt. introduces fiscal stimuli for the production and acquisition of electric cars - in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian buy EUR 2.5 million of holidays in 2010 – in Gandul

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...

Romania's EU membership enables companies to seek financial support from the EU through structural and cohesion funds. Romania-insider.com starts a new series of articles providing information about European funds, the way companies and individuals can access them, as well as practical advice for those interested in making a successful project. Firstly, let's look at what are the main categories of funds available from the EU.

The French Romanian Audiovisual and Cinema days will be held on October 18 and 19 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Bucharest, focusing on the transition to digital cinema. This third edition of the event is organized by the Embassy of France and the French Institute in Bucharest, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony and the Ministry of Telecommunications.

Around 100 of the most powerful people in the world attended the Trilateral Commission's European meeting, held in the Romanian capital city between October 15 and 17. It was for the first time Romania hosted the event of the commission, which is often referred to as the world shadow government.

The local Domino's Pizza franchise, owned by Radacini Group, has expanded with a second unit in Bucharest, in the Obor area of the capital city, Romania-insider.com has learned. The company has recently opened this second Domino's Pizza outlet on Ferdinand boulevard, after opening the first unit in Pipera earlier this year.

The oil and gas market in Romania and in the region will get back to the 2008 level in three or four years, when the demand will return to that level, according to Mosonyi Gyorgy, president of the board with Hungarian oil company Mol. The company will continue to expand its distribution network in Romania, its representative has said.

Calendar of events in Bucharest during the period October 15-17: David Guetta, Jennifer Rush concerts, Bucharest City Marathon, Celebrating Chopin at the Romanian Athenaeum.

*Carrefour Romania sales down 2.8% in third quarter, to EUR 270 million - in Ziarul Financiar
*Treich, Erste: They should deliver flyers about the risks of financial products, similarly to drugs - in Ziarul Financiar
*Wizz Air doesn't see Romania as a crisis country. “Our business brings a profit margin of 5 percent” - in Ziarul Financiar
*Govt. introduces fiscal stimuli for the production and acquisition of electric cars - in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian buy EUR 2.5 million of holidays in 2010 – in Gandul

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...