Imagine there were a virus spreading across Europe that severely impeded young children’s intellectual and physical development. The disease was so debilitating that children afflicted by it could never hold responsible jobs or be productive members of society. They would have to be cared for by the state for life.

Oil and gas company Petrom has partnered Hunt Oil Company Romania in jointly exploring the onshore areas Adjud and Urziceni East, according to Petrom.

Romania will emerge from recession behind most other countries, as the crisis hit with a six-month delay, Prime Minister Emil Boc has said. The recession didn't affect Romania until the end of 2008, while most of the world economies were impacted earlier that year, Boc told a meeting with the Romanian community in New York.

Dorina Tiron, the head of the National Roads and Highways Company (CNADNR), has been laid off following the results of an activity control report initiated by the new Transport Minister Anca Boagiu.

The current current minimum corporate tax will be replaced with a flat-rate tax that will be applied only in areas where...

Romanians flocked over the summer to offer their cars as support for advertising and get money in return. Carmedia, a company which offers car advertising services, has reached a database of 1,000 active cars from Bucharest, five times more than it had at the beginning of the summer, when it started to operate, Maxime Porte, managing director of Carmedia told romania-insider.com. Drivers can get more than RON 400 a month, as well as a free weekly car wash for allowing companies to place campaign stickers on their cars.

Romania’s largest mobile operator, Orange, will launch Apple’s iPhone 4 in Romania on Friday, September 24. The telephone which will be available both online and in selected stores, the operator said Thursday. The iPhone 4 is enabled with video calling with FaceTime and comes with a high-resolution display, HD video recording, a 5-megapixel camera, Apple A4 processor and more, Orange Romania said in a press release.

Nicola Piovani, the winner of an Oscar prize for the soundtrack of “La Vita e Bella”, will play in Bucharest on October 9 at Sala Radio starting 20,00 hours. The concert will take place within the closing festivity of the 6th edition of the “International Movie Festival RO – IFF” which is scheduled to close on 10th of October 2010. The film festival will take place at the Cinema Scala and Eforie and will last 10 days, being organized by Artis Foundation in association with PROM’ART CREATIVE.

International hotel chain Hilton Worlwide has signed a contract with a local company to open the first Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Bucharest next year. VIS 7 Import Export SRL company will renovate the Bucharest City Unirii Square hotel in Bucharest and turn it into Doublee, which should open in the second half of next year. The Bucharest City hotel, opened in 2006, has 88 rooms.

Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher and essayist who became famous for his finely crafted essays and aphorisms dealing with alienation, boredom, futility and the decay of civilization. His works helped him become one of the greatest nihilistic philosophers of the 20th century.

By Alexandra Fodor

Imagine there were a virus spreading across Europe that severely impeded young children’s intellectual and physical development. The disease was so debilitating that children afflicted by it could never hold responsible jobs or be productive members of society. They would have to be cared for by the state for life.

Oil and gas company Petrom has partnered Hunt Oil Company Romania in jointly exploring the onshore areas Adjud and Urziceni East, according to Petrom.

Romania will emerge from recession behind most other countries, as the crisis hit with a six-month delay, Prime Minister Emil Boc has said. The recession didn't affect Romania until the end of 2008, while most of the world economies were impacted earlier that year, Boc told a meeting with the Romanian community in New York.

Dorina Tiron, the head of the National Roads and Highways Company (CNADNR), has been laid off following the results of an activity control report initiated by the new Transport Minister Anca Boagiu.

The current current minimum corporate tax will be replaced with a flat-rate tax that will be applied only in areas where...

Romanians flocked over the summer to offer their cars as support for advertising and get money in return. Carmedia, a company which offers car advertising services, has reached a database of 1,000 active cars from Bucharest, five times more than it had at the beginning of the summer, when it started to operate, Maxime Porte, managing director of Carmedia told romania-insider.com. Drivers can get more than RON 400 a month, as well as a free weekly car wash for allowing companies to place campaign stickers on their cars.

Romania’s largest mobile operator, Orange, will launch Apple’s iPhone 4 in Romania on Friday, September 24. The telephone which will be available both online and in selected stores, the operator said Thursday. The iPhone 4 is enabled with video calling with FaceTime and comes with a high-resolution display, HD video recording, a 5-megapixel camera, Apple A4 processor and more, Orange Romania said in a press release.

Nicola Piovani, the winner of an Oscar prize for the soundtrack of “La Vita e Bella”, will play in Bucharest on October 9 at Sala Radio starting 20,00 hours. The concert will take place within the closing festivity of the 6th edition of the “International Movie Festival RO – IFF” which is scheduled to close on 10th of October 2010. The film festival will take place at the Cinema Scala and Eforie and will last 10 days, being organized by Artis Foundation in association with PROM’ART CREATIVE.

International hotel chain Hilton Worlwide has signed a contract with a local company to open the first Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Bucharest next year. VIS 7 Import Export SRL company will renovate the Bucharest City Unirii Square hotel in Bucharest and turn it into Doublee, which should open in the second half of next year. The Bucharest City hotel, opened in 2006, has 88 rooms.

Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher and essayist who became famous for his finely crafted essays and aphorisms dealing with alienation, boredom, futility and the decay of civilization. His works helped him become one of the greatest nihilistic philosophers of the 20th century.

By Alexandra Fodor