A recent article by French daily newspaper Le Monde points out to the increasing activity on wind farming in South- Eastern Romania, in Dobrogea area, where several wind energy projects have taken off recently.

Romanian-made movie 'Morgen', by Marian Crisan, has received four trophies in the Locarno Film Festival. A Romania-France-Hungary co-production, the film got the special jury award, the award from the ecumenic jury, an award from the youth jury and the Don Quijote award from the International Cineclub Foundation.

Mercadia Holland, a company controlled by Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu, has taken over discount retailer MiniMAX DISCOUNT, in a deal whose value was not revealed. The 31-unit network used to be controlled by Austrian Real4You and two individuals, Rainer Exel and Andreas Kampf.

International Chamber Music Festival SoNoRo will take place between October 31st and November 14 in Bucharest, Iasi and Cluj – Napoca, with this year's edition organized under the 'Masked Ball' motif. The festival will gather over 30 international artists, who will perform in 14 concerts.

Polish film 'Zero', directed by Pawel Borowski, has won the Anonimul Independent Film festival trophy, during a premiere evening which took place on August 14 in Sfantu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta. Zero is the story of 24 hours in the lives of a couple of characters who life stories intersect.

314 foreigners will be sworn in to receive Romanian citizenship on Monday, according to the National Citizenship Authority. The oath is the last step in the citizenship process, following which the Romanian citizenship certificate will be issued. The majority of those who will receive their citizenship come from the Republic of Moldova.

Israeli president Shimon Peres, who started his official visit to Romania on Wednesday, August 11, said the Romanian president Traian Basescu is one of the most important and responsible leaders of the current period. This came after the Romanian president mentioned the country would support NATO and Israel should there be a conflict with Iran.

State-owned company Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea saw its loss deepening in the first six months of this year - around EUR 41.7 million, which was 35 percent higher than the loss it posted the same period of last year.

The Expendables (trailer below)

with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Arnold...

week-end events, seaside and mountain, august 13-15: Iron Maiden, FanFest, ARTMania, aero show, slow food festival

A recent article by French daily newspaper Le Monde points out to the increasing activity on wind farming in South- Eastern Romania, in Dobrogea area, where several wind energy projects have taken off recently.

Romanian-made movie 'Morgen', by Marian Crisan, has received four trophies in the Locarno Film Festival. A Romania-France-Hungary co-production, the film got the special jury award, the award from the ecumenic jury, an award from the youth jury and the Don Quijote award from the International Cineclub Foundation.

Mercadia Holland, a company controlled by Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu, has taken over discount retailer MiniMAX DISCOUNT, in a deal whose value was not revealed. The 31-unit network used to be controlled by Austrian Real4You and two individuals, Rainer Exel and Andreas Kampf.

International Chamber Music Festival SoNoRo will take place between October 31st and November 14 in Bucharest, Iasi and Cluj – Napoca, with this year's edition organized under the 'Masked Ball' motif. The festival will gather over 30 international artists, who will perform in 14 concerts.

Polish film 'Zero', directed by Pawel Borowski, has won the Anonimul Independent Film festival trophy, during a premiere evening which took place on August 14 in Sfantu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta. Zero is the story of 24 hours in the lives of a couple of characters who life stories intersect.

314 foreigners will be sworn in to receive Romanian citizenship on Monday, according to the National Citizenship Authority. The oath is the last step in the citizenship process, following which the Romanian citizenship certificate will be issued. The majority of those who will receive their citizenship come from the Republic of Moldova.

Israeli president Shimon Peres, who started his official visit to Romania on Wednesday, August 11, said the Romanian president Traian Basescu is one of the most important and responsible leaders of the current period. This came after the Romanian president mentioned the country would support NATO and Israel should there be a conflict with Iran.

State-owned company Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea saw its loss deepening in the first six months of this year - around EUR 41.7 million, which was 35 percent higher than the loss it posted the same period of last year.

The Expendables (trailer below)

with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Arnold...

week-end events, seaside and mountain, august 13-15: Iron Maiden, FanFest, ARTMania, aero show, slow food festival