Romanian businessman Gigi Becali would have to pay EUR 3.3 million worth of taxes for real estate deals carried on between 2004 and 2008, the Romanian fiscal authorities (ANAF) have established, according to Mediafax, quoting unnamed sources within ANAF. The EUR 3.3 million represent VAT and penalties.

Stuart Whent (in picture), the current managing director of BPP Professional Education in Romania, has been promoted to group director of operations for the Central and Eastern Europe. He will manage Romania, the Republic of Moldova, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Poland. He will oversee the activity of BPP Professional Education and of BPP University College.

Vodafone, one of the sponsors of the upcoming Guns N'Roses concet in Bucharest, will organize contests with prizes consisting of free tickets for the concert.

Ecomaster, the ecological services company within Rompetrol Group, has finalized works on the first stage of an industrial ecological park in Prahova county, following an investment of USD 2.5 million. The project, called Ecopark, offers services for cleaning industrial waste, collecting, treating and depositing them.

The Little People Romania association has started a campaign in Timisoara, under the “Poti si tu” (You can too) slogan, to increase awareness and ask Timisoara citizens to join the fight against child cancer.

Movies this week-end: Salt, The Last Airbender, The Killing Jar

Seaside and mountain events, August 6-8

The Nova Group, a company owned by Romanian businessman Dan Adamescu, has bought the 50 percent share package in Medien Holding, the publisher of Romania Libera newspaper, from German Waz, the company has announced. The Nova Group thus became the sole owner of the media group.

Telecom operator Cosmote grew its revenues by 6.3 percent in the second quarter of this year, to EUR 115 million, according to data announced by its mother company OTE. The revenues for the first half of the year reached EUR 229 million, up 9.7 percent on the first half of 2009.

Gabriel Resources, the majority shareholder in Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC), has spent EUUR 11.6 million on the Romanian mining project in the first half of the year, when the company posted a loss of EUR 21 million.

Romanian businessman Gigi Becali would have to pay EUR 3.3 million worth of taxes for real estate deals carried on between 2004 and 2008, the Romanian fiscal authorities (ANAF) have established, according to Mediafax, quoting unnamed sources within ANAF. The EUR 3.3 million represent VAT and penalties.

Stuart Whent (in picture), the current managing director of BPP Professional Education in Romania, has been promoted to group director of operations for the Central and Eastern Europe. He will manage Romania, the Republic of Moldova, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Poland. He will oversee the activity of BPP Professional Education and of BPP University College.

Vodafone, one of the sponsors of the upcoming Guns N'Roses concet in Bucharest, will organize contests with prizes consisting of free tickets for the concert.

Ecomaster, the ecological services company within Rompetrol Group, has finalized works on the first stage of an industrial ecological park in Prahova county, following an investment of USD 2.5 million. The project, called Ecopark, offers services for cleaning industrial waste, collecting, treating and depositing them.

The Little People Romania association has started a campaign in Timisoara, under the “Poti si tu” (You can too) slogan, to increase awareness and ask Timisoara citizens to join the fight against child cancer.

Movies this week-end: Salt, The Last Airbender, The Killing Jar

Seaside and mountain events, August 6-8

The Nova Group, a company owned by Romanian businessman Dan Adamescu, has bought the 50 percent share package in Medien Holding, the publisher of Romania Libera newspaper, from German Waz, the company has announced. The Nova Group thus became the sole owner of the media group.

Telecom operator Cosmote grew its revenues by 6.3 percent in the second quarter of this year, to EUR 115 million, according to data announced by its mother company OTE. The revenues for the first half of the year reached EUR 229 million, up 9.7 percent on the first half of 2009.

Gabriel Resources, the majority shareholder in Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC), has spent EUUR 11.6 million on the Romanian mining project in the first half of the year, when the company posted a loss of EUR 21 million.