Romanian lender Banca Transilvania posted a gross profit of EUR 14.1 million in the first half of this year, which was more than five times higher than the gross profit posted mid-last year. The net profit in the first half of this year was of EUR 7.8 million, according to the bank. The gross profit in the first half of the year covers 40 percent of what the bank had expected for the entire year.

Another Romanian language lesson - this time, learn what to say in a restaurant

Street Heroes, the international urban culture festival which brings together skating, bmx, graffiti, street art, street dance and parties will take place between August 12-14 in Tineretului Park in Bucharest. The event will host the release of a film by Pontus Alv, called 'In Search of the Miraculous', on August 12.

A 42-kilometer marathon will take place in Moieciu de Sus, in Brasov county, in May next year. The running event, which will be organized on May 7 under the name EcoMarathon, has a nine-hour time limit. The course is made out of 3 loops forming the EcoMarathon clover, the Start and the Finish are in Moieciu de Sus. Besides the marathon, a cross on 14 kilometers will also be organized.

Romania's new tourism brand, which will be launched tomorrow at the Shanghai World Expo, is 'Explore the Carpathian Garden', according to Impactnews.ro, quoting official sources. The logo features a green leaf on a blue background, according to the same source.

Bucharest student club Club A, which celebrates 40 years since opening, will host a Suie Paparude concert tonight starting 11,30 hours. Entry tickets will cost RON 10.

Eolica Dobrogea, which is developing wind farms in several localities in Dobrogea, including Cogealac, will ask the Cogealac city hall to organize a referendum for all inhabitants to decide on how the wind energy potential in the area will be used. The inhabitants should also decide on how the EUR 3.5 billion revenues to the local budget will be used, Eolica said in a statement earlier today.

The British ambassador to Romania, Robin Barnett, who is preparing to end his term in Romania, said the bureaucracy in the country is still high and that the infrastructure problems and the labor Code are barriers to investors in this country, he said, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

The biggest retailers in Romania run businesses worth EUR 7.5 billion in total last year, shows the recently published Top 100 companies in Romania report by Romania Insider. Last year, these 15 companies together posted sales of EUR 8.2 billion in total, the report shows.

Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) posted a net profit of around EUR 49 million in the first half of this year, which was up 25 percent on the same period of last year.

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania posted a gross profit of EUR 14.1 million in the first half of this year, which was more than five times higher than the gross profit posted mid-last year. The net profit in the first half of this year was of EUR 7.8 million, according to the bank. The gross profit in the first half of the year covers 40 percent of what the bank had expected for the entire year.

Another Romanian language lesson - this time, learn what to say in a restaurant

Street Heroes, the international urban culture festival which brings together skating, bmx, graffiti, street art, street dance and parties will take place between August 12-14 in Tineretului Park in Bucharest. The event will host the release of a film by Pontus Alv, called 'In Search of the Miraculous', on August 12.

A 42-kilometer marathon will take place in Moieciu de Sus, in Brasov county, in May next year. The running event, which will be organized on May 7 under the name EcoMarathon, has a nine-hour time limit. The course is made out of 3 loops forming the EcoMarathon clover, the Start and the Finish are in Moieciu de Sus. Besides the marathon, a cross on 14 kilometers will also be organized.

Romania's new tourism brand, which will be launched tomorrow at the Shanghai World Expo, is 'Explore the Carpathian Garden', according to Impactnews.ro, quoting official sources. The logo features a green leaf on a blue background, according to the same source.

Bucharest student club Club A, which celebrates 40 years since opening, will host a Suie Paparude concert tonight starting 11,30 hours. Entry tickets will cost RON 10.

Eolica Dobrogea, which is developing wind farms in several localities in Dobrogea, including Cogealac, will ask the Cogealac city hall to organize a referendum for all inhabitants to decide on how the wind energy potential in the area will be used. The inhabitants should also decide on how the EUR 3.5 billion revenues to the local budget will be used, Eolica said in a statement earlier today.

The British ambassador to Romania, Robin Barnett, who is preparing to end his term in Romania, said the bureaucracy in the country is still high and that the infrastructure problems and the labor Code are barriers to investors in this country, he said, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

The biggest retailers in Romania run businesses worth EUR 7.5 billion in total last year, shows the recently published Top 100 companies in Romania report by Romania Insider. Last year, these 15 companies together posted sales of EUR 8.2 billion in total, the report shows.

Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) posted a net profit of around EUR 49 million in the first half of this year, which was up 25 percent on the same period of last year.