The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) recorded EUR 2.15 billion of trade on all its segments during 2010, up 29 percent on 2009. The volume of shares and shares rights trading reached EUR 1.48 million, up 10.7 percent on the previous year. The bonds market doubled to EUR 620 million, while the futures segment also grew by 59 percent, to EUR 25.3 million.

Half a million foreigners entered Romania in December last year, according to data from the Romanian Customs. In total, 2.6 million people transited the Romanian customs in the last month of 2010, with the West and East customs being the most transited ones. Most of these people, EUR 2.1 million, were EU citizens.

British bar and restaurant consultant Richard Fox and City Compass will organize a series of guided wine tasting events in Bucharest from January 2011. The first such event, under the name Wine Tasting Evenings, will take place on January 18, 2011, from 19,30 hours, at the Malagamba restaurant (2 Sf Dumitru St., Lipscani area of Bucharest).

Edenred, formerly known as Accor Services, has acquired Euroticket, Romania's fourth-largest provider of meal and gift...

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in France increased by 70.9 percent on the year in 2010, while overall new car registrations saw a decline of 2.2 percent, according to the French carmakers’ association.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) reserves grew by EUR 4.13 billion last year, to EUR 32.4 billion, with the peak in November. In December, the BNR reserves went down by EUR 368 million, as the BNR had to service the external direct debt, while being impacted by the depreciation of the US dollar and on the Sterling pound against the Euro.

Romania has increased the guarantee threshold for bank deposits from EUR 50,000 to EUR 100,000 while reducing the number of days from deposit unavailability until payment from 90 to 20.

We'll be uncovering some not so well known but amazing travel destinations in Romania this year on Romania-Insider.com. Before that, here are our top picks for the year 2011 in terms of travel destinations in the country. Feel free to add comments and suggestions as the list is not by far complete.

A partial Sun eclipse which will take place on Tuesday, January 4, will be visible from Romania too. The maximum coverage, 76 percent of the Sun, will be reached at 10.35 hours and will be visible from Central Romania.

Romanian band Hotel FM has won the local selection for the Eurovision song contest and will represent Romania at the contest in Dusseldorf, Germany, with the song 'Change' (Listen to it below). The selection was organized by the public TV station TVR on New Year's Eve night.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) recorded EUR 2.15 billion of trade on all its segments during 2010, up 29 percent on 2009. The volume of shares and shares rights trading reached EUR 1.48 million, up 10.7 percent on the previous year. The bonds market doubled to EUR 620 million, while the futures segment also grew by 59 percent, to EUR 25.3 million.

Half a million foreigners entered Romania in December last year, according to data from the Romanian Customs. In total, 2.6 million people transited the Romanian customs in the last month of 2010, with the West and East customs being the most transited ones. Most of these people, EUR 2.1 million, were EU citizens.

British bar and restaurant consultant Richard Fox and City Compass will organize a series of guided wine tasting events in Bucharest from January 2011. The first such event, under the name Wine Tasting Evenings, will take place on January 18, 2011, from 19,30 hours, at the Malagamba restaurant (2 Sf Dumitru St., Lipscani area of Bucharest).

Edenred, formerly known as Accor Services, has acquired Euroticket, Romania's fourth-largest provider of meal and gift...

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in France increased by 70.9 percent on the year in 2010, while overall new car registrations saw a decline of 2.2 percent, according to the French carmakers’ association.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) reserves grew by EUR 4.13 billion last year, to EUR 32.4 billion, with the peak in November. In December, the BNR reserves went down by EUR 368 million, as the BNR had to service the external direct debt, while being impacted by the depreciation of the US dollar and on the Sterling pound against the Euro.

Romania has increased the guarantee threshold for bank deposits from EUR 50,000 to EUR 100,000 while reducing the number of days from deposit unavailability until payment from 90 to 20.

We'll be uncovering some not so well known but amazing travel destinations in Romania this year on Romania-Insider.com. Before that, here are our top picks for the year 2011 in terms of travel destinations in the country. Feel free to add comments and suggestions as the list is not by far complete.

A partial Sun eclipse which will take place on Tuesday, January 4, will be visible from Romania too. The maximum coverage, 76 percent of the Sun, will be reached at 10.35 hours and will be visible from Central Romania.

Romanian band Hotel FM has won the local selection for the Eurovision song contest and will represent Romania at the contest in Dusseldorf, Germany, with the song 'Change' (Listen to it below). The selection was organized by the public TV station TVR on New Year's Eve night.