Romania has no reason to halt its external payments, said Mugur Isarescu (in picture), the Romanian Central Bank Governor, in response to the recent statement by International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The IMF official recently said Romania, along with other countries, could face insolvency.

Ion Barladeanu, the main character of the documentary 'The World According to Ion B', which has recently received an Emmy Award, is still living in a room in a basement of a block in Bucharest and has not enjoyed the success the documentary about him has received, writes the Romanian media.

The average unemployment aid in Romania next year will be 10 percent lower than this year, down to EUR 111 from the current EUR 122, while unemployment aid for young graduates will be kept at EUR 70.

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania has postponed its plan to sell shares on the Vienna Stock Exchange until next year because of legal problems with shareholder SIF Banat- Crisana, Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Rekkers said, quoted by Bloomberg

An area of 90,000 hectares in the protected natural site Nordul Gorjului, in Western Romania, will be protected through a project worth EUR 4.9 million, part of the European program Natura 2000. The area includes 45 natural reservations, among which best known are Cheile Sohodorului (in picture) and Cheile Tismanei.

Local lender Banca Transilvania and Western Union have recently launched the money transfer directly from the bank's ATMs. This is a first in Romania, the two companies have said.

A Saint Nicholas fair will take place between December 3 and 5 at the Romanian Peasant's Museum in Bucharest (3 Kisellef Blvd.) The fair will feature traditional Romanian food, traditionally made toys, other Romanian traditional products.

Baby Expo, a fair dedicated to moms, newborns and young parents, will take place between November 26 and 28 at Sala Polivalenta in Bucharest. Entry tickets to the event are RON 10/adult.

Romanian state-run companies and autonomous departments are compelled to freeze hiring next year so they do not exceed the number of employees allowed for 2010, according to the final form of the country’s 2011 draft state budget, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

Carola Grindea was a famous Romanian-born piano teacher and the founder of two renowned music institutions: the European Piano Teachers Association and the International Society for the Study of Tension in Performance. She developed a therapeutic method, called Grindea technique, a pre-performance tool to help release tension and achieve mental focus.

Romania has no reason to halt its external payments, said Mugur Isarescu (in picture), the Romanian Central Bank Governor, in response to the recent statement by International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The IMF official recently said Romania, along with other countries, could face insolvency.

Ion Barladeanu, the main character of the documentary 'The World According to Ion B', which has recently received an Emmy Award, is still living in a room in a basement of a block in Bucharest and has not enjoyed the success the documentary about him has received, writes the Romanian media.

The average unemployment aid in Romania next year will be 10 percent lower than this year, down to EUR 111 from the current EUR 122, while unemployment aid for young graduates will be kept at EUR 70.

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania has postponed its plan to sell shares on the Vienna Stock Exchange until next year because of legal problems with shareholder SIF Banat- Crisana, Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Rekkers said, quoted by Bloomberg

An area of 90,000 hectares in the protected natural site Nordul Gorjului, in Western Romania, will be protected through a project worth EUR 4.9 million, part of the European program Natura 2000. The area includes 45 natural reservations, among which best known are Cheile Sohodorului (in picture) and Cheile Tismanei.

Local lender Banca Transilvania and Western Union have recently launched the money transfer directly from the bank's ATMs. This is a first in Romania, the two companies have said.

A Saint Nicholas fair will take place between December 3 and 5 at the Romanian Peasant's Museum in Bucharest (3 Kisellef Blvd.) The fair will feature traditional Romanian food, traditionally made toys, other Romanian traditional products.

Baby Expo, a fair dedicated to moms, newborns and young parents, will take place between November 26 and 28 at Sala Polivalenta in Bucharest. Entry tickets to the event are RON 10/adult.

Romanian state-run companies and autonomous departments are compelled to freeze hiring next year so they do not exceed the number of employees allowed for 2010, according to the final form of the country’s 2011 draft state budget, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

Carola Grindea was a famous Romanian-born piano teacher and the founder of two renowned music institutions: the European Piano Teachers Association and the International Society for the Study of Tension in Performance. She developed a therapeutic method, called Grindea technique, a pre-performance tool to help release tension and achieve mental focus.