*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

Romanian Finance Ministry employees who started a spontaneous strike yesterday continued their protest, staying in the ministry headquarters during the entire night on Wednesday. The 200 employees will continue to protest on Thursday and go on with the strike until their demand over the return of cut bonuses will be met. The union leaders negotiated with the ministry's representatives until 3,00 hours in the morning but have failed to reach an agreement.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

Movies on screens in Bucharest during the period October 15 - 21.

Romanian union federation Cartel Alfa called on all public sector workers Thursday to cease work and urged the Government to pay people’s full wages and bonuses and reverse the 25 percent pay cut implemented in July.

British companies invested a total of EUR 1.9 billion in Romania in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 36 percent on the same period of last year, according to data from the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. British companies invested EUR 2.6 million in Romania in the first nine months last year.

Andrei Rosu run two international marathons this year, starting with one at the North Pole, and was the first person to play the drums there. He dreams of becoming the first Romanian to run seven marathons on seven continents by this time next year. Andrei, an economist by profession, wants to climb the Everest, cross Africa by bike, sail around the world and cross Asia in a balloon, he says in an interview with romania-insider.com.

The Orthodox Christians celebrate the Pious Saint Parascheva, on Thursday, October 14. Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians both from home and abroad come and pray at the relics of St. Parascheva in Iasi and that of the other saints specially brought on pilgrimage, on the occasion.

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the conference on 'Europe Whereto? Economic Solutions of the Left' that the Ovidiu Sincai Institute Foundation organizes in Bucharest, on Friday. The event is followed by a news conference held by Germany's Ex-Chancellor.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

Romanian Finance Ministry employees who started a spontaneous strike yesterday continued their protest, staying in the ministry headquarters during the entire night on Wednesday. The 200 employees will continue to protest on Thursday and go on with the strike until their demand over the return of cut bonuses will be met. The union leaders negotiated with the ministry's representatives until 3,00 hours in the morning but have failed to reach an agreement.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.

Movies on screens in Bucharest during the period October 15 - 21.

Romanian union federation Cartel Alfa called on all public sector workers Thursday to cease work and urged the Government to pay people’s full wages and bonuses and reverse the 25 percent pay cut implemented in July.

British companies invested a total of EUR 1.9 billion in Romania in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 36 percent on the same period of last year, according to data from the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. British companies invested EUR 2.6 million in Romania in the first nine months last year.

Andrei Rosu run two international marathons this year, starting with one at the North Pole, and was the first person to play the drums there. He dreams of becoming the first Romanian to run seven marathons on seven continents by this time next year. Andrei, an economist by profession, wants to climb the Everest, cross Africa by bike, sail around the world and cross Asia in a balloon, he says in an interview with romania-insider.com.

The Orthodox Christians celebrate the Pious Saint Parascheva, on Thursday, October 14. Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians both from home and abroad come and pray at the relics of St. Parascheva in Iasi and that of the other saints specially brought on pilgrimage, on the occasion.

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the conference on 'Europe Whereto? Economic Solutions of the Left' that the Ovidiu Sincai Institute Foundation organizes in Bucharest, on Friday. The event is followed by a news conference held by Germany's Ex-Chancellor.

The British electro-pop boy duo Hurts will perform in Bucharest on November 11 at the Silver Church club, bringing the sound of their first album, Happiness, which became the best sold album coming from a new band in UK.