Ana Aslan was a famous Romanian scientist, who has founded the world’s first Institute of Geriatrics. She discovered the first anti-aging remedy, called Gerovital, that has been used in more than 70 countries around the world.

By Alexandra Fodor

TEDx Bucharest will host 100 TED fans for the live-streaming of TEDxChange "The Future We Make" event on September 20, at The Ark in Bucharest. The event will start at 17,30 hours with the live streaming, which will end at 19,00 hours with a networking session.

Oil company Petrom will organize a 4 km running race from Piata Constitutiei in Bucharest, on September 26, from 11,00 hours. This project, the Petrom Running Competition, began in 2006 and for each runner, one more meter of bicycle lanes is being built in Bucharest. Until now, 4.200 meters of the bike tracks were built in the capital city due to this plan.

Calendar of events in Bucharest for the period September 17-19.

Ana Aslan was a famous Romanian scientist, who has founded the world’s first Institute of Geriatrics. She discovered the first anti-aging remedy, called Gerovital, that has been used in more than 70 countries around the world.

By Alexandra Fodor

TEDx Bucharest will host 100 TED fans for the live-streaming of TEDxChange "The Future We Make" event on September 20, at The Ark in Bucharest. The event will start at 17,30 hours with the live streaming, which will end at 19,00 hours with a networking session.

Romanian low cost airline operator Blue Air gave up five of its 11 planes and sacked 300 of its 800 employees, within a restructuring process that is due to end on November 1, said Gheorghe Racaru, strategy and development manager of the group Blue Air is part of.

Kilpatrick Executive Search Romania grew the number of its consultants almost four-fold in the previous 12 months, the company has announced. With offices in Bucharest and Timisoara, the company has recently added a Talent Works International (TWI) business line to its office in Timisoara.

Eugen Voicu, founder of Aviva Investors, formerly named Certinvest, has redeemed the entire share package in the company from UK insurer Aviva, the majority shareholder. The company will be re-branded from November, when the deal will be finalized. The company manages EUR 17.7 million of assets.

The Romanian government plans to keep the flat tax rate unchanged at 16 percent at least until 2013, according to the country’s three-year fiscal strategy approved Wednesday. The document doesn't indicate whether the value added tax rate will be modified over the next three years. In July, the government raised the VAT to 24 percent from 19 percent to boost state revenues.

Ana Aslan was a famous Romanian scientist, who has founded the world’s first Institute of Geriatrics. She discovered the first anti-aging remedy, called Gerovital, that has been used in more than 70 countries around the world.

By Alexandra Fodor

TEDx Bucharest will host 100 TED fans for the live-streaming of TEDxChange "The Future We Make" event on September 20, at The Ark in Bucharest. The event will start at 17,30 hours with the live streaming, which will end at 19,00 hours with a networking session.

Oil company Petrom will organize a 4 km running race from Piata Constitutiei in Bucharest, on September 26, from 11,00 hours. This project, the Petrom Running Competition, began in 2006 and for each runner, one more meter of bicycle lanes is being built in Bucharest. Until now, 4.200 meters of the bike tracks were built in the capital city due to this plan.

Calendar of events in Bucharest for the period September 17-19.

Ana Aslan was a famous Romanian scientist, who has founded the world’s first Institute of Geriatrics. She discovered the first anti-aging remedy, called Gerovital, that has been used in more than 70 countries around the world.

By Alexandra Fodor

TEDx Bucharest will host 100 TED fans for the live-streaming of TEDxChange "The Future We Make" event on September 20, at The Ark in Bucharest. The event will start at 17,30 hours with the live streaming, which will end at 19,00 hours with a networking session.

Romanian low cost airline operator Blue Air gave up five of its 11 planes and sacked 300 of its 800 employees, within a restructuring process that is due to end on November 1, said Gheorghe Racaru, strategy and development manager of the group Blue Air is part of.

Kilpatrick Executive Search Romania grew the number of its consultants almost four-fold in the previous 12 months, the company has announced. With offices in Bucharest and Timisoara, the company has recently added a Talent Works International (TWI) business line to its office in Timisoara.

Eugen Voicu, founder of Aviva Investors, formerly named Certinvest, has redeemed the entire share package in the company from UK insurer Aviva, the majority shareholder. The company will be re-branded from November, when the deal will be finalized. The company manages EUR 17.7 million of assets.

The Romanian government plans to keep the flat tax rate unchanged at 16 percent at least until 2013, according to the country’s three-year fiscal strategy approved Wednesday. The document doesn't indicate whether the value added tax rate will be modified over the next three years. In July, the government raised the VAT to 24 percent from 19 percent to boost state revenues.