City Compass organizes its Discover Little Paris Tour on Saturday, August 22nd, at 9,30 hours. The meeting place to start the tour will be the entrance of the Cismigiu garden.

Bucharest is the most expensive market in Europe based on the report of revenues and the cost of housing, according to a study by Polish company Home Broker. Sofia and Warsaw follow in the top. The average annual salary in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland cover the purchase of only 1-2 square meters of housing in a downtown area.

Week--end events in Bucharest between August 20-22

Romanians' quality of life got worse this year compared to last year, found a research on the quality of life issued by the Romanian Academy. Romanians saw deteriorating political environment and became less satisfied with the way the country is managed.

Local company Avicarvil has finalized the first stage of the investment in “La Provincia, pui de casa” (La Provincia, farm chicken), whose business model relies on raising chicken in a traditional way and then selling poultry on the Romanian market. The company plans to invest in a a fodder factory which should be fueled by locally-produced fodder.

Vienna Insurance Group's companies active in Romania posted EUR 274 million of gross subscribed premiums in the first half of the year, a drop of 12.5 percent compared to the same period of 2009. However, VIG grew its profit in Romania by 18.7 percent, to EUR 14.3 million during this period. VIG owns BCR Asigurari de Viata, BCR Asigurari, Omniasig, Omniasig Life and Asirom in Romania.

The antiquarian bookshelves in Universitate area of Bucharest will no longer tell a dull, gray story when closed during the evening. They will be painted with realistic-comical scenes in the everyday life in Bucharest by a group of artists involved in the 'I Love Bucharest' – the Adventures of Mr. Urban project. The organizers of this project are 'Asociatia din Pod' (The Attic Association) and Mora Foundation. The 22 bookshelves will be painted with comic-like drawings. The artists have already started to work on this project and should be ready in two weeks.

The renowned Romanian musician George Enescu was equally remarkable as a violinist, composer, conductor, pianist and violin teacher. He is best known for bringing the sound of the Romanian traditional folk songs into classical music.

Romanian language lesson number nine - learn words you could use in a trip to the mountains

Reuven Havar, who used to run AFI Europe Romania, has been appointed CEO of Atlas Management, the investment division of the investment fund Atas Estates. He has replaced Nahman Tsabar effective of August 16. The investment fund owns a Golden Tulip hotel in Bucharest and several land plots.

City Compass organizes its Discover Little Paris Tour on Saturday, August 22nd, at 9,30 hours. The meeting place to start the tour will be the entrance of the Cismigiu garden.

Bucharest is the most expensive market in Europe based on the report of revenues and the cost of housing, according to a study by Polish company Home Broker. Sofia and Warsaw follow in the top. The average annual salary in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland cover the purchase of only 1-2 square meters of housing in a downtown area.

Week--end events in Bucharest between August 20-22

Romanians' quality of life got worse this year compared to last year, found a research on the quality of life issued by the Romanian Academy. Romanians saw deteriorating political environment and became less satisfied with the way the country is managed.

Local company Avicarvil has finalized the first stage of the investment in “La Provincia, pui de casa” (La Provincia, farm chicken), whose business model relies on raising chicken in a traditional way and then selling poultry on the Romanian market. The company plans to invest in a a fodder factory which should be fueled by locally-produced fodder.

Vienna Insurance Group's companies active in Romania posted EUR 274 million of gross subscribed premiums in the first half of the year, a drop of 12.5 percent compared to the same period of 2009. However, VIG grew its profit in Romania by 18.7 percent, to EUR 14.3 million during this period. VIG owns BCR Asigurari de Viata, BCR Asigurari, Omniasig, Omniasig Life and Asirom in Romania.

The antiquarian bookshelves in Universitate area of Bucharest will no longer tell a dull, gray story when closed during the evening. They will be painted with realistic-comical scenes in the everyday life in Bucharest by a group of artists involved in the 'I Love Bucharest' – the Adventures of Mr. Urban project. The organizers of this project are 'Asociatia din Pod' (The Attic Association) and Mora Foundation. The 22 bookshelves will be painted with comic-like drawings. The artists have already started to work on this project and should be ready in two weeks.

The renowned Romanian musician George Enescu was equally remarkable as a violinist, composer, conductor, pianist and violin teacher. He is best known for bringing the sound of the Romanian traditional folk songs into classical music.

Romanian language lesson number nine - learn words you could use in a trip to the mountains

Reuven Havar, who used to run AFI Europe Romania, has been appointed CEO of Atlas Management, the investment division of the investment fund Atas Estates. He has replaced Nahman Tsabar effective of August 16. The investment fund owns a Golden Tulip hotel in Bucharest and several land plots.