US company IBM company could open a new research center in Targu Mures, central Romania, the company's 11th worldwide center. IBM executive director Spiros Teleoglou and IBM Research executive director Christos J. Georgiou paid a visit to Targu Mures last week and talked about this possibility with the city hall representatives.

Sushi- the Japanese word meaning ''sour''- was a dish invented in Japan in the Muromachi period around the mid 1300's, and in those times it was made from fermented fish. The Sushi we eat today, which is internationally recognised and enjoyed, was created in the Edo period in the early 1800's by a man called Hanaya Yohei as a fast food. I would thank him personally if he were still alive! Sushi is a personal favourite which I developed a taste for whilst living in the Far East.

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

Romania plans to spend up to EUR 4 million on promoting the country as a tourist destination on international TV channels. The Romanian Tourism Ministry has started the acquisition procedures for advertising space on international TV channels to promote the country's tourism brand.

Romanian furniture producer and retailer Staer has started the insolvency procedures, according to Elva Cont, the judiciary administrator. Staer owns a furniture factory in Galati as well as a chain of 24 furniture stores across Romania.

The ski chairlift ropeway system in the ski slopes area Valea Soarelui and Laptici in Sinaia mountain resort, north of Bucharest, has recently been opened to the public, following EUR 30 million in investments, according to the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism.

(Emergency Ordinance no. 117 / 2010, published in the Official Gazette no. 891 / 30 December 2010)

The Emergency...

A 49 year-old woman has died Friday in Bucharest from severe bite wounds inflicted by stray dogs. The woman was found badly injured and in hypothermic and hemorrhagic shock Tuesday in the courtyard of the city's sector 5 Public Domain Administration. The building is under conservation and no employees were there and the woman was reportedly attacked by a pack of stray dogs.

Bucharest metro company Metrorex will organize a bid to award a EUR 12.1 million contract for design, technical consultancy, legal and technical assistance to prepare the public private partnership (PPP) project for a new metro line in Bucharest.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering providing up to EUR 27.5 million loan to Compania APA Brasov S.A. for key investments in the County of Brasov to meet EU water and wastewater directives.

US company IBM company could open a new research center in Targu Mures, central Romania, the company's 11th worldwide center. IBM executive director Spiros Teleoglou and IBM Research executive director Christos J. Georgiou paid a visit to Targu Mures last week and talked about this possibility with the city hall representatives.

Sushi- the Japanese word meaning ''sour''- was a dish invented in Japan in the Muromachi period around the mid 1300's, and in those times it was made from fermented fish. The Sushi we eat today, which is internationally recognised and enjoyed, was created in the Edo period in the early 1800's by a man called Hanaya Yohei as a fast food. I would thank him personally if he were still alive! Sushi is a personal favourite which I developed a taste for whilst living in the Far East.

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

Romania plans to spend up to EUR 4 million on promoting the country as a tourist destination on international TV channels. The Romanian Tourism Ministry has started the acquisition procedures for advertising space on international TV channels to promote the country's tourism brand.

Romanian furniture producer and retailer Staer has started the insolvency procedures, according to Elva Cont, the judiciary administrator. Staer owns a furniture factory in Galati as well as a chain of 24 furniture stores across Romania.

The ski chairlift ropeway system in the ski slopes area Valea Soarelui and Laptici in Sinaia mountain resort, north of Bucharest, has recently been opened to the public, following EUR 30 million in investments, according to the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism.

(Emergency Ordinance no. 117 / 2010, published in the Official Gazette no. 891 / 30 December 2010)

The Emergency...

A 49 year-old woman has died Friday in Bucharest from severe bite wounds inflicted by stray dogs. The woman was found badly injured and in hypothermic and hemorrhagic shock Tuesday in the courtyard of the city's sector 5 Public Domain Administration. The building is under conservation and no employees were there and the woman was reportedly attacked by a pack of stray dogs.

Bucharest metro company Metrorex will organize a bid to award a EUR 12.1 million contract for design, technical consultancy, legal and technical assistance to prepare the public private partnership (PPP) project for a new metro line in Bucharest.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering providing up to EUR 27.5 million loan to Compania APA Brasov S.A. for key investments in the County of Brasov to meet EU water and wastewater directives.