Movies in Bucharest this week: The Dilemma, Burlesque, Yogi Bear. Check out trailers, cinemas and movies coming up in the following weeks.

The number of medical leaves granted last year in Romania dropped by 45 percent compared to 2009 following the introduction of a stricter system, the Health Ministry said in a press release Thursday. As many as 2.9 million medical leave certificates were granted between January 1 and November 30 in 2009, only 1.6 million certificates were issued in the same interval in 2010, the ministry said.

Romanian singer Edward Maya has become well known internationally after some of his songs landed top spots in international music charts. Stereo Love, a song Maya sings together with Vika Jigulina, has been included for 13 weeks in the Billboard charts and ranked 19th in the Billboard Top 100 in December last year.

Different nationalities working together, different cultures mixing in the working place could lead to a tough combination, especially for the leader of the team. We have received the following story from one of our readers. It involves British, Indian and Colombian colleagues. What do you think would have happened if any of these people in the story were replaced with Romanians?

Foreign direct investments to Romania dropped by 25.6 percent in the first 11 months of 2010 in Romania, to EUR 2.27 billion and they managed to cover only about half of the account deficit, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank.

Romanian online retailer eMag.ro has started selling the Kindle e-reader, which is available for prices between RON 699 and RON 949 (EUR 162 and EUR 220). the Kindle e-reader has been available to Romanian buyers directly from Amazon, for prices between USD 139 and USD 189, plus the transport fees to Romania.

Romanian state-owned gas producer Romgaz Medias posted a turnover of EUR 808 million last year and a profit of EUR 121 million. The turnover was slightly higher than in the previous year, while the profit went down 12 percent.

Romania has received vegetable oil and oleaginous products import requests from several countries, among which Jordan and Tunisia, according to Valeriu Tabara, the Romanian Agriculture Minister, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

Nikken, a wellness products direct selling company which has recently officially entered the Romanian market, plans to reach a network of at least 3,000 consultants in Romania, from the current network of around 700 people, Romania-Insider.com has learned. Nikken currently operates directly from its UK based company Nikken UK Ltd, while being registered for VAT in Romania and having products approved by Romanian authorities, Janne Heimonen, head of sales and marketing with Nikken Europe told Romania-Insider.com.

Listen to the recording below while reading this week's Romanian language lesson:

Movies in Bucharest this week: The Dilemma, Burlesque, Yogi Bear. Check out trailers, cinemas and movies coming up in the following weeks.

The number of medical leaves granted last year in Romania dropped by 45 percent compared to 2009 following the introduction of a stricter system, the Health Ministry said in a press release Thursday. As many as 2.9 million medical leave certificates were granted between January 1 and November 30 in 2009, only 1.6 million certificates were issued in the same interval in 2010, the ministry said.

Romanian singer Edward Maya has become well known internationally after some of his songs landed top spots in international music charts. Stereo Love, a song Maya sings together with Vika Jigulina, has been included for 13 weeks in the Billboard charts and ranked 19th in the Billboard Top 100 in December last year.

Different nationalities working together, different cultures mixing in the working place could lead to a tough combination, especially for the leader of the team. We have received the following story from one of our readers. It involves British, Indian and Colombian colleagues. What do you think would have happened if any of these people in the story were replaced with Romanians?

Foreign direct investments to Romania dropped by 25.6 percent in the first 11 months of 2010 in Romania, to EUR 2.27 billion and they managed to cover only about half of the account deficit, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank.

Romanian online retailer eMag.ro has started selling the Kindle e-reader, which is available for prices between RON 699 and RON 949 (EUR 162 and EUR 220). the Kindle e-reader has been available to Romanian buyers directly from Amazon, for prices between USD 139 and USD 189, plus the transport fees to Romania.

Romanian state-owned gas producer Romgaz Medias posted a turnover of EUR 808 million last year and a profit of EUR 121 million. The turnover was slightly higher than in the previous year, while the profit went down 12 percent.

Romania has received vegetable oil and oleaginous products import requests from several countries, among which Jordan and Tunisia, according to Valeriu Tabara, the Romanian Agriculture Minister, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

Nikken, a wellness products direct selling company which has recently officially entered the Romanian market, plans to reach a network of at least 3,000 consultants in Romania, from the current network of around 700 people, Romania-Insider.com has learned. Nikken currently operates directly from its UK based company Nikken UK Ltd, while being registered for VAT in Romania and having products approved by Romanian authorities, Janne Heimonen, head of sales and marketing with Nikken Europe told Romania-Insider.com.

Listen to the recording below while reading this week's Romanian language lesson: