Calendar of events for the week SEptember 13-16

Oil company Rompetrol Rafinare's assets and its participations in subsidiaries have been seized by the Romanian Fiscal Authority (ANAF) in an attempt to recover a USD 570 million debt and prevent the alienation of these assets. The company's main asset is the Petromidia refinery.

Brasov, the city at the foot of the Tampa Mountains in the Eastern Carpathians will host the third edition of one of the most challenging, yet entertaining competitions in Romania, called “The Citadel of Brasov” Duathlon.

Romania’s Government pledged in its additional Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the European Union to extend the income taxation pool by taxing food vouchers and bank deposit interest, as well as by gradually eliminating income tax exemptions for computer programmers.

Russian natural gas giant Gazprom Friday said Romania confirmed its interest in the South Stream pipeline project. A Russian delegation met with Romanian officials Friday to discuss potential joint projects in the energy sector, particularly about setting up underground gas storage facilities in Romania.

Romania further lags behind other European states by the nation's health, reveals an analysis published in the4 second issue of the Romanian Journal of Bioethics.

The season for mountain bike races and triathlons is almost ending for 2010, but there's one more event you probably won't want to miss. After a very full summer season, probably one of the last mountain bike races for the year will be organized by TeamExpert near Bucharest, in the Natural Parc Comana.

Movies this week-end: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Going the Distance, The American. Watch trailers.

Foreign direct investments to Romania (FDI) fell 36 percent to EUR1.9 billion in the first seven months of this year, from EUR 2.9 billion during the same period of last year, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank.

Romanian consumer prices went up 0.23 percent in August after a 2.6 percent increase a month earlier, while the annual inflation accelerated to 7.58 percent, the highest rate in two years, the country’s statistics institute INS said Friday. In July, the annual rate was 7.14 percent.

Calendar of events for the week SEptember 13-16

Oil company Rompetrol Rafinare's assets and its participations in subsidiaries have been seized by the Romanian Fiscal Authority (ANAF) in an attempt to recover a USD 570 million debt and prevent the alienation of these assets. The company's main asset is the Petromidia refinery.

Brasov, the city at the foot of the Tampa Mountains in the Eastern Carpathians will host the third edition of one of the most challenging, yet entertaining competitions in Romania, called “The Citadel of Brasov” Duathlon.

Romania’s Government pledged in its additional Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the European Union to extend the income taxation pool by taxing food vouchers and bank deposit interest, as well as by gradually eliminating income tax exemptions for computer programmers.

Russian natural gas giant Gazprom Friday said Romania confirmed its interest in the South Stream pipeline project. A Russian delegation met with Romanian officials Friday to discuss potential joint projects in the energy sector, particularly about setting up underground gas storage facilities in Romania.

Romania further lags behind other European states by the nation's health, reveals an analysis published in the4 second issue of the Romanian Journal of Bioethics.

The season for mountain bike races and triathlons is almost ending for 2010, but there's one more event you probably won't want to miss. After a very full summer season, probably one of the last mountain bike races for the year will be organized by TeamExpert near Bucharest, in the Natural Parc Comana.

Movies this week-end: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Going the Distance, The American. Watch trailers.

Foreign direct investments to Romania (FDI) fell 36 percent to EUR1.9 billion in the first seven months of this year, from EUR 2.9 billion during the same period of last year, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank.

Romanian consumer prices went up 0.23 percent in August after a 2.6 percent increase a month earlier, while the annual inflation accelerated to 7.58 percent, the highest rate in two years, the country’s statistics institute INS said Friday. In July, the annual rate was 7.14 percent.