Romanian President Traian Basescu has called a meeting of the Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) for this week, people close to the matter told Mediafax newswire on Monday.

Art production foundation and Japan Tobacco International Romania will organize a new edition of the JTI Meetings (Intalnirile JTI) cultural event in October, when a choreography show featuring Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant will take place at the National Theater in Bucharest.

Romanian investor Dinu Patriciuis still the richest man in Romania, with an estimated wealth of around EUR 2.3 billion, according to the recently – released Forbes TOP 500 Romanian billionaires. Patriciu also owns the media group which runs the Forbes magazine in Romania.

Hidroelectrica will invest EUR 110 million in modernizing its systems in Bicaz – Stejaru, hoping to sign an agreement to cover the required financing by the end of the year, while also starting the revamping works.

Heating and hot water products company Ariston Thermo Romania hopes to reach EUR 33 million in turnover for 2010, almost double the turnover it posted last year, the company has announced.

CB Richard Ellis Romania intermediated office lease contracts of around EUR 26 million in the first half of the year, with the total leased area reaching 28,600 sqm.

Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga has resigned following the Romanian President's request to replace the heads of the local Police and Gendarmery, according to local media. Blaga will hold a press conference at 11,00 hours today.

Romania’s national women’s handball team won the GF World Cup on Sunday, after defeating Norway 24-23 (12-12). This is the second year in a row when the Romanian team wins the world cup after defeating Norway in the final. Third place, decided in a match Sunday, went to the French team, which beat host nation Denmark 28-26 (17-15). Romania's women's handball team won the GF World Cup in 2009 as well, having also faced Norway in the final.

Romanian-born writer Herta Muller, winner of the Nobel Prize for Litterature in 2009, will be in Romania on Monday and Tuesday, September 27 and 28, where she was invited by the Humanitas Fiction publishing house and by the Goethe Institute.

The New York state Governor takes into account the opening of an investments office in Romania, similarly to the one the New York state had opened in Turkey. David A. Paterson, the New York state governor, told Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, who was on a visit to the US, that he was considering opening a NY investments office in Romania.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has called a meeting of the Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) for this week, people close to the matter told Mediafax newswire on Monday.

Art production foundation and Japan Tobacco International Romania will organize a new edition of the JTI Meetings (Intalnirile JTI) cultural event in October, when a choreography show featuring Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant will take place at the National Theater in Bucharest.

Romanian investor Dinu Patriciuis still the richest man in Romania, with an estimated wealth of around EUR 2.3 billion, according to the recently – released Forbes TOP 500 Romanian billionaires. Patriciu also owns the media group which runs the Forbes magazine in Romania.

Hidroelectrica will invest EUR 110 million in modernizing its systems in Bicaz – Stejaru, hoping to sign an agreement to cover the required financing by the end of the year, while also starting the revamping works.

Heating and hot water products company Ariston Thermo Romania hopes to reach EUR 33 million in turnover for 2010, almost double the turnover it posted last year, the company has announced.

CB Richard Ellis Romania intermediated office lease contracts of around EUR 26 million in the first half of the year, with the total leased area reaching 28,600 sqm.

Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga has resigned following the Romanian President's request to replace the heads of the local Police and Gendarmery, according to local media. Blaga will hold a press conference at 11,00 hours today.

Romania’s national women’s handball team won the GF World Cup on Sunday, after defeating Norway 24-23 (12-12). This is the second year in a row when the Romanian team wins the world cup after defeating Norway in the final. Third place, decided in a match Sunday, went to the French team, which beat host nation Denmark 28-26 (17-15). Romania's women's handball team won the GF World Cup in 2009 as well, having also faced Norway in the final.

Romanian-born writer Herta Muller, winner of the Nobel Prize for Litterature in 2009, will be in Romania on Monday and Tuesday, September 27 and 28, where she was invited by the Humanitas Fiction publishing house and by the Goethe Institute.

The New York state Governor takes into account the opening of an investments office in Romania, similarly to the one the New York state had opened in Turkey. David A. Paterson, the New York state governor, told Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, who was on a visit to the US, that he was considering opening a NY investments office in Romania.