Monthly Archives May 2013

The troops of the Romanian 20th Infantry Battalion dubbed the Black Scorpions took part in fresh training drills at Balta Verde Shooting Range near Craiova (246 km south-west of the capital), alongside the troops of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe (MARFOREUR) as part of the multinational exercise Black Sea Rotational Force 2013 (BSRF-13). The joint Romanian-U.S. drills were carried out with the reporters attending, they were of the ‘platoon on offensive’-type and entailed both setting the tactical details of the operation and the operation proper. At the end of the exercise, both the Romanian and American troops said they
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The National State Assets Management Authority (AAAS) plans to put up for sale this year minority stakes in 81 companies and counts on revenues worth RON 240-250 million, given that the first four companies that were successfully sold funneled approximately RON 400,000 to the budget. (1 euro trades for RON 4.33) 2According to AAAS deputy president Stan Popa, 31 companies with state-owned minority interests were put up for sale so far, of which five were sold. Popa added that the first four companies collected some RON 400,000 and that the next companies will be also weighed up for estimates. The
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Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church Daniel and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin signed a cooperation protocol on promoting the Romanian village. The aims of the protocol are: informing people living in rural areas of the European funds for the development of agriculture and the Romanian village by means of the National Programme of Rural Development (PNDR), by means of the support given to the campaign ‘PNDR Comes to Your Village,’ as well as by means of other programmes; promoting the traditional values of the rural community with a view to preserving and developing the spiritual, cultural,
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The Romanian authorities and the World Bank (WB), during the visit paid to Romania by WB President Jim Yong Kim, agreed on creating a knowledge hub in Bucharest, according to a release the Ministry of Public Finance (MFP) sent to Agerpres on Friday. The knowledge hub aims to make easier the transfer of expertise in the field of reforms and the best practices in Romania and other countries in the region. The two sides also discussed and agreed on setting up, as part of the Prime Minister’s Chancery, a unit meant to implement the public policies that should be a
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Most Romanians would not agree to giving up the national currency, leu, and associate the European Union (EU) with the right to free movement, reveals the barometer of opinion the “Truth about Romania”, conducted by INSCOP Research and remitted to AGERPRES. At six years after joining the European Union, 35 percent of Romanians believe that the country’s EU accession brought rather advantages, 33.9 percent do not see any advantages in the respective process, nor disadvantages, and 21.4 percent see rather more disadvantages. 9.6 percent of respondents chose I do not know/I do not comment option. As concerns the prospect to
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Romania is attending the Turin International Book Fair due on May 16-20, and La creativita Dove osano le idee (Creativity. Where Ideas Dare) is the theme of the 26th edition of the event, this year. It is for the fifth time in a row that the Venice-based Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research (IRCCU), financially supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute (IRC) organize Romania’s participation in Italy’s most important book show, where our country is to present a national stand called LIBROmania al Salone di Turin (BookRo- mania at Turin Book Fair). Located in the Fair’s 3rd ward P10-RO9,
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The “Seaside for all” program was launched on Monday, to be run until June 15, being the first edition when tourists can benefit of differentiated discounted rates between the center area of the coastline, where there are Constanta – Mamaia – Eforie resorts and the south coastline: Costinesti, Olimp, Neptun, Jupiter, Cap Aurora, Venus, Saturn, Mangalia, 2 Mai Vama Veche. According to representatives of the National Association of Travel Agencies in Romania (ANAT), in the resorts of Mamaia, Eforie and in Constanta, the tariffs for a six nights stay vary between 205 lei and 605 lei per person, starting from
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Over 80 percent of the Romanians believe that the current economic situation can be overcome by work only, with nearly half of them saying their main motivation for coming to work is the financial reward, while a third insists they work out of passion only, says a release sent by Rogalski Grigoriu Public Relations to AGERPRES. Most Romanians (62.3 percent) think the public sector employees work less than the private sector ones. The most important feature of an ‘ideal’ job is ‘the fair financial reward as compared to the value of the work done’, with 82.64 percent saying it. Social
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Romanian shot putter Anca Heltne won the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Grand Prix in Tokyo, on Sunday, succeeding a fantastic 18.43 m throw topping the German shot putter Nadine Kleinert – 18.35, world vice-champion in Berlin, in 2009. Another Romanian athlete Daniela Stanciu ranked the 4th in the high jump contest with 1.84 meters, when Russian Anna Chicherova equaled 1.95 meters, the best scores of the year. AGERPRES More in this category: 06-05 16:35   Discounted rates for tourists offered by “Seaside for all” program launch 05-05 16:18   Romanians among most confident Europeans about their country’s economic
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A new form of attracting tourists to the Romanian seaside this year will be the “weekend cross-promotion” whereby we pursue the mutual promotion of travel destinations, as we organize shows with DJs from Miami, Dubai, Hong Kong and Milan, informs a release of the Seaside – Danube Delta Association sent to Agerpres. “We are proud of having managed to once again organize a colorful Parade of Romanian Tourism. We officially opened the 2013 Seaside Season in the Mangalia Tourist Port, in the south of the littoral. This year, we, the Seaside – Danube Delta Association, plan to focus on promoting
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