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No positive consequence for Romania in case Greece leaves the Euro Area. Romanian authorities should pay close ... [May 18, 2012] European Affairs Minister Leonard Orban stated yesterday that the scenario of a controlled exit from the Euro Area in the case of Greece will be taken into account for the first time by the European Council during its informal meeting on May 23 in Brussels, Mediafax informs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania?s natural resources can represent a good opportunity for investors, BNR vice-governor Bogdan Oltean considers. [Apr 04, 2012] Romania wants to develop its economic relations with China, as the growth rate of Romanian exports outpaced that of imports last year, PM Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (photo) said yesterday, quoted by Mediafax.?Over the last two decades, Romania attracted foreign direct investments worth over EUR 53 bln and, in the present economic conjecture characterised by uncertainty and economic difficulties ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian OMV Petrom 2011 Net Profit Jumps 72% To RON3.76 Billion - Mediafax [Feb 22, 2012] ("Romanian OMV Petrom 2011 Net Profit Jumps 72% To RON3.76B - Mediafax," published at 0804 GMT, misstated profit amount in the second paragraph. The correct version follows:) [via YahooNews] More >>

Holland again take Romania and Bulgaria in the Schengen [Dec 15, 2011] Holland again used the veto when considering 14 December at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs EU accession of Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen area. The Romanian news agency Mediafax reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Opposes PA Statehood Bid [Jul 06, 2011] Follow Israel news on and . Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday his nation opposed the Palestinian Authority's bid for a unilateral declaration of statehood based on 1967-lines at the United Nations in September, Romania's Mediafax news service reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Gershwin concert to open Radio Romania?s Jazz Season [Feb 02, 2011] A concert dedicated to George Gershwin will take place on February 9 within Bucharest?s Act Theatre and will open the Jazz Season organized by Radio Romania?s and Radio Romania Cultural?s Orchestras and Choirs, Mediafax informs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nine O'Clock [Dec 06, 2010] During his meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, a meeting occasioned by the 7th OSCE Summit, Romanian President Traian Basescu asked for the full payment of the debt that Rompetrol-Rafinare Company owes Romania, Mediafax informs. [via YahooNews] More >>

CIR's Sorgenia Will Build Wind Turbines in Eastern Romania, Mediafax Says [Aug 30, 2010] Sorgenia SpA, the power generator owned by the Italian industrial group CIR SpA , intends to build several wind turbines in the eastern Romanian village of Falciu in Vaslui county, Mediafax reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Study: Bucharest ranks 22nd in hotel pricing [Aug 12, 2010] The average price per room in Bucharest hotels rose by 3.09 per cent in July, at EUR 81.36, compared to the same month of the preceding year, Mediafax informs. Thus, the Romanian capital came in 22 in a ranking of 30 cities made by the hotel.info booking service. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian president praises expatriate workers for not coming home [Aug 05, 2010] Bucharest - Romanian President Traian Basescu has thanked expatriates working in Western Europe for not returning home, the private news agency Mediafax reported Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Remittances dropped last year [Jul 25, 2010] Italy-Romania and Spain-Romania were the EUs largest remittance corridors in 2007 and 2008. The value of the Romanian workers remittances dropped from EUR 5.156 bln in 2008 to EUR 3.026 bln in 2009, Mediafax informs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Sanoma Hearst Romania takes over MagazinulDeCase.ro website [Jul 05, 2010] Publisher Sanoma Hearst Romania took over the web site MagazinulDeCase.ro, which hosts real estate classified ads posted by owners, directly from the Romanian owners of the web site, who founded it in 2006, Mediafax reports. Neither party has unveiled the price tag of the transaction. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian civil servants sacked for AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' [Jun 27, 2010] BUCHAREST, June 27, 2010 (AFP) - - Romania has sanctioned five civil servants after Australian rockers AC/DC got stuck on a "Highway to Hell" and were unduly asked to pay to leave the country, news agency Mediafax reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nine O'Clock [Jun 09, 2010] Approximately 300 Romanians will travel to South Africa for the World Cup, Mediafax informs. The economic crisis and Romanias failure to qualify are the reasons behind the low number of Romanians that bought tickets for World Cup games. [via YahooNews] More >>

Singapore FM warns against bilateral tension build-up over Ionescu case [May 19, 2010] Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said on Tuesday that the Romanian government is aware that bilateral ties with Singapore might be affected if justice isnt served in the case of former diplomat Silviu Ionescu, charged with manslaughter in a hit-and-run, Mediafax reported, quoting Straits Times online. [via YahooNews] More >>