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Cars: Romania offers largest financing for purchase of electric and hybrid cars
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Romania is the biggest financier in the EU in terms of encouraging the purchase of electric and hybrid cars, the State Secretary within the Ministry of Environment, Waters, Forests, Bogdan Balaniscu, declared on Friday."At the moment, Romania is the European state that offers the largest financing in terms of encouraging the purchase of electric cars or hybrid cars. This financing can reach up to 54,000 RON. We are talking about over 10,000 euros that ...
Dacia car sales in Europe rise 33.5pct in October
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Sales of Dacia passenger cars in Europe rose 33.5% in October and the carmaker's market share climbed to 4.4% from 3.8% in the same period in 2022, according to data the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) released on Tuesday.The statistics are valid for European Union countries, the UK and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.A total of 46,222 Dacia cars were registered ...
Tourism : New Mercure Hotel to open in Oradea
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Accor announces the signing of a franchise agreement with local partner Grand Hotel West, a family-owned hotel and F&B business. The partnership will result in the opening of a new Mercure Hotel in Oradea in early 2026. Mercure Oradea will bring the charming city in North-Western Romania 90 elegant and tastefully designed rooms, a restaurant, a lobby bar, and a wine cellar. A versatile conferencing ...
Telecom. IT: Romania is the third Best Destination for Digital Nomads
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
According to the latest Digital Nomad Visa Index, Romania takes the 3rd place on the list. Countries were ranked based on different factors: Internet Speed: Being able to work from anywhere, have online meetings, and stay connected with people around the world is possible because of a strong internet ...
Agriculture : Eurostat: Bulgaria and Romania, on the last places in the EU in terms of milk production per head of cow
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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Chamber adopts bill on stimulating horticulture in controlled environments and urban horticulture
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
The Chamber of Deputies adopted on last Wednesday a draft law on stimulating horticulture in controlled environments and urban horticulture.257 MPs voted "in favour" and one voted "against." The bill was initiated by Varujan Pambuccian, leader of the national minorities group in the Chamber of Deputies.The draft law aims to create a legal framework for the implementation of horticulture in controlled environments and urban horticulture. The bill ...
Healtcare: Wiener Privatklinik Hospital in Vienna and Nord Provita Medical Group initiate a strategic partnership to support the health of Romanian patients
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Through this partnership, Romanian patients will be able to access easily and quickly, with the help of a case manager, comprehensive and personalized medical care, either in Romania or in Vienna. Patients can get a second medical opinion from internationally renowned experts, some of them ranked in the top 2% of the world's ...
Cars: Green cars reach an almost 24 pct market share in Romania 10 months into 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
New car registrations registered an increase of 15.2 pct in the first ten months of the year, compared to the similar interval in 2022, a margin in which "electrified" cars had a jump of 31.8% and a market share of 23.8%, according to statistics published on Wednesday by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers (APIA).On the national market, the top ten brands of cars and commercial vehicles is led by Dacia - with 39,244 ...
Vehicle business trade up nine months into 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Motor vehicle trade recorded a 25.3% advance, on a gross basis, in the first nine months of this year, and contributed the most to the 14.1% increase in wholesale and retail turnover, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) informs.In the margin of business growth in this field, there were also positive results in the trade in parts and accessories for motor vehicles (+1.1%) and maintenance ...
Tourism : Oradea, presented as wellness and spa destination at the European Medical Tourism Fair 2023 in Italy
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Representatives of the Association for the Promotion of Tourism in Oradea and Region (APTOR) promoted, on November 16 and 17, the wellness and spa services of Oradea and Baile Felix (both in northwestern Romania) at the European Medical Tourism Fair 2023, which took place in ...
Real Estate: Industrial and logistics projects of over 500,000 square meters are under construction in Romania
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Industrial and logistics projects accounting for more than half a million sq. m are currently under construction and due to be delivered by the end of 2024, 60% of which being already pre-leased. The limited pipeline of speculative projects could put pressure on rental levels in the coming period due to the fact that, even though Romania recorded one of the most spectacular increases of demand for industrial and logistics spaces in the Central and Eastern Europe after ...
Healthcare: Hospitals have not enough physicians, technical, economic, scientific, administrative staff
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
The general manager of the Bucharest Hospitals and Medical Services Administration (ASSMB), Oana Sivache, draws attention to the lack of staff in health units, stressing that she has requested four times the unblocking of posts.According to Sivache, hospitals no longer have enough doctors and lack the technical, economic, scientific and administrative (TESA) staff, being "at risk the very functioning and continuity" of medical activity."It ...
Minister of Health: 11.6% of Romanians have diabetes
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila, stated that 11.6% of Romanians have diabetes, emphasizing the need for health policies to address this issue. He stressed that prevention should start in childhood. Rafila highlighted diabetes as one of the three major non-communicable diseases affecting human health, alongside oncological and cardiovascular diseases. It represents the majority of chronic cases and deaths globally, with Romania being no ...
Agriculture: Romania, fourth in the world for wine production this year
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Romania is one of the few countries that produced this year more wine than in 2022 and recorded the fourth volume increase, according to a platform devoted to promoting Romanian wine. According to data collected by the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) analyzed by Wines of Romania, the latter produced in 2023 4.4 million hectoliters of wine, 15% more than in 2022 and 4% more than the ...
Romania's poultry meat production went up by 3.7% in September 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Romania's poultry meat production went up by 3.7% in September 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, but dropped by 4% against the previous month, to 45,715 tons, according to data of the National Statistic Institute released on Friday. 27.11 million chickens were sacrificed in September 2023, the rise against September 2022 (26.31 million chickens), but dropping compared to August 2023 (29.05 million ...
Romania, among the last in the EU when it comes to increasing the value of agricultural production in 2022
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
In 2022, agricultural output in the EU was valued at €537.5 billion (bn) in basic prices, equivalent to an increase of 19% ...
Infrastructure: 2 million passengers registered by the International Airport Iasi since the beginning of this year
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
The International Airport Iasi has been transited since the beginning of the year to the present, by two million passengers, being the first time this level has been reached.According to the representatives of the International Airport Iasi, the first million passengers embarked and disembarked this year was registered at the end of June, so that in the first ten months of the year there was a traffic of 1.947 ...
Trade: Retail turnover up by 2% in the first nine months
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
The retail turnover (with the exception of vehicles and motorcycles) increased in the first nine months of the present year, against the similar period of 2022 both as gross series, by 2.0% and as adjusted series depending on the number of working days and seasonality by 2.2%, announced on Wednesday the National Institute for ...
Agriculture: Agricultural companies post second highest turnover growth in last decade
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Romania's agricultural companies posted the second largest nominal annual increase in the last 10 years, of over RON 8 billion, reaching a historic high of RON 68 billion in 2022, which is 48% over that of 2018, according to KeysFin annual study "Romanian Agricultural Sector."For 2023, KeysFin analysts estimate the continued growth of the sector and thus exceeding the record level reached in 2022, close to the RON 80 billion threshold, based on the ...
DSV Road: 2023, the best year for import and export in agriculture in Romania
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
2023 saw intense import and export activity for agricultural firms, with a 30% increase in demand for transport services for field-specific goods, fertilizers, and agricultural machinery, reports DSV Road, part of the Danish DSV Group, the third largest transport company in Europe. Thus, 2023 is the best year for the import and export of goods for Romanian agriculture, with companies in the field preparing ahead of time to protect crops in a year with extreme ...