Millennium Bank customers can now pay their Romtelecom bills without any additional cost, using the bank"s Internet Banking service.

The Iasi City Hall has allocated 700,000 RON for the design of the thermal insulation works to be performed on 37 apartment buildings in the city.

The management of the five financial investment firms (SIFs) holding stakes in Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) late last week met with the management of the Austrian-based Erste Group, the majority shareholder in the Romanian bank, to make a...

SIF "Transilvania" (SIF3) and SIF "Banat-Crişana" (SIF1) will each receive EUR 12.75 million from their sales of their respective stakes in "Bancpost", completed at the end of last week.

Cristian Sima, the chairman of brokerage firm "WBS Romania", is looking to sell 10,000 ordinary shares of the Bucharest Stock Exchange for 27 lei/share, according to an announcement posted on Friday on the site of the BSE.

"Air France-KLM", the largest European airline, may need to cut an additional 3,000 jobs through retirement and attrition, according to CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon.

A German-based company will start a nursery for plants with a high energy potential in Bata, Arad County.

GDF Suez Energy Romania S.A. yesterday announced intent to terminate natural gas deliveries to eight industrial consumers in Brasov as of 25 June.

The local administration of Bucharest Sector 6 started road rehabilitation works on Leaota Street and Azurului Street in the districts of Drumul Taberei and Militari at the beginning of the month.

According to sources close to this case, the judges of the High Court of Cassation and Justice have decided to change the venue of the insolvency case of case Fortus SA to Târgu Mureş.

Shareholders of IAR Ghimbav will discuss tomorrow the possibility of the company becoming a partner in a new company called Aerodromul "Iosif Şilimon" SRL, together with the Local Council of Bra ov and the Romanian Aeronautical Club.

Regiotrans - Brasov, Romania"s largest railway passenger transportation company in the private sector and the top competitor of the State-controlled CFR Calatori, is aiming for an annual turnover of 126.7 million RON, up by 93% from last...

The approval of the final report on the "Sterling" affair was postponed by the Subcommission of the Parliament after Tuesday, after the preliminary document drafted by the PSD deputies did not receive the approval of most of the members.

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Romania and Central & Eastern Europe, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to procure an additional 50 aircraft of the type A320 deliverable between 2014 and 2017, thus increasing the...

Frigocarne S.A. - Iasi (RASDAQ:FGRC) concluded last year with a profit of 113,206 RON, down 9.4 times from end-2007.

Galaţi Shipyard yesterday set afloat a ship which cost approximately EUR 20 million, which it will deliver to its Croatian customer Brodospas in October 2009.

As the ongoing crisis is preventing many Romanians from the western part of the country from spending their vacation in Spain, France or other usual European destinations, the low-budget mini-vacations to Hungarian swimming pools are becoming...

Former general manager of the Romanian National Railway Company, Mihai Necolaiciuc, was arrested Wednesday in the US, in West Palm Beach, according to "Palm Beach Post", as quoted by Agerpress.

The Minister of Regional Development and Homes, as National Authority for the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument - Cross Border Cooperation (ENPI CBC) between Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine 2007-2013, yesterday announced the...

According to a press release, the Council of Competition authorized the acquisition of SC "ICIM Arad" SA by SC "Astra Vagoane Arad" SA.

The Ministry of Economy and UniCredit Tiriac Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting the framework for ensuring financing for major investment projects in the energy industry.

ArcelorMittal - Galati has finalized the implementation of the Automatic Gauge Control for Thick Sheet Steel Works no. 2, which required an overall investment of 8 million EUR, according to a press release from the company.

Created in 2003, "Plastic Industries" SRL of Arad, that has 15 workers specializing in producing PVC plastic welded sheets, is currently facing a drop in demand.

Spanish developer "Avantia", which recently launched its first Romanian residential project called Avantia 1 Decembrie, has already sold 15 apartments out of the project"s 110.

Most of the commercial spaces in downtown Arad are becoming vacant as the crisis is taking a heavy toll on the retailers" turnover and the rent is becoming unaffordable.

President Traian Basescu recently complained that the interest rates charged by commercial banks for loans were too high. However, there are signs that the interest rates on loans could decrease in the near future.

The Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA) has finalized the campaign to collect applications for complementary national direct payments for animal farmers.

The Ministry of the Economy has only approved the revenue and expense budgets for 2009 for 26 out the 100 companies it controls.

Construction company "Concefa" Sibiu (COFI) controlled by businessman Horaţiu Cercel, had a turnover of 5.8 million lei in Q1 2009, down 53.23% YOY.

In these times, when most companies are drastically cutting back their expenses, healthcare subscriptions remain the most important benefits that Romanian employers offer, Medlife representatives say.

The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) monitoring report on the gas market in April indicates that natural gas was imported for 34.93 USD/MWh, by nearly 25% less than in the first quarter of the year.

Iasi-based water company ApaVital S.A. has announced a four-year investment plan worth 136 million EUR to be financed by the E.U.

Intesa San Paolo Bank has pre-leased 9,500 square meters in Brasov Business Park, according to an announcement by CB Richard Ellis Eurisko, who brokered the deal.

Following a six month survey of wireless network users, "Computer Troubleshooters" Romania found that, in 90% of these cases there is the need for the intervention of an IT specialist in installing and configuring the network, to prevent...

The National Bank"s optimism about the economy is groundless as far as the near future is concerned, as Romania will incur a plunge in the Gross Domestic Product in Q2 and go into recession, President Traian Basescu told a an emergency...

The National Securities Commission (CNVM) last week endorsed the appointment of Costel Ceocea and Claudiu Doros as President - General Manager and, respectively, Vice President - Deputy General Manager of financial investment firm SIF2 Moldova,...

The domestic branch of Bank Leumi, is another bank that submitted a tender for participating in the "First Home" program, and is now waiting for the authorities" response, said Mr. Laurenţiu Mitrache, executive chairman of Bank Leumi...

At the end of last week, Financial Investments Company SIF Oltenia (SIF5) sold its stake in Bancpost to the bank"s majority shareholder, Greek banking group Eurobank EFG, for EUR 12.15 million.

The designer of the new Justice Palace of Iaşi intends to submit the documentation needed for the Regional Urban Planning stage (PUZ).

Anheuser-Busch InBev, a world leading beer producer, has announced intent to sell operations in Central and Eastern Europe, Romania included, in order to be able to reduce what "The Times" described as a mountain of debt.

Moody"s late last week announced their decision to withdraw the ratings offered to Banca Comerciala Carpatica for business reasons and with the common agreement of the parties, a Moody"s press release indicates.

AAA New Kopel, the pre-owned cars division of Sixt New Kopel, is expanding operations to four Romanian cities - Iasi, Suceava, Bacau and Constanta - in addition to the well established presence in Bucharest.

Hedge funds and other major investors are making significant investments in commodities, and this trend could continue, as optimism that the worst of the global recession is over increases, experts of British bank "Barclays" Plc say.