20 oct. • Business Business Report: Vanzarile de apartamente noi in scadere cu pana la 30%; bancile ar putea limita suma maxima ce poate fi imprumutata; statiunile din Romania practica tarife aberante; Moscova, cel mai scump oras al lumii; depozitele bancare si imobiliarele sunt principalele moduri de economire ale romanilor, iar Renaultsport Megane a aparut in fotografii spion Apartamentele noi – vanzari in scadere cu pana la 30%. Piata imobiliara romaneasca s-a mai inviorat fata de asta-vara, dar vanzarile raman sub cele din perioada similara a anului trecut. „Comparativ cu perioada similara a…
20 oct. • Subiectele zilei Subiectele Zilei: Autostrada Bechtel risca sa o ia la vale; a aparut Cartea Neagra a educatiei romanesti; 5 lei, tarif unic la contrabanda cu tigari din Ucraina si Moldova; tinerii recruti atrasi in armata cu muzica Annei Lesko, iar Ioana Tariceanu s-a obisnuit sa scape de traficul aglomerat cu ajutorul girofarelor Seful Agentiei Antidrog mai trage pe nara un milion de euro Agentia Nationala Antidrog, condusa de chestorul Pavel Abraham, a primit de la Guvern un milion de euro ca sa convinga cativa adolescenti sa se…
20 oct. • Ultima ora Fostul secretar american de stat Colin Powell il sustine pe Barack Obama Fostul secretar american de stat, Colin Powell, si-a anuntat sustinerea pentru Barack Obama, candidatul prezidential al Partidului Democrat din Statele Unite, informeaza BBC. Powell, care a fost secretar de stat in timpul administratiei Bush, si-a…
20 oct. • Finante - Banci Criza financiara in berea si ciocolata din Bruxelles: Vino cu 15 oameni diseara, pentru tine masa e gratuita Bruxelles, octombrie 2008. Kilometrul 0 al politicii europene, dar si al crizei financiare. Pana si in berariile din Grand Place, europarlamentarii discuta planuri de redresare economica. Criza are efecte vizibile printre comerciantii din centrul istoric…
20 oct. • Energie Expert norvegian: Nabucco este ca si finalizat pe hartie, dar cam atat In contextul crizei din Georgia si al crizei financiare Uniunea Europeana trebuie sa gaseasca o modalitate prin care sa ofere garantii pe termen lung tarilor investitoare in proiectul Nabucco si tarilor furnizoare de resurse, a…
20 oct. • Esential Ministrul Apararii: Salariul unui soldat debutant este de 11 milioane, multi parasesc inca Armata Un soldat care se angajeaza in Armata castiga pentru inceput 11 milioane de lei, a declarat ministrul Apararii, Teodor Melescanu. El a subliniat ca unul dintre motivele pentru care multi militari aleg o alta cariera…
20 oct. • Finante - Banci UPDATE: Actiunile ING cresc dupa ce guvernul olandez a anuntat ca va injecta 10 miliarde de euro in grupul bancar UPDATE: Actiunile ING cresteau cu peste 20% la Bursa din Amsterdam in deschiderea sedintei de tranzactionare de luni ING Groep NV, cel mai mare grup financiar olandez, va primi 10 miliarde de euro din partea…
20 oct. • Energie Seful OPEC: Va exista o scadere semnificativa a productiei de petrol Organizatia Tarilor Exportatoare de Petrol (OPEC) va micsora oferta de petrol la reuniunea de la Viena, saptamana viitoarea, iar “scaderea trebuie sa fie ampla”, a spus presedintele grupului, Chakib Khelil, relateaza Reuters, citat de NewsIn.…
20 oct. • Politic Ana Birchall, inlocuita cu Marian Sarbu pe listele PSD Vaslui la alegerile parlamentare Fostul ministru al Muncii Marian Sarbu va candida pe listele parlamentare ale social democratilor din judetul Vaslui pentru Camera Deputatilor, in Colegiul Murgeni, acolo unde fusese desemnata initial Ana Birchall, relateaza NewsIn. Prim-vicepresedintele organizatiei judetene…
20 oct. • Politic UDMR ar vrea ca elevii romani sa invete limba maghiara Presedintele UDMR, Marko Bela, a reluat, sambata, la Targu Mures, ideea lansata in urma cu o saptamana legata de obligativitatea invatarii de catre copiii romani a limbii maghiare in zonele unde traiesc maghiari si a…
20 oct. • Energie Iranul curteaza Romania Iranul vrea de la Bucuresti o confirmare clara ca presedintele Traian Basescu ar face o vizita in Iran, a anuntat ministrul adjunct de externe de la Teheran, Mehdi Safari. “La o discutie intre ambasadorul Iranului…
20 oct. • International Osama ben Laden este prins pe 3 noiembrie sau Dow Jones ajunge, din nou, la 14.000 de puncte – posibile scenarii pentru victoria lui John McCain Osama ben Laden este prins pe 3 noiembrie, Rusia invadeaza Ucraina sau indicele Dow Jones ajunge, din nou, in cateva zile, la 14.000 de puncte. Acestea sunt doar cateva dintre posibilele scenarii pe care analisti…
20 oct. • HotScience Inelele lui Saturn: ramasitele unui cataclism cosmic Inelele planetei Saturn sunt de multa vreme unul dintre cele mai explorate mistere legate de formarea Sistemului Solar. Cum s-au format ele? Cand au aparut? Din ce sunt facute? Ce are planeta Saturn atat de…
20 oct. • Ultima ora Traian Basescu, in vizita oficiala in Siria Presedintele Traian Basescu se afla, luni si marti, intr-o vizita oficiala in Republica Araba Siriana, la invitatia omologului sau, presedintele Bashar Al-Assad. Potrivit unui comunicat al Administratiei Prezidentiale, citat de Antena 3, in cadrul vizitei,…
20 oct. • Business Oil price drops, stock exchanges crumble The Japanese stock exchange was closed on Thursday at a new low record, -11.41%, the market being dominated by chaos. Nikkei lost 1,089.02 points, reaching 8,458.45 points. all Asian markets operated under the fear of…
20 oct. • Regional Europe France suggests global economic government The suggestion made by the French president, Nicholas Sarkozy – to convoke an international summit for the reforming of the financial system before the end of the year – was accepted by the G8 members,…
20 oct. • Top News American army killed Al-Qaeda's second in command Abu Qaswarah The American army confirmed on Wednesday that they have killed Iraq’s Al Qaeda second in command, in an operation in Mosul, North of Iraq, AFP informs. The terrorist killed during the operation is Aby Qaswarah,…
20 oct. • Top News Romania's Parliamentary activity shifts to the territory. Romanians pay 6.67 million Ron for those parliamentarians who choose to run for another mandate After a chaotic vote of 300 bills in the last weeks, parliamentarians get ready to enter their electoral holidays. The House of Deputies passed an internal regulation, ruling that all deputies should leave in the…
20 oct. • Business Romania placed 5th in EU annual inflation rate listing Romania is placed 5th in the European annual inflation rate listing, after the annual advance of prices in September with 7.3%, Eurostat informs, quoted by Romanian news agency NewsIn. Our country’s inflation rate is 3.1…
20 oct. • Top News Passengers of a hijacked airplane seize sky pirate A Turkish Airline plane, flying from Antalya to St. Petersburg was the subject of an attempted hijack by a passenger for a short while, CNN informs. However, passengers managed to overpower the man who threatened…
20 oct. • Top News UPDATE: Constitutional Court ruled the constitutionality of the bill increasing teachers' wages The Constitutional Court ruled the constitutionality of the bill increasing teachers’ wages a press release of the institution reads on Wednesday. This decision was approved with a majority of votes. Thus, the bill approving the…
20 oct. • Regional Europe Ukraine's Ambassador to Bucharest moderates his statements about possible outcomes at Hague In an interview for HotNews.ro, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Bucharest, Markiyan Kulyk talks about the Hague process against Romania over the Black Sea continental plateau, arguing that finally, both parties would win since the Hague trial…
20 oct. • Regional Europe Russian press: Moldova leader Voronin is ready to talk to Tiraspol leaders about possible solution to Transniester conflict Republic of Moldova President Vladimir Voronin is ready to talk to his Transniester counterpart about his plan to end the Transniester conflict, Nezavisimaia gazeta informs. According to the Moldovan president, he sent files containing the…
20 oct. • Regional Europe EU leaders meet for the Fall European Council session in Brussels European Union leaders meet in Brussels at the fall European Council session to talk mainly about the financial crisis. Measures considered to counter the instability of the financial systems, the protection of vulnerable social categories,…
20 oct. • Bucharest Teachers' protest cause traffic restrictions in Bucharest A protest meeting organized on Wednesday in Bucharest in the Constitutiei Square by the main teachers’ unions will cause traffic restrictions in Bucharest. The protest will be followed by a march up to Piata Victoriei,…
20 oct. • Politics Romania president Basescu suspends Supreme Defense Council session. Interior Minister spends 45,000 Euros per car for "options" President Traian Basescu suspended on Tuesday the works of the Supreme Defense Council and released a statement to the press, explaining the reasons for his decision. The main problem was the fact that the Council…
20 oct. • Top News Senate speaker elected as Accounting Court president. Democrat – Liberals accuse voting frauds
20 oct. • Regional Europe Banque de France confirms economic recession The gross domestic product of France decreased 0.1% in the third quarter of the year, estimations at the French Central Bank suggest, confirming the fact that the second largest economy in the Euro zone is…
20 oct. • Business Romania's Richest 300: Gigi Becali takes first place Steaua football club financial supporter Gigi Becali – also a quite controversial businessman and leader of the New Generation Party – is the richest Romanian, with an estimated wealth of 2.5 billion Euros. The second…
20 oct. • Business Bucharest Stock Exchange is green, following European trends The Stock Exchange in Bucharest (BVB) opened the session on Tuesday with a significant growth, the BET index growing 7.88%, the BET-FI – 13.59% and the BET-C – 8.07%. Also this morning, the stock exchanges…
20 oct. • Business The US administration will spend 250 billion dollars on US banks shares The American administration is willing to spend up to 250 billion dollars in acquiring shares at private banks, in order to expand the banking system protection measures, Washington officials declared, quoted by ABC. The decision…
20 oct. • Bucharest Day of the Regions: Romanian traditional craftsmen exhibit their work in Bucharest Small Romanian traditional craftsmen from all the regions exposed their works at the Open Days – Day of the Regions, an event organized to complement a European level series of manifestations in Brussels. Those interviewed…
20 oct. • Top News Prosecutors withdraw charges against Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu for the miner's outbreak in June 13/14 1990 Romania’s former President, Ion Iliescu will not be investigated for the miner’s outbreak in 1990, Romanian news television Realitatea TV informs. In the file, Iliescu was investigated for the death of four people and the…
20 oct. • Top News A Romanian child adopted by an American family, was murdered in Dallas A young Romanian boy, adopted by an American family was stabbed to death by a peer in a parking lot in Plano, a suburb of Dallas after fighting for a girl, The Dallas News informs.…
20 oct. • Business Romania's National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu: Romania has some of the best liquidity and reliability rates in the world/ The informational attack against Transilvania Bank finds precedent in a similar attack in 2000 but mass media reacted in a more mature way Romania’s central bank (BNR) governor Mugur Isarescu reaffirmed on Monday the reliability of the country’s banking system, declaring that Romania has some of the best liquidity and reliability rates not only in the region, but…
20 oct. • Regional Europe Famous Czech writer Milan Kundera collaborated with the secret Communist police Famous Czech writer Milan Kundera, author of the Unbearable lightness of Being, denounced, back in 1950 a student, that lead to the imprisonment of a 22 years old young man, weekly journal Respekt reads, quoted…
20 oct. • Business Dinu Patriciu, Romania's wealthiest businessman Dinu Patriciu is the wealthiest businessman in Romania, with 1.9-2 billion euro, according to the Adevarul 500 billionaires top published on Monday. Patriciu is closelly followed by Ion Tiriac with 0.95 – 1 billion euro.…
20 oct. • Top News The daughter of the renowned Romanian gymnast Lavinia Milosovici died Denisa Florentina, the four year old daughter of the renowned multiple gymnastics champion, Lavinia Milosevici died on Sunday morning, due to a failure of the nervous system, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs. The information was…
20 oct. • Business The effects of the financial crisis in Romania: Mittal Galati cuts production The financial crisis is also felt in Romania: the first unit to announce it was the Mittal Galati factory in South East Romania, the biggest steel producer. The company’s leadership declared, in a press release…
20 oct. • Bucharest Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu airport, now operational Bucharest’s Aurel Vlaicu airport is now operational after it was closed for some rehabilitation repairs for two weeks when re all flights were transferred on Romania’s international airport, Henri Coanda. The airport’s improvement works amounted…
20 oct. • Regional Europe Moldovan Reintegration minister Vasile Sova: Transniester, once integrated in the Republic of Moldova, will not have a veto power over European integration issues In a HotNews.ro interview, Republic of Moldova’s Reintegration minister Vasile Sova talks about the Transniester conflict and the way Moldova sees fit to deal with this conflict. Sova declared that the conflict was increased by…
20 oct. • Regional Europe Used iron sold illegally as waste in Austria, Germany On October 2, 2008 a Romanian citizen was caught stealing copper cables in Austria. Other five accomplices managed to run but the 33 year old suspend was temporarily arrested. With 2 tons of copper cables…
20 oct. • The moment of truth after a black week the the Paris Summit EU leaders apply shock therapy for the financial markets European leaders, gathered in Paris, set up a plan to deal with the financial crisis together. French President, Nicholas Sarkozy declared that the 15 euro zone countries reached an agreement that will deal with all…
20 oct. • Regional Europe Protest in Naples. Unemployed Italians request Romanian citizenship Two Italian groups organize on Monday, in Naples a unique protest: dissatisfied because garbage is picked up by foreigners, while they are unemployed, Italians announce they plan to give up their citizenship and request a…
20 oct. • Top News Hungarian Democrats push for mandatory Hungarian classes for Romanian pupils Hungarian Democrat (UDMR) president Marko Bela declared in Targu Mures, Central Romania on Saturday that Romanian pupils residing in cities where ethnic Hungarians live should take mandatory Hungarian classes. He added that he would initiate…
20 oct. • Top News PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu: efforts need to be made for Romania to reach its potential and become the 7th economic power in Europe Romanian PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu declared that efforts need to be made for Romania to reach its full potential and become the 7th economic power in Europe. He made the statement in a press conference…
20 oct. • Top News Economy minister Varujan Vosganian: the budget will be presented in the Parliament next week Economy minister Varujan Vosganian announced, on Saturday, in Iasi North Romania that Romania’s budget will be presented in the Parliament next week, after the Government discussed it on Wednesday, news agency NewsIn informs. Vosganian added…
20 oct. • Press Review What the newspapers say: October 20, 2008 One newspaper on Monday highlights construction irregularities found in Bechtel’s works for a long awaited highway in Romania. Elsewhere in the news, the Education ministry will publish a document reporting negative data on education levels…
20 oct. • Top News President Basescu calls for partnership between banks, Government and central Bank in order to limit the crisis effects on Romania Romania president Traian Basescu met on Friday the parties involved in the financial system, namely the commercial banks and the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). After the meeting, the head of state declared that the recession…
20 oct. • Business Employees at Romanian Nokia factory demand 50% salary raise The union workers at Nokia Romania demand a 50% increase of their salaries, as well as an 1% fidelity bonus for every year of employment at the factory in the village of Jucu (Cluj county).…
