14 aug. • Regional Europe Romanian drowned ignored by tens of Italians A Romanian citizen drowned on Sunday near Reggio Calabria town, ignored by tens of Italians sun-bathing, La Repubblica daily informs quoted by Romanian news television Realitatea TV informs. Marcel Lungu came at the seaside together…
14 aug. • Regional Europe Russia plans to set up a military base in Cuba Russian military bases in Cuba might become a reality, Geo-Political Science Academy President Aleksandr Ivashov declared quoted by Ria Novosti. According to him, Russia might take such a decision in order to strengthen against US…
14 aug. • Regional Europe Prices of luxurious residential apartments drop by 10% in Sofia Prices in some of the richest residential areas in Sofia, Bulgaria dropped by 7-10%, Novinite informs quoting the Trud daily. Meanwhile a series of hotels on the Bulgarian seaside face serious financial problems and experts…
14 aug. • Regional Europe President Basescu to Romanian gypsies in Italy: You are not alone! We support you! President Traian Basescu declared that the Romanian authorities will not abandon the Roma minority immigrants in Italy and Spain. The statement of the head of state was made in a nomad gypsies camp in the…
14 aug. • Top News Cuban all-inclusive: the planetary brothel, forbidden libraries and Hundimiento On the road towards the house of Roberto Miranda Hernandez in Havana Vieja, the old downtown, we stumble upon people standing in line for food, as Romanians did in the ’80’s, waiting to get their…
14 aug. • Top News Cuban all-inclusive: dissidents, Communism, American cars and apartheid tourism Cultul lui Che GuevaraFoto: Hotnews The Aeropuerto International Jose Marti meets us with a wet stink. Instead of welcome, the border officer barks shortly: “Look at me, look at me!”. Europe and its rules were…
14 aug. • Top News Romanians' trust goes to firefighters in the detriment of politicians Romanians trust more the firefighters, the army, doctors and professors than politicians, a GFK Custom Research study reveals. Thus, firefighters enjoy a 94% trust, closely followed by the army with 90%. However, politicians and lawyers…
14 aug. • Politics Romanian Justice minister proposes the new anti-graft chief prosecutor Romania’s Justice minister Catalin Predoiu proposed Monica Serbanescu, current Justice minister counsellor to replace the anti-graft chief prosecutor Daniel Morar. Romania’s general prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi extended Morar’s mandate for another 90 days until the…
14 aug. • Politics PSD leaders Ioan Rus and Vasile Dancu will not run for a seat in the Parliament Former Social Democrats vice-presidents Ioan Rus and Vasile Dancu will not run for a seat in the Parliament in this year’s fall Parliamentary elections. The two declared that Social Democratic leaders ignored their reform program…
14 aug. • Politics INSOMAR survey: Democrat Liberals, Social Democrats and Liberals to enter the Parliament if elections would be held next week The only parties to enter the Parliament if elections would be held next week are Democrat Liberals (PD-L) with 38%, Social Democrats (PSD) with 26% and Liberals with 16%, an Insomar poll reveals quoted by…
14 aug. • Top News The Economist: Daniel Morar, an anti-graft crusader, faces dismissal in a society in which corruption doesn't mean dishonor The difficulties faced by the chief prosecutor in the National Anti-Graft Prosecution Office (DNA), Daniel Morar, represent the symptom of a culture in which corruption is not the same thing as dishonor, The Economist notes,…
14 aug. • Top News Prosecutor general demands approval to open criminal inquiry against former PM Nastase and Govt. official Serban Mihailescu Romania prosecutor general, Codruta Kovesi, asked the House of Deputies to issue a formal answer to the request to open a criminal inquiry against former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and Senator Serban Mihailescu, former Government…
14 aug. • Top News European Commission: Reconfirming Anti-Graft head is a test for Romanian authorities The European Commission warns that the re-confirmation of Daniel Morar as head of the National Anti-Graft Prosecution Office (DNA) will be a test-case for the renewed commitments of the Romanian authorities, mainly considering that the…
14 aug. • Regional Europe Ford's UK branch threatened by Romanian and Turkish factory competitiveness The last Ford factory in Great Britain has an uncertain future due to the competitiveness of low cost factories located in Romania and Turkey, the English daily The Times informs. The factory, located in Southampton…
14 aug. • Business Romania's biggest oil company Petrom drops fuel prices Romania’s biggest oil company Petrom will decrease fuel prices starting Monday, August 11, NewsIn informs. Petrom previously decreased fuel prices on August 6 with 4 Romanian Ron/liter. On Friday, Rompetrol decreased its prices by 6…
14 aug. • Business The International Energy Agency: oil market tensions will reduce in the upcoming years but will not fade World oil market tensions will be reduced in the upcoming years but only to intensify afterwads, International Energy Agency director Nobuo Tanaka declared for the German Der Spiegel quoted by NewsIn. The oil price decreased…
14 aug. • Regional Europe ENI group suggests South Stream construction on Romanian soil The Italian energy group ENI has had enough waiting for Serbia to decide whether it is worth or not to ratify a gas and oil agreement with Russia. The Serbian-Russian agreement would imply the takeover…
14 aug. • Top News Over 20% of all Romanian medical doctors try to get jobs abroad More than 7,000 out of all 35,000 Romanian medical doctors submitted their papers in order to find jobs in other countries than Romania. The main source of discontent is the low income, along with the…
14 aug. • Top News Romania may become one of the main European rice producers Former Romania dictator Nicolae Ceausescu loved the Italian risotto, but would most certainly have hated to see the Romanian rice fields acquired by European companies. After the rice price has tripled this year, European farmers…
14 aug. • Business Orange brings iPhone 3G to Romania on August 22 august. Price still undisclosed Orange will introduce in its offer for the Romanian market Apple’s iPhone 3G, on August 22, at 00:00h, the launching taking place in six stores. The device enables web navigation twice as fast as the…
14 aug. • Business Standard & Poor's improved Romania's banking system image Standard&Poor, the financial evaluation agency, improve Romania’s banking system image regarding the investment risk from Group 8 to 7 and decreased Romania’s chances to suffer from an economic recession from 35-50% to 25-40%, an institution’s…
14 aug. • Business PwC Real Estate Director Speranta Munteanu: apartment and terrain prices to drop Apartments and terrains in Bucharest are currently corrected and their prices will drop, PricewaterhouseCoopers Real Estate Director Speranta Munteanu declared in a HotNews.ro interview. She added that new apartments sell by 1,300 euro/sq meters while…
14 aug. • Spanish Economy Minister: European Central Bank to maintain key interest rate, Euro zone avoids recession Spanish Economy Minister Pedro Solbes declared on Sunday that he expects the European Central Bank to maintain the current level of its monetary policy interest rate, NewsIn informs, quoting an interview Solbes offered to El…
14 aug. • Business Central Bank increases key interest rate 7th time in a row The board of the Romanian Central Bank (BNR) decided on Thursday to increase the key interest rate 0.25%, starting on August 1, from 10 to 10.25%, a BNR press release informs. This is the highest…
14 aug. • Business Erste Bank president: Central Bank regulations are welcome Erste Bank president Andreas Treichl declared on Wednesday that the new regulations draft issued by the Romanian Central Bank (BNR) is welcome, since many banks, in their rush to gain a larger market share, pump…
14 aug. • Top News Chinese students trained to keep up the atmosphere at the Beijing Olympics Some 800,000 Chinese students were trained like soldiers to keep up the audience atmosphere at the Olympics because organizers feared that the public will not be able to maintain the Olympics’ spirits. 448 volunteers joined…
14 aug. • Top News Romania's athletes promise important results at Beijing Romania’s athletes promise great results at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Romania’s gymnasts qualify on the fourth position, after China, the US and Russia. The overall results of the team was 238,425 points. Thus, China was…
14 aug. • Russian military planes bombed on Sunday Tbilisi's International Airport Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili: Georgia seeks a cease fire agreement The military conflict that unfolded in the last days needs to be ceased, Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili declared in a CNN interview, quoted by Rador. He added that peace measures should be found rather than…
14 aug. • Top News UN flood toll differs from Romanian add-up The flood tat hit Northern Romania, Ukraine and Moldova caused the death of 42 and the eviction of 40,000 people, the United Nations announced. According to the UN toll, Romania counted 5 victims, 10,520 evicted…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Trupele ruse incep retragerea din regiunea de conflict georgiana Trupele ruse vor fi retrase azi din oraşul Gori, iar politia georgiana urmeaza sa-si desfasoare patrulele in localitatea aflata in apropierea frontierei cu regiunea separatista Osetia de Sud, a anuntat un oficial georgian, citat de…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Pretul titeiului continua sa creasca Cotatia titeiului a continuat să creasca pe pietele din Asia si se apropie de 117 dolari/baril, dupa ce livrarile de benzina in SUA au scazut peste asteptari saptamana trecuta, transmit agentiile internationale de presa. Pretul…
14 aug. • Ultima ora NATO a respins participarea unei nave ruse la o misiune antiterorista NATO a respins participarea unei nave ruse la o misiune multinationala antiterorista in Marea Mediterana, gest care are aparent legatura cu actiunile militare ale Moscovei in Georgia, comenteaza Reuters. Nava ar fi trebuit sa ia…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Franta propune un nou proiect de rezolutie pe tema conflictului din Caucaz Franta va propune un nou proiect de rezolutie in cadrul Consiliului de Securitate al ONU pe tema conflictului din Caucaz. Potrivit France Presse, anuntul a fost facut de ambasadorul Belgiei la ONU. Documentul va include…
14 aug. • Press Review What the newspapers say: August 12, 2008 All newspapers on Tuesday spotlight the anti-graft chief prosecutor Daniel Morar who seems is on the verge of being replaced, despite contrary recommendations from European officials. Elsewhere in the news, retired Italians spend their holidays…
14 aug. • Utile Gandul: Baile solare, recomandate pentru acnee si caderea parului Alcoolicii, gravidele si batranii trebuie sa evite Litoralul Leziunile precanceroase, mai frecvente la persoanele cu ochii albastri Persoanele care au acnee, pete albe (vitiligo), anumite forme de psoriazis ori se confrunta cu o cadere accentuata…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Peste 20.000 de canadieni vor muri, anul acesta, din cauza poluarii Poluarea atmosferica va provoca moartea a peste 20.000 de canadieni in acest an, potrivit raportului Asociatiei medicale canadiene dat publicitatii si preluat de France Presse. In document se mentioneaza ca, pana in 2031, numarul canadienilor…
14 aug. • Business Capital: Militari si agenti secreti, politisti si judecatori, cu totii au acces la vacante low-cost Militari si agenti secreti, politisti si judecatori, parlamentari si functionari din ministere, cu totii au acces la vacante low-cost, in locuri inaccesibile contribuabililor de rand. O camera dubla pe malul marii sau la poalele muntilor…
14 aug. • Business Gandul: Cea mai scumpa camera single de cinci stele din Romania e 270 de euro pe noapte Numarul hotelurilor de cinci stele din toata tara a ajuns la 18 unitati hoteliere, atat in Capitala, cat si pe litoral, la munte sau in marile orase ale tarii. Preturile practicate de fiecare in parte…
14 aug. • Business Adevarul: Morar si Buzdugan au semnat cu Intact Cei doi oameni de radio vor realiza emisiunea de dimineata la un nou post al familiei Voiculescu, care va fi lansat in aceasta toamna. Morar si Buzdugan au acceptat aceasta oferta pentru a-si continua colaborarea…
14 aug. • Business Ziarul Financiar: Inca o banca mare se va prabusi Investitorii institutionali se asteapta ca cel putin inca o banca importanta sa se prabuseasca in urmatoarele sase luni in conditiile in care efectele crizei pietelor de credit continua sa se faca simtite, indica un studiu…
14 aug. • Business Business Report: Patriciu a intrat in discutii sa preia Anglo-Romanian Bank; Un apartament sovietic cu "doua dormitoare" in centrul Sofiei: 114.000 de euro; Exclusiv: BMW Seria 7 Sport Pack, spionat; Salariul unui sef de SIF, 5.000 de euro lunar si Topul celor mai economice masini din SUA Patriciu a intrat in discutii sa preia Anglo-Romanian Bank. Omul de afaceri Dinu Patriciu a intrat in lupta pentru achizitia Bancii Anglo-Romane, detinuta integral de BCR si care a fost scoasa la vanzare la inceputul…
14 aug. • Opinii/Analize Plesu despre patrioti si ziaristi De la o vreme, unele posturi de televiziune se ocupa intens de Institutul Cultural Roman, de un mic ponei roz cu svastica sub coada, de imaginea tarisoarei si de Horia Roman Patapievici. Nu e o…
14 aug. • Politic Gandul: Basescu catre Adrian Severin: „Mincinosule!” Severin i-a spus presedintelui ca Monica Macovei a furnizat informatiile negative din raportul CE pe justitie Basescu s-a contrat si cu Geoana la inceputul intalnirilor Reuniune cu scandal, ieri, la Palatul Cotroceni. Traian Basescu i-a…
14 aug. • Faze Tari Faze tari: Poze vulgare cu minore pe internet postate chiar de parinti; Video porno cu nora lui Fidel; Campionatul mondial de sauna – rezistenta la peste 110 grade Celsius; Un pensionar britanic a facut sex cu un cal, iar o vila s-a vandut pentru 500 milioane de euro. Poze vulgare cu minore pe internet. Nebunia hi5 face victime printre fetitele care, la varsta lor, ar trebui sa se joace cu papusile si sa sara coarda in fata blocului. Patru minore, printre care si…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Se mentine pericolul de inundatii pe Prut Codul portocaliu pe Prut, in judetul Galati, se mentine, dupa ce apele raului au atins, ieri, o cota istorica de 638 de centimetri. Circulatia pe DN 26 a fost intrerupta in cursul noptii, pentru ca…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Un turist german, atacat de un urs in Muntii Bucegi Un turist german, in varsta de 26 de ani, a fost sfasiat de un urs in timpul noptii, in Muntii Bucegi – relateaza Realitatea TV. Atacul a avut loc in timp ce barbatul dormea intr-un…
14 aug. • Ultima ora Avansul lui Barack Obama fata de John McCain s-a redus la 3% Potrivit unui sondaj dat publicitatii de Pew Research Center, avansul lui Obama fata de McCain s-a redus la trei procente, relateaza France Presse. Astfel, candidatul democrat pentru Casa Alba este creditat cu 46% din intentiile…
14 aug. • Vedete Caru' cu vedete: Fostul iubit mafiot a rupt-o in bataie pe Simona Sensual; Alina Crisan, tandreturi in patru, cu iubitul si doua prietene; Traistariu, platit de PRO TV sa-si arate chilotii; Israela refuza sa ia pensia, iar Loredana este de parere ca brazilienii se aseamana cu moldovenii Fostul iubit mafiot a rupt-o in bataie. Dupa ce Andreea Spataru a fost batuta in strada de Ion „Boschet”, Simona Sensual a devenit si ea victima brutalitatii iubitului ei. Saptamana trecuta, blonda a fost batuta…
14 aug. • Burse Jurnalul bursier al WBS cu privire la piata locala Scaderi generalizate pentru indicii Bursei de Valori Bucuresti in sesiunea de azi, majoritatea dintre acestia inregistrand deprecieri de peste 2%. Nici Azomures nu a reusit sa inchida pe plus, desi in debutul sedintei avea o…
14 aug. • Energie Caucaz: Razboiul tacut al surselor energetice Interventia Rusiei in conflictul din Osetia de Sud trimite un mesaj clar: Moscova este decisa sa isi reafirme influenta asupra zonei caspice, atit de bogata in resurse energetice. Razboiul din Georgia ingrijoreaza tarile din vestul…
