Romania

Romania to vote for president on Sunday

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday

Presidential elections will take place in Romania on Sunday amid ongoing political and economic crisis.

ROMANIA: Voters seek way out of crisis in tight presidential poll

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Romanians vote on Sunday in a tight presidential contest with incumbent president Traian Basescu and his main left-wing challenger tied in opinion polls. The vote could help solve a governmental crisis that has paralysed the country for months.

Romania set for presidential vote

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Romania holds a first round of presidential elections on Sunday as a government crisis has hampered its economy.

Polls open in Romanian presidential election

France 24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Polls opened Sunday in Romania's presidential election, as the country struggles with a severe recession and the political turmoil following the government's fall mid-October. This is the first election of a head of state since Romania entered the European Union in January 2007. More than 18 million people out of the population of 21.5 million are listed to vote in more than 21,400 polling stations...

Romanians head to polls in presidential election

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bucharest - Voters in recession-racked Romania went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president. Conservative incumbent Traian Basescu is seeking a new term. His main rivals are Social Democrat Mircea Geoana and Crin Antonescu, chairman of the Natio...

• Romanians vote in tight presidential election - France24
• Romanians head to the polls to elect new president - France24

Romanians vote for president amid political crisis

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romanians began voting for a new president on Sunday in an election that could open the door to an international loan aimed at ending the country's deep recession.

EC Lowers Bulgaria Turbot Fishing Quota

Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday

The allowed fishing of turbot in the Black Sea for Bulgaria was lowered by 2 tons by the European Commission. The 2010 quota will be 48 tons, down from the currently allowed 50 tons (100 for Bulgaria and Romania together), but this is still much more lenient than the previous EC proposal for a reduction of 24% or 12 tons per country. The information was reported Saturday by the Bulgarian Agriculture...

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada: Social Security Agreement Helps People Who Have Lived or Worked in Canada and Romania

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, announced today the signing of the Agreement on Social Security between Canada and Romania. The Agreement was signed by Mr. Bogdan Aurescu, Romanian Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs, and Ms. Janice Charette, Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, on behalf...

Transnistria

David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Daniel Hamilton must be thinking of Kosovo, or of Georgia, or increasingly of Bosnia. Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh have never been governed in practice by post-Soviet Georgia, Moldovo or Azerbaijan. Nor were they ever part of pre-Soviet Georgia, Moldavia or Azerbaijan. Do they want, as Kosovo did and as Chechnya does, to join globalisation, European federalism, and American...

Nacewa ruled out of Romania match

Fijilive (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Leinster’s Isa Nacewa will not be joining the Flying Fijian camp anytime soon, team officials have confirmed.The former Auckland Blues playmaker was to have made his comeback in the Fijian colours and earn his second cap in the Northern hemisphere tour.Flying Fijians spokesperson Vilikesa Rinavuaka said Nacewa’s arrival in camp has been deterred with the premature birth of his new-born...

Shelman swisshellenic wood products Manuf. S.A. - Financial Analysis Review---Aarkstore Enterprise

aarkstore | 11/17/2009

Summary Shelman swisshellenic wood products Manuf. S.A. (Shelman) is engaged in manufacturing and supplying of wood products. The company along with its subsidiaries also manufactures chemical products for wood processing industries. Its product portfolio includes plywood, particleboard, veneer-faced products, melamine, post forming products, timber, and formaldehyde and formaldehyde-based resins.

CEE: Recycling & Bicycles, Energy Consumption, and More

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

At Th!nk About It, a climate change blogging competition, Adela reports on the construction of a highway in Romania, which will go through a national park, endangering “the only virgin forest on our good old continent”, and also writes about the Recicleta project in Bucharest, and one Romanian man's roof garden; Sinisa Boljanovic writes on [...]

Ford Motor Co.’s Romanian unit gets EU loan approval - 4WheelsNews

habser | 11/15/2009

Ford Motor Co. ’s Romanian unit now has access to a loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) after European Commission made a ruling to permit Romania to provide the unit with aid.

• Brussels authorises loan to Ford Romania to build low-Co2 engine - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

EU approves state guarantee for loan to Ford Romania

People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

The European Commission on Friday approved a state guarantee by the Romanian government to allow Ford Romania to obtain a loan from the European Investment Bank. The commission, an executive arm of the European Union, said ina press release that it gave the green light to an 80-percent guarantee by the Romanian government to Ford Romania because the guarantee met EU rules on state aid measures. After...

"Days of Armenian film" held in Romania

Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Embassy of Armenia in Romania with assistance of House of Urban Culture Cluj-Napoca and the regional branch of the Armenian Union of Romania organized the event.

Shelman swisshellenic wood products Manuf. S.A. - Financial Analysis Review---Aarkstore Enterprise

aarkstore | 11/17/2009

Summary Shelman swisshellenic wood products Manuf. S.A. (Shelman) is engaged in manufacturing and supplying of wood products. The company along with its subsidiaries also manufactures chemical products for wood processing industries. Its product portfolio includes plywood, particleboard, veneer-faced products, melamine, post forming products, timber, and formaldehyde and formaldehyde-based resins....

Ford Motor Co.’s Romanian unit gets EU loan approval - 4WheelsNews

habser | 11/15/2009

Ford Motor Co. ’s Romanian unit now has access to a loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) after European Commission made a ruling to permit Romania to provide the unit with aid.

• Brussels authorises loan to Ford Romania to build low-Co2 engine - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

AXIGEN Announces Technology Partnership with Intel

axigen | 03/04/2009

Bucharest, Romania, March 4th, 2009 – AXIGEN ( http://www.axigen.com ), the professional messaging solution vendor, today announces they have become a member of the Intel Software Partner Program ( http://www.intel.com/partner ), with the intention to better adapt the AXIGEN Mail Server to Intel architectures. As part of the Intel® Software Partner Program, AXIGEN focuses on optimizing its cutting...