Rapid Bucharest qualified in the UEFA Cup groups

Rapid Bucharest qualified in the UEFA Cup groups, after beating, on Thursday, at home, with 1-0 (1-0), team Feyenoord Rotterdam, in the second stage of the competition’s first tour.

SIlviu Purcarete's debut in cinema

Theater director Silviu Purcărete intends to make his debut in cinema with a film, the project of which is to be presented in November at the International Film Festival in Salonika.

Tăriceanu excludes idea of differentiated VAT (mediafax)

Premier Călin Popescu Tăriceanu excluded the idea of differentiated VAT, arguing that past years’ experience shows that the introduction of such a measure increases corruption in administration.

Greeks relaunch mobile phone network (Bucharest Business Week)

Following the announcement last week of a 450 million Euro re-launch to strengthen its market position, analysts said Greek-owned mobile phone operator Cosmorom face a stiff challenge.
With one per cent of the market, officials promised last week to invest the money over the next three years, including a major overhaul of its existing network.
Saying the company will "make full use of the Romtelecom infrastructure," general manager Nikolaos Tsolas, said its parent company, CosmOTE, "will provide know-how, the products and services and customer care models."
Evangelos Martigopoulos, general manager of CosmOTE, said, "Our eyes are now on Romania.

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Negotiations for the minimum salary: according to the available budget (mediafax)

Negotiations between the Government and the trade unions on increasing the minimum salary per economy will take place according to the present financial possibilities and by taking into account the already increased incomes of the budgetary personnel, said Premier Călin Popescu Tăriceanu.

"We have to see the bases of trade unions’ request and to take into account the budgetary constrains. The negotiations will start within the limits of the law and by taking into account this year’s important salary growths", said Tăriceanu.

Prime Minister Tariceanu meets Baroness Emma Nicholson

Bucharest, Sept 27 (Rompres) - Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu met Baroness Emma Nicholson, a member of the European Parliament, here on Tuesday, to thank for her constant support for the Romanian reform on child protection; he also said he was confident she would keep on backing the Romanian authorities' efforts, the government's press office said in a news release.

Closing ceremony of the EXPO 2005 Aichi Japan

"Cultural week of Romania in Japan"
25 of September- EXPO 2005 Aichi Japan closed today by a special ceremony attended, among others, by His Imperial Highness Prince Naruhito and the Japanese prime-minister Junichiro Koizumi. All the participant countries have been greeded for their overall contribution to the evolution of the World Expositions movement. The next world expos will take place at Zaragoza - 2008 - and Shanghai - 2010.

To declare or not to declare the state of necessity

Traian Basescu, the president of Romania, doesn't want to declare the state of necessity. He doesn't believe that at this point it is necessary to declare this state; many believes that it is necessary to declare it because of the inundations that affected Romania.

What do you think?