Carmen Marinescu

Bilateral trade growth and opening of markets in North Africa and the Middle East for Romanian companies represented the main topics for discussion at the 3rd session of the Joint Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Egypt, informs the Ministry for Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship.

Tourism is a priority sector in Romania, and the current Government has taken concrete steps that have led to its substantial growth, Deputy Prime Minister Viorel Stefan said on Thursday at the opening of the 41st edition of Romania's Tourism Fair (TTR).

Businesses in the postal and courier sector exceeded the 4 billion lei threshold in 2018 due to the spectacular increase in product sales on the Internet, KeysFin specialists estimate in an analysis published on Monday.

The arrivals in tourist accommodation structures registered in the first 11 months of 2018 reached 11.993 million, up 6.4pct compared to the similar period in 2017, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics.

The new Hotel of Ice in Balea Lac will be open to visitors from 23 December, even if the official opening of the entire complex will take place in the first part of February 2019, reads a press release issued for AGERPRES on Friday.

The Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) and the Romanian Atomic Forum (ROMATOM) have renewed their memorandum of understanding on nuclear power co-operation.

The local market for refurbished electronics will increase this year by more than 25pct, mainly due to the lower purchasing price, in some cases by up to half compared to that of new equipment, but also due to their performance, with configurations close to the latest generation, according to a study released on Wednesday for AGERPRES.

The average number of pensioners dropped by 18,000 in Q2 20108, compared to the same period of last year, to 5,207 million people and the number of those in the state social insurance category increased by 7,000 to 4.680 million, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday.

The Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) recorded in the first half of 2018 a net profit of 697 million lei (149.7 million euro) and an operating result of 740.9 million lei (159.2 million euros), BCR representatives inform on Tuesday in a press release issued for AGERPRES.

The wholesale trade turnover (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) in the first five months of 2018 was up 8.8 percent YoY, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) says in a release on Monday.