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Radu Bostan

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Writing for ZF since
2011
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Agriculture Ministry To Sponsor Bill Promoting Sale Of Local Produce

Romanian Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin said Sunday that he will sponsor a bill package to promote Romanian food products and stimulate their sale in hypermarkets.

Radu Bostan · 20.05.2012 · 13:20 · 1 min
Energy

Electrica GM Resigns

Ioan Folescu, general manager of Romanian energy supplier Electrica, resigned Friday, after the new administration expressed its doubts over his lack of political involvement.

Radu Bostan · 20.05.2012 · 13:07 · 1 min
Basescu: Tarom Direct Flights To USA Unlikely
Automotive

Basescu: Tarom Direct Flights To USA Unlikely

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Saturday, in Chicago, during a meeting with Romanians living in the USA, that it is unlikely that Tarom will resume flights to the US, since they cause...

Radu Bostan · 20.05.2012 · 13:07 · 1 min
Posta Romana To Lay Off 6,500 Employees, Almost 20% Of Staff
Social/Politics

Posta Romana To Lay Off 6,500 Employees, Almost 20% Of Staff

Romania's state-owned postal operator, Posta Romana, will sack almost 20% of its staff to avoid insolvency, with 1,029 employees to leave over the next three months and a further 5,500 emplo...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 17:12 · 1 min
Basescu: Romania Wins With Any Alternative Energy Project In Balkans
Energy

Basescu: Romania Wins With Any Alternative Energy Project In Balkans

President Traian Basescu said Friday that any of the alternative energy supply projects in the Balkan region is a win for Romania, whether it is Nabucco, the South East Europe Pipeline or th...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 15:25 · 1 min
Transport Minister: Work On Transylvania Highway To Move Ahead
Automotive

Transport Minister: Work On Transylvania Highway To Move Ahead

Work on the Transylvania Highway will continue in Bihor county after the Transport Ministry will pay US constructor Bechtel 98 million lei (EUR22 million), minister Ovidiu Silaghi announced...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 13:51 · 1 min
US Trader Goes From Wall-Street Investments To Buying Farmland In Romania And Bulgaria
Real Estate

US Trader Goes From Wall-Street Investments To Buying Farmland In Romania And Bulgaria

Jeffrey Notaro, a trader who worked on Wall Street for 18 years, where he traded both bonds and futures contracts, set up investment fund Black Sea Agriculture seven years ago, together with...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romanians Withdraw RON100 Billion From ATMs In One Year
Banks-Insurance

Romanians Withdraw RON100 Billion From ATMs In One Year

Withdrawals from cash points exceeded 100 billion lei (almost EUR23 billion) between April 2011 and March 2012, five times the payments by card to merchants during the same amount of time, c...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Should The Economy Adjust To An Exchange Rate Of RON4.5 Per Euro?
Macroeconomics

Should The Economy Adjust To An Exchange Rate Of RON4.5 Per Euro?

The depreciation of the Romanian leu is helping exporters and encourages lending in local currency, but it is also boosting non-performing loans and increases people’s fears, which will impa...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 00:00 · 4 min
ArcelorMittal Galati CEO: Productivity Must Increase, The Good Old Days Won't Return
Companies

ArcelorMittal Galati CEO: Productivity Must Increase, The Good Old Days Won't Return

Limits are only in our minds, and if the bad news is that it is tough out there right now and the good old days will not be back, there is also good news. This is but part of the philosophy...

Radu Bostan · 18.05.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Romania's Spending On Healthcare Is Lowest In EU, Study Finds
Health

Romania's Spending On Healthcare Is Lowest In EU, Study Finds

Romania spends less on healthcare as a share of the GDP than any other EU state – 5.6% in 2009, compared with the EU average of 9.9%, and 3.7% in 2011, which is only two thirds of the necess...

Radu Bostan · 17.05.2012 · 18:19 · 1 min
Nica: Without Restructuring Plan, Posta Romana Will Go Under
Technology &Telecoms

Nica: Without Restructuring Plan, Posta Romana Will Go Under

The board of Romanian state-owned postal operator Posta Romana will discuss Friday a plan to restructure the company and avoid bankruptcy, entailing a new organization, and the sacking of 10...

Radu Bostan · 17.05.2012 · 17:47 · 1 min