Romania’s 2014 Tourism Fair Offers Up To 40% Discounts
Nearly 100 travel agencies, dozens of hotels and firms from Romania and other 24 other countries will present their offers for this year’s Easter Holiday, the May day vacation and the summer period at Romania’s 2014 tourism fair.
The 31st edition of the tourism fair, which will take place in Bucharest between March 13 and 16, will bring together 280 companies.
The offers include up to 40% discounts. (Puterea)
EU’s “Erasmus+” Program Launched In Bucharest
The European Union’s Erasmus+ (2014-2020) program was launched in Bucharest Tuesday, March 11, 2014.
The new financing program will offer scholarships for 120,000 Romanians willing to study abroad, 50% more than under EU’s previous programs. Romania will receive EUR52 million this year.
Erasmus+ (2014-2020), also called Erasmus Plus, is the new EUR14.7 billion catch-all framework program for education, training, youth and sport. The new Erasmus+ programme combines all the EU’s current schemes for education, training, youth and sport, including the Lifelong Learning Program (Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig), Youth in Action and five international cooperation programs (Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa, Edulink and the program for cooperation with industrialized countries). The Erasmus+ regulation was signed on 11 December 2013. (Adevarul)
Romania Got Lowest EU Funds Per Capita For 2014-2020
Romania received EUR23 billion in European Union structural and cohesion funds for the 2014-2020 allocation period, which translates into EUR164/year per capita, half the amount granted to Slovakia and Hungary, according to a report by Erste Bank.
The biggest share of the amount will go to environment and transport (more than 20% each), but less than 8% will go to education.
The analysis targets six countries in Central and Eastern Europe, namely Romania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia.
The overall EU funds allocated to the six countries within the EU financing program for the 2014-2020 period amount to EUR167.1 billion. (Curierul National)
New Airline Fly Romania To Operate Regular Flights On Internal And External Routes
TEN Airways, controlled by businessman Ovidiu Tender, on May 15th will start operating flights on internal routes (Bucharest-Tulcea and Bucharest-Timisoara) and external ones to Italy and Germany under the newly launched Fly Romania brand.
“We are in the position of starting regular flights to Europe and we’re even mulling intercontinental flights. We want to compete cars, as these flights are cheaper than travel by car,” stated Ovidiu Tender.
The new unit is expected to bring the company revenue of EUR15 million, according to Catalin Butu, general manager of TEN Airways. (Adevarul)