Romania Sees Biggest House Price Fall Among 42 Countries Worldwide In 2013
House prices in Romania reported the biggest fall among 42 countries in the world in 2013, namely 10.43%, compared with 5.96% a year earlier, according to globalpropertyguide.com data, based on average inflation-adjusted prices.
According to the survey, half of Europe registered house price decreases last year. Thus, Romania was outranked by Spain, Greece or Ireland, which were on top of house price decrease in 2012. (Adevarul)
Special Accommodation Prices For “Holidays At The Country” Program
Tourists who choose to spend a week at the country between March 23 and June 13 via the program “Holidays at the country”, developed by The National Association for Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism in Romania, (ANTREC) will benefit from special accommodation tariffs.
The program will be available between March 23 and June 13, 2014, except for the Easter and May 1 holidays.
Accommodation prices are as follows: two-daisies boarding house -RON150/person/5 nights (breakfast included); three-daisies and four-daisies boarding house – RON195/ person/5 nights (breakfast included); five-daisies boarding-house- RON250/person/5 nights (breakfast included). The tariffs include five nights accommodation in double rooms, Sunday to Friday. (Jurnalul National)
Moldovan Citizens Can Sovereignly Decide What They Want – Romanian Foreign Minister
Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean stated Sunday, referring to the unification with the Republic of Moldova, that, for the moment, the only feasible solution would be for the country to join the European Union, but the citizens of the country may sovereigly decide what they want to do.
Corlatean added that in Crimea, in the presence of Russian troops, “the decision was neither sovereign nor constitutional, according to the Ukrainian Constitution or the International Law”.
As for the proposal of President Traian Basescu for the unification with the Republic of Moldova, Corlatean said it was an “uninspired” proposal. (Puterea)
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu On Top Of Civic Force List For European Parliament Elections
President of the Civic Force Party, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, will be the first on the list for European Parliament elections, according to the decision of the party’s leadership.
Ungureanu said that the party could ”mess up” all the calculations of the right wing parties.
Ungureanu told a news conference Sunday that the list of the party will be submitted Tuesday or Wednesday, together with the 200,000 signatures gathered by the party.
“I will open this list endorsing the names on the next positions to 42, representing all Romanian counties (…). It is a list which I want to include the best and most attractive names of our party,” Ungureanu stated. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Weather Warning For Rains, Thunderstorms In Romania
Romania’s Meteorological Association (ANM) has issued several weather warnings between March 24 and March 25, forecasting rain and thunderstorms for most of the country.
In this period, it will rain over large areas, starting with the western part of the country, with the amount of water expected to exceed 20 to 25 liters per sqm in certain areas, according to ANM, which also predicted strong winds and possibly hail.
The warning issued by ANM is available between Monday 2:00 pm, and Tuesday 10:00 pm. (Evenimentul Zilei)