For 151 years, the Royal Family of Romania has become the most important promoter of the country’s interests. This tradition, founded by King Carol I, was not interrupted even during the exile. At present, three of the members of the Royal Family of Romania live permanently in the country: Their Royal Highnesses Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown, Prince Radu and Princess Maria of Romania.
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The Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF), the largest film festival in Romania, sold over 90,000 tickets at this year’s edition, 14% more than in 2016, the organizers announced, according to Romania-Insider.com.
A German startup founder of Romanian origin is working on having crumb-free bread available for astronauts on the International Space Station and on missions to other parts of the Universe, as regular bread is currently banned in space missions. The stake of an EUR 3 million first phase is not only improving the quality of life for outer space missions and later for space exploration but also selling on Earth sourdough cultures made in space, says Romania-Insider.com.
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Hypermarket operator Cora has expanded its online shopping service cora.ro to Cluj-Napoca, says Romania-Insider.com.
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PM Sorin Grindeanu says that Romania will start soon negotiations to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), claiming that membership will help the country’s reforms program, according to Business-Review.eu.
Romania’s Bistrita-Nasaud county has set two world records on Sunday, May 14, namely one for the largest gathering of people wearing traditional Romanian costumes at the same time, and another one for the largest Romanian folk dance, says Romania-Insider.com.
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An unprecedented cyber-attack called WannaCry that has infected over 120,000 computers in some 100 countries also affected Romania’s biggest carmaker Dacia, which had to shut down some of its production lines and send some of its employees at home on Saturday morning. Dacia’s parent-group Renault has also been affected by the attack, says Romania-Insider.com.
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The number of Romanian and foreign tourists in Romania went up by 11.8 percent in March to 722,300, compared with March 2016, after a single-digit increase in February, based on higher inflows of foreign tourists, shows the data published on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), according to Business-Review.eu.
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The Romanian economy is heading towards an acute crisis on the labor market, as the number of employees and the degree of skilled labor has decreased in the last years. This will continue in the future, according to a study concluded by KeysFin, quoted by Romania-Insider.com.
Polish LOT carrier increased its passengers number between Bucharest and Warsaw up by 10 percent within the last 12 months and the company is looking to increase the number of flights from Cluj-Napoca, says Business-Review.eu.