Today in the draw for the Europa League Round of 32, Liverpool was matched against Romanian club Unirea Urziceni. The Romanian Liga 1 winners from 2008-09, Urziceni gained eight points in the group stage of the Champions League, loosing to Sevilla and Stuttgart away from home, winning against Rangers at Ibrox and Sevilla at home, and drawing against Stuttgart and Rangers at home. Currently, Urziceni sits second in Liga 1 behind CFR Cluj.
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College of Saint Elizabeth Celebrates Christmas in Art
The College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, is celebrating Christmas in Art, featuring a selection from the CSE crèche collection and the work of Alex and Mihai Chereches, at the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery in Annunciation Center on campus from November 30 through December 19, 2009.
Read MoreClujana starts exports to France and Ireland
Clujana footwear factory (Cluj County, north-west of Bucharest) is opening, as a first after 1989, the series of exports to Europe, France and Ireland being current destinations for the contracted products.
Read MoreThe BSE slumps 1% on all indexes, on a high liquidity following two special transactions
Indexes on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) reported drops of up to 1.68 percent at closing bell, on a double liquidity following two special transactions with SIF Oltenia and SIF Moldova shares, but investors’ attention was focused on Flamingo shares, as the company became insolvent.
Read MoreMalev goes after Tarom and Austrian Airlines’ passengers
The Hungarian-based airline Malev said it plans to increase its market share in Romania by attracting passengers currently flying with Tarom or Austrian Airlines.
Read MoreLasselsberger Romania faces criminal charges
Lasselsberger Romania, fully-owned subsidiary of Austrian-based manufacturer of ceramic wall and floor surfaces, is under criminal probe, according to data extracted from the Trade Registry.
Read MoreRomania to supply fruit and vegetables to Norway, Ukraine and Russia
Under a EUR 3 million program referred to the European Commission, which includes information and promotion actions for Romanian fruit and vegetables, local growers will be able to export their fresh or canned produce to countries like Norway, Ukraine and Russia; the program was approved mid-November.
Read More$18 Million Award for American Process, Inc in Alpena, Michigan
U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Alpena-based American Process, Incorporated has been awarded nearly $18 million in Recovery Act funding to accelerate biofuel production. American Process, Inc. is one of the investors in the Alpena Prototype Biorefinery, a new $23.5 Million project yet to be built in a newly created Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone. The Renaissance Zone encompasses land acquired for the project from longtime board manufacturer Decorative Panels International.
Read MoreRussian ambassador: Romania can be Russia’s gateway to EU and EU gateway to Russia
Russia’s ambassador to Romania Alexandr Churilin said the Russian Cultural Centre of Russki Mir (Russian World) Foundation that opened on Friday in a festive ceremony at Bucharest’s Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) has a major role in the development of the Russian-Romanian relations. ‘It is an important event not only for the ASE or the ethnic Russians’ community in Romania, but also for the development of the relations between our two countries’, Churilin said. He hailed the opening of this first centre in Romania as being the beginning of a ‘new chapter in the Russian-Romanian relations’.
Read MoreSeven UI faculty members awarded Fulbright grants
Seven members of the University of Illinois faculty have been awarded 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar grants. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields, according to the Fulbright Scholar Program.
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