Mircea Geoana on election tour in Transylvania and Dobrogea

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate for President Mircea Geoana, on Saturday Nov 7, continued his electoral tour in several localities in Transylvania (central western Romania) and went to Contanta County (south east), towards evening. When in Turda (Cluj County -central west), Geoana said that Bucharest had to fulfill its duties to Romania’s historical provinces. ‘My visit to Cluj has a profound address, namely the political Bucharest has still to honor a duty toward Moldavia (eastern historical province) since the Small Union (1859 – editor’s note) and toward Transylvania since the Great Union (1918 – editor’s note).

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Enterprise Investors completes integration of Macon and Simcor

Polish investment fund Enterprise Investors announced it has completed the integration of Macon and Simcor into one holding company that specialises in production of construction materials, whose ACC (autoclaved cellular concrete) production will rise 14% by the end of 2010. The management of Macon-Simcor announced it has invested 2.5 million euros since the beginning of the year to boost productivity of companies within the holding, with 7.

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ITV: FC Copenhagen v PSV

PSV Eindhoven coach Fred Rutten expects FC Copenhagen to employ a different approach to the teams’ last meeting when they square up in their Europa League clash in Denmark. The Dutch side are currently top of Group K with seven points from three games while their Danish opponents prop up the standings although there is just one point separating second from fourth. The teams met a fortnight ago with PSV claiming a 1-0 victory which means three points on Thursday will all but guarantee Rutten’s side a top-two finish.

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Banca Romaneasca: We are trying to get lending going

Banca Romaneasca, the local branch of the Greek financial group National Bank of Greece (NBG) is preparing to test the lending market again, after it had so far had restrictive client selection conditions this year. „In 2010 we want a controlled and prudent growth. On the retail loan segment, we will focus in particular on mortgage-backed loans, we are already in the process of revising lending conditions, which are quite restrictive at present,” says Crina Cosma, interim general manager of the bank.

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Financiarul: More than 1,000 people attended memorial service of archimandrite Teofil Paraian

More than 1,000 people on Saturday participated in the funeral of the archimandrite priest Teofil Paraian, held at the Brancoveanu Monastery located in Sambata de Sus (central Romania). A group of priests, led by the Bishop of Ardeal Laurentiu Streza held the religious service, with archimandrite Paraian having been in the end buried in the cemetery of the monastery. The archimandrite has died on Thursday morning, after many months of suffering. He was a role model, a devoted Christian and in the same time a man who knew the reality of his time.

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