ZF: Heineken and Schlossgold beer brands sold in Romania come from brewery in Miercurea Ciuc exclusively

Anna Maria Vikarius, manager of Heineken Romania’s Miercurea-Ciuc-based brewery, says one of the reasons for dropping the malt production division within the plant was the fact that it accounted for less than half of the facility’s required production.”We will keep the malt storage area and will most probably use the remaining space for other purposes,” said Anna Maria Vikarius, who has been managing the biggest beer plant within Heineken Romania for almost six years. Vikarius has not mentioned what the area will be used for.

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ZF: Billa wants to double its expansion pace next year

Billa network, the biggest player on the domestic supermarket market, plans to step up expansion next year, after having reached the highest number of store openings in one year since entering Romania at the end of 2009. „Year 2010 will see stepped-up expansion on the Romanian market, as we’re due to double the average growth pace of recent years,” Billa representatives stated.In the past three years, the retailer has opened 22 new stores, with the average annual expansion pace standing at seven.

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Financiarul: France’s ambassador: Romania starts being aware of agriculture importance

Romania must restructure its agriculture very well in order it could export its farm produce, during the years ahead, France’s Ambassador in Bucharest Henri Paul told Agerpres, on Tuesday.There are farm products, which Romania can export, depending on the season and the achievements of the local agriculture. In Romania, people start becoming aware of the importance of the agriculture, and this is a relatively new thing. Due to the communist mentality on the priority role the industry plays, the agriculture was not seen as the economy’s main branch.

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Financiarul: Sarah Kane”s “Cleansed” directed by Andrei Serban to be staged in Santander Drama Festival

Sarah Kane”s “Cleansed” directed by Romanian Andrei Serban and produced by the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre will be staged in the 20th edition of the Santander Drama Festival, to be held October 14 – December 19. The Romanian production will be mounted twice, October 15 and October 16, at the Sports Complex of the Cantabria University, the Romanian Culture Institute (ICR) in Madrid reports.

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RFE Interview: Herta Mueller On Growing Up In Ceausescu’s Romania

Romanian-born author Herta Mueller on October 8 won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature. In 1999, Mueller, whose parents were members of the German-speaking minority in Romania, spoke to Mircea Iorgulescu from RFE/RL’s Romania-Moldova Service about growing up under dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, her encounters with the secret police, and how her background has shaped her work.

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Financiarul: New Board of the National Bank of Romania, approved by the Parliament

The new Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania on Thursday got the approval in the Parliament, with 251 votes having been cast for and 42 against. The new team will stay in office for the next 5 years. BNR governor Mugur Isarescu presented himself before the Parliament with the new team to operate the National Bank for the next five years, with the Deputies and the Senators validating the 9 members of the BNR Board of Directors.

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