The European labor market is now highly flexible – but that’s not all good news for countries such as Romania, where over two million people have left in recent years. The health sector has been especially hard hit by the brain drain. Made in Germany reports from Cluj-Napoca.
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Real estate: DTZ: Cluj, Iasi, Timisoara and Brasov offices are 25% cheaper than in Bucharest
Rent costs for class A offices in Cluj, Iasi, Timisoara and Brasov are 25% lower than in Bucharest, when the overall stock of such areas in the four towns is 450,000 square meters, five times smaller than in the Capital city, according to DTZ, one of the most important real estate consultants in Romania, according to actmedia.eu.
Read MoreRomanian insolvency administrator puts shopping malls, offices, hotels, residential properties up for sale online
Romanian insolvency administrator Casa de Insolventa Transilvania (CITR) has launched the sales.citr.ro website, which gathers some 5,000 products, according to Romania-Insider.com.
Read MoreEuropean commissionaires, ministers, academics at the 2014 edition of Cluj Innovation Days of 20 – 21 March
Cluj IT Cluster will organise between 20 – 21 March the event Cluj Innovation Days, where over 400 people will take part in conferences and workshops dedicated to the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in the socio-economic development, among guests being Dacian Ciolos, Liviu Dragnea, Emil Boc, according to actmedia.eu.
Read MoreCities of Silicon
Every country wants its own Silicon Valley, writes Steve Mullins. In London, the innovation territory is Silicon Roundabout, of course, and The Tech City organisation, which helps start-ups set up in the city, reckons there are now 1,300 firms active in the area – compared with a mere 200 in 2010 – employing more than 155,000 people. That’s not enough for some. Mayor Boris Johnson wants to bring the moribund Olympic Park, site of the 2012 Games, onboard Siliconia, calling it a ‘ripe location’ for start-ups, according to brand-e.biz.
Read MoreSilicon Valley of Cluj which is to reunite over 20,000 IT specialists is coming to life
Cluj Innovation City, project started in the summer of 2012 under the name of Cluj Silicon Valley as one of the eight development poles of Romania starts to take shape and draw attention to foreign investors, both of Europe and of other continents, says The Diplomat.
Read MoreSocialists Pledge Not To Withdraw Rights Of Ethnic Hungarians
The Socialist Party, if it wins the election, will not withdraw the rights which have been afforded to Hungarian citizens living beyond the border, a Socialist lawmaker said after talks with officials of the ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party and the Transylvanian Hungarian National Council (EMNT) in Cluj (Kolozsvár), Romania, according to xpatloop.com.
Read MoreAllview organises Android programming marathon
Romanian electronics firm Allview, the Centre for Public Diplomacy (Centrul pentru Diplomatie Publica) and Universitatea Transilvania in Brasov have announced the opening of the first edtion of a programming marathon called ‘Entrepreneurship’ which will take place on 28 and 29 March at Universitatea Transilvania in Brasov. The event’s aim is to promote applications made by Romanian students passionate about programming in the EU. During the event, teams of two to four students will develop an app over a period of 24 hours with a social utility for devices that are powered by Android.
Read MoreFading Fiorentina face Juventus triple header
Fiorentina’s initially promising season has run into difficulties in the last two months and may be about to get a lot worse as they face a triple header against runaway Serie A leaders Juventus, according to Reuters.
Read MoreCluj – Napoca to add 40 buses to its public transport fleet this year
Commuters in the central Romanian city of Cluj – Napoca will get to ride 40 new buses starting fall this year, after the city hall will spend EUR 14 million on renewing its public transport fleet, says Romania-Insider.com.
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