Romania coach Victor Piturca has been handed a suspended one-year prison sentence for aiding and abetting controversial Steaua Bucharest owner George Becali in a high-profile corruption case in the Balkan country, the supreme court said.
Read MoreCategorie: English
Transylvania Today nr.1
Click aici pentru vizualizarea revistei
Read MoreThe Economist explains; How did winemaking reach France?
France sits at the pinnacle of the wine world. Its characteristic regional styles—including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone blends and Champagne—are imitated by winemakers around the globe. But in the grand scheme of things France is a relative latecomer to viticulture. Winemaking began in the Zagros mountains of northern Iran in the 6th millennium BC, and then spread throughout the Near East to the Mediterranean. But how and when did knowledge of winemaking arrive in France? Evidence unearthed by a team led by Patrick McGovern, of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, provides the most detailed answer so far.
Read MoreEUObserver: EU imposes levies on Chinese solar panel imports
The European Commission on Tuesday (4 June) decided to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels – the largest case to date involving over €20bn worth of imports – despite German-led opposition from member states.
Read MorePetrolul edge past Cluj to win Romanian Cup VIDEO
Petrolul Ploiesti beat CFR Cluj 1-0 at the National Arena to win the Romanian Cup on Saturday after an early goal from Congolese striker Jeremy Bokila.
Read MoreThe Economist: The strange rebirth of liberal England
Young Britons have turned liberal, both socially and economically. Politicians need to get on their side.
Read MoreActmedia.eu: Premier Ponta requests control body to check contract with Bechtel
Premier Victor Ponta on Monday sent the control body to Bechtel and asked them to check the contract with this company, governmental sources told Agerpres.The contract with Bechtel for the Transilvania motorway, connecting Brasov (central Romania) to Bors (western Romania), totally ends on Monday, currently being almost cancelled, said Minister Delegate for Infrastructure Projects and Foreign Investments Dan Sova recently. ‘On Monday it ends totally. The sum is established,’ said Sova.
Read MoreTrade: Beer Producers’ Association: Romanian drank 18.8 million hl in 2012
The Romanians drank 18.8 million hl of beer in 2012, the general manager of the Beer Producers’ Association in Romania, Constantin Bratu said in Cluj Napoca at a press conference.
Read MoreThe Economist: The Spanish economy – On being propped up
Spain’s pain is likely to continue, despite some promising reforms, unless new sources of growth emerge, according to www.economist.com
Read MoreRomanian lender Banca Transilvania recently ended its EUR 30 million bonds issuance
Romanian lender Banca Transilvania recently ended its EUR 30 million bonds issuance, which was fully subscribed. This is the bank’s second bonds issuance, with the first launched in 2005.
Read More