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10. 11. 09. - 16:00

Chivu launches Inter Campus project

Romanian Times

Internazionale Milan player Cristi Chivu today (Tues) launched in Slatina the local edition of the Inter Campus project, aimed at promoting sports for disadvantaged children.

Chivu, who is also captain of the Romanian national football team, participated in the official launch although he had already been called up for the national team’s training for the Poland match on Saturday.

Chivu told the hundreds of children who came to see him that they must believe in their dreams and respect one another.

FC Internazionale Milano, Pirelli and the Comunita Nuova Association have launched the InterCampus project in Romania.

Inflation reaches two-years high
Romania's annual inflation in August rocketed to 7.58 per cent, the highest figure in the last two years, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said today (Fri).

FDI drops by a third
Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Romania dropped by 36 per cent to 1.9 billion Euros in the first seven months of this year, the central bank said today (Fri).

ING to invest 250mn Euros in regional centre in Transylvania
ING Group is to invest 250 million Euros in the following ten years, for the development of the newly opened regional services centre, in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, company officials have announced.

Pharma market boosted in Q2
The pharma market in Romania registered a boost in the second quarter of this year, a report by marketing and sales reports company Cegedim showed yesterday (Thurs).

Romanian TV boss arrested
The owner of TV channel Realitatea TV, Sorin Ovidiu Vintu, and two other people have been put under preventive arrest for 29 days.

Eric Besson: There is no competition between France and Romania
French Immigration minister, Eric Besson, said yesterday (Thurs), during his visit to Bucharest, that there was "no competition" between France and Romania.

Austrian motorist dies in Romania
An Austrian motorist has died while on holiday in southern Romania, according to local press reports.

Cocaine found in shipped party game
A Romanian tried to smuggle almost one kilo of cocaine into Austria from Costa Rica hid in a party game, the Austrian Times has reported today.

Romanian company bosses, last in income rankings
Romanian company bosses have been identified as bottom lights in a European comparison made by Vienna-based business consulting agency Kienbaum Management Consultants, the Austrian Times has reported today.

Romania tries to cover medical-personnel deficit
After the departure of thousands of doctors and nurses from Romanian hospitals for salaries up to ten times higher abroad, leaving a deserted medical system in Romania, the Health Ministry has finally announced new hires in the sector.