May 25, 2018

Alexandru Mavrodineanu’s second long documentary Caisăwill screen in the Romanian Days competition at the 17th edition of the Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The film follows the relationship between a young boxer and his coach, according to FilmNewEurope.com. After being betrayed by his former protégé, who became a boxing World...

May 24, 2018

Virtual reality, live cinema, Instagram Stories and new forms of storytelling will take center stage at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival during infiniTIFF, an eight-day exploration of how technology is reshaping the way we create and share our stories. For its sophomore edition, infiniTIFF returns with a slate of screenings, workshops, and a full-day...

May 24, 2018

Bosch, the global leader in technology and service provision, ended the fiscal year 2017 with consolidated sales of RON 1.9 billion (EUR 416 million) in Romania, which represents an increase of 26 percent over the year previous. Net sales of RON 4.2 billion (EUR 931 million), including sales of unconsolidated companies and domestic deliveries to affiliated...

May 23, 2018

The Alba Iulia Court of Appeal sentenced Elena Metesan, a former employee of state-owned CEC Bank, to five years and six months in prison. She is accused of having embezzled a total of EUR 1.7 million, according to Romania-Insider.com. The Alba Tribunal had previously sentenced Metesan to three years in prison, local Digi24 reported. The Court of Appeal...

May 23, 2018

A third (34%) of employers in Romania say they encounter difficulties in finding workers with a secondary education, while 44% of the blue-collar workers say the same about finding a job, according to a survey carried out by Reveal Marketing Research and classifieds platform OLX, according to Romania-Insider.com. “The percentage difference between the...

May 22, 2018

Employees in Bucharest and the counties of Cluj, Timis and Ilfov are the best paid this year in terms of net average monthly earnings. At the opposite end are employees in the counties of Bistrita-Nasaud, Ialomita and Harghita, according to the projection of the main economic and social indicators in territorial profile until 2021, published by Romania’s...

May 22, 2018

Wello, an app based on artificial intelligence (AI) which aims to help obese children live healthier lifestyles has received financing of 1 million euros, of which 650,000 euros is a non-reimbursable loan from the European Union’s Operational Competitiveness Fund, part of the European Fund of Regional Development, says emerging-europe.com. Based in Cluj,...

May 21, 2018

CFR Cluj won the Romanian league title in their first season under coach Dan Petrescu after a 1-0 win over former champions Viitorul Constanta on the final day of the campaign on Sunday, says Reuters. Croatian midfielder Damjan Djokovic scored the only goal at Dr. Constantin Radulescu stadium two minutes before the break to help Cluj lift the trophy for a fourth...