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Some 30% of Romanians distrust banks
Over 83 percent of Romania doe not wish to take out a bank loan in the coming 12 months, while 69 percent of these will not even be able to put money aside, according to a study by the Deposit Guarantee Fund in the Banking System (FGDB). "The population's situation has worsened, and the level of dissatisfaction continues to grow. Over 28 percent of the population has no faith in banks, said Eugen Dijmarescu, President of FGDB…
Pollution Tax For One Romanian Dacia Logan Reaches EUR774
The lowest amount to be paid as pollution tax upon the purchase of a new Dacia Logan in Romania will be EUR363 and the highest amount will reach EUR774, starting January 1, 2010, when owners of Euro 4 cars start paying the pollution tax. For a new, gasoline-powered, Dacia Logan, with a cylinder capacity of 1,149 cc and CO2 emissions of 139 grams per kilometer, the tax reaches EUR363…
Google awards iQuest for application in tourism field
Romanian-German company iQuest ranked 1st in the 'tourism' category in a global competition initiated by Google to award the best applications developed for Android operation system phones. The award came accompanied by a with 100,000-dollar cheque too…
ANOFM: The number of unemployed rose by over 29,000 in November
The unemployment rate in Romania rose 0.4 per cent in November, from October, according to a press release by the National Employment Agency (ANOFM). Last month saw an unemployment rate of 7.5 percent, from 7.1 in October.. The total number of unemployed registered with county employment agencies came to 683,123 people, of whom 298,091 were women…