General manager of the Oradea International Airport, Razvan Horga, signed on Thursday at the Transport Ministry headquarters the EU funding contract for an almost 213 million RON project to expand the passenger terminal, the Bihor County Council said in a release.Following the implementation of the project, the built area of the terminal will increase more than four times from the current 2,925 sqm to approximately 12,500 sqm.Funding will be provided through the 2014 - 2020 Large Infrastructure Operational Program, under Priority Axis 2 - Development of a quality, sustainable and efficient multimodal transport system.Of the total amount of the project of 212,844,709.50 RON, the eligible amount is 166.511 million RON, of which 163.180 million RON in non-refundable EU money (from the European Regional Development Fund) and the eligible public contribution from the state budget, and 3.33 million RON coming from the budget of the Bihor County Council.The investment is due for completion in 8 months, of which two for the design and 6 for the execution of the works.The terminal will be expanded to accommodate a traffic of 400 passengers per flow, with four main flows provided: Schengen departures/arrivals and non-Schengen departures/arrivals. There are also dedicated secondary flows for VIP departures and arrivals. The handling capacity will be of 800 passengers/hour, both for domestic and international flights.Commercial spaces and offices for the administrative, handling, security staff and for representatives of control authorities - border police, Intelligence Service and customs - will also be built as part of the project.The investment also provides for the expansion of the concrete platforms in front of the terminal to facilitate the access of passengers, staff and airport equipment, the expansion of the access road and of the parking (capacity of 320 places), the purchase of a de-icing machine for freezing weather and other related works.
The exhibition RomanIa – Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), gathers a variety of artistic representations of the traditional blouse ia, from painting and sculpture, to drawing, photography, installation, film, music, posters, fashion, books, albums, and more. It includes works by Henri […]
Over 136,000 non-EU citizens held residence permits for employment in Romania at the end of August this year, most of them coming from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Moldova, and India, and two out of three immigrants live in Bucharest, Ilfov, Constanța, Timiș, and Cluj, according to a study conducted by the Economic and Social Council. […]
Romanian prosecutors conducted house searches in 12 locations in Bucharest and two in Târgu Mureș on Wednesday, November 26, in a case targeting former employees of bankrupt insurer Euroins. Specifically, the searches targeted 10 individuals who held executive management positions within Euroins, as well as the headquarters of legal entities controlled by the Bulgarian shareholders […]
Prices in Bucharest’s premium residential market have doubled over the past few years, reaching record highs amid a severe shortage of supply in the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox said. Areas such as Primăverii, Kiseleff, Aviatorilor, and Dorobanți continue to dominate demand. Over the past 2 or 3 years, prices for premium […]
The Romanian Consulate in New York shared on social media the story of George Pomuț (George Pomutz, born Gheorghe Pomuț), the Romanian-American who facilitated the sale of Alaska to the US. Despite his role in US history, the Romanian is largely unknown today, the Consulate noted. Pomuț was born in the Hungarian town of Gyula, […]
Shares of Cris-Tim Family Holding (BVB: CFH) began trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on November 26 after an IPO worth RON 454.35 million (EUR 89.3 million) conducted last month. Cris-Tim is now the largest entrepreneurial company in the food sector on the BVB Main Market. The funds raised from institutional and over 8,000 retail […]
