The Bucharest-Ilfov region is the most developed of Romania, with a Gross Domestic Product on inhabitant worth 131 pct of the European average, which means that Bucharest is above other European capital cities, such as Athens (98 pct), Madrid (128 pct), Berlin (113 pct) or Budapest (108 pct), an analysis sent by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania says on Wednesday. The rest of Romania records a GDP/inhabitant of only 54 pct of the European average, and some regions less than this, namely the North-East (34 pct) or South (41 pct). The Social Monitor, a project by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania has launched on Wednesday a new infographic displaying where Romania lays as compared to other states as regards the difference of development and incomes between Bucharest and the rest of the country. "The over-centralization of economy in the country's capital city is a particularity of Central and Eastern Europe, notwithstanding no other state records such a huge difference of development between the capital city and the rest of the country. In 2012, the average household income in Bucharest was worth 6,300 euro, while in the South and South-East regions it barely reached 2,700 euro, and in North-East 2,300 euro (data for 2012)," reads the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania release. From the point of view of the education of the population aged 30-34 years, Bucharest is close to the average of the other canvassed capitals. According to the source, the percentage of the people aged 30-34 with higher education and of the unemployed, in school or in vocational training (NEET) places the city of Bucharest in a more difficult situation than Athens or Madrid, capital cities of some states that are confronted with high unemployment problems.
The latest feature film by Romanian director Tudor Giurgiu, 3 Days in September (3 zile în septembrie), has been selected for the Limelight section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), one of the world’s leading film festivals. IFFR, with an average audience of around 275,000 viewers, alongside more than 2,000 film industry professionals from […]
Romania’s interior minister, Cătălin Predoiu, and the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, decided on Tuesday, December 16, to establish a Task Force aimed at stimulating the exchange of information and data. The exchange is aimed at improving the fight against organized crime, illegal migration, cyber threats, and illegal activities carried […]
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Romania’s acting minister of defence, Radu Miruță, has asked Parliament to grant prior approval for the signing of a framework agreement with Lockheed Martin for the training of F-16 flight personnel at the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC) hosted in Romania,
Former Social Democrat (PSD) transport minister Răzvan Cuc was detained by prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) on suspicion of complicity in bribery, the DNA announced on Tuesday, December 16. Cuc, a member of the Social Democratic Party who served as minister of transport in the governments led by Sorin Grindeanu (currently the leader […]
Regions across Romania will receive a financing boost as a result of a EUR 25 million loan that CEC Bank is receiving from the European Investment Bank (EIB). CEC Bank will channel the EIB credit into public-sector projects that promote sustainable economic development, particularly in Romanian regions where the shift to a greener industry is […]
