December 14 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in the online versions of Romanian media over the weekend and on Monday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
ZIARUL FINANCIAR
- Foreign investors were net sellers on the Bucharest Stock Exchange in November taking out 12.3 million lei from the market due to political instability in Romania, bourse data showed. Local players, on the other had, had a positive balance of 13.5 million lei.
- Russian gas giant Gazprom could invite Romania in the South Stream gas pipeline project in case Bulgaria exists the project, the daily reportd quoting news agency Mediafax. South Stream is estimated at 7.9 billion euro and is designed to carry Caspian gas to Europe.
- French logistics company FM Logistic has earmarked 100 million euro for investment in development of its operations in Romania in the next 4-5 years in case the number of clients and the cargo traffic grows, head of FM Logistic Hungary & Romania Sylvain Cotin said.
MEDIAFAX
- Romania has reported 18th swine flu-related deaths by Sunday, the Health Ministry said. It also confirmed 4,548 infections with the A/H1N1 virus by Sunday with 174 new cases registered in the last 24 hours.
BUSINESS STANDARD
- International hotel chain Wyndham will open its first Days Inn hotel in Romania by the end of 2010, CEO of Wyndham's local representative Trend Hospitality Tinu Sebesanu said.
- Some 7,500 employees in the Romanian railway transport sector will lose their jobs in 2010 due to fall in passenger and cargo railway traffic, market analysts forecast. They also expect that employees in railway equipment companies will decrease by 10% next year.
- Romanian chemical producer Oltchim will lay off 400 out of its 3,200 employees in the first half of 2010, the company's director general Constantin Roibu said.
(1 euro=4.2469 Romanian lei)