December 17 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in the online versions of Romanian media on Thursday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
ZIARUL FINANCIAR
- Austria's Volksbank will raise the capital of its Romanian unit by the equivalent of 200 million euro, the executive president of Volksbank Romania, Gerald Schreiner, said.
- The Romanian online advertising market fell by 25% on the year to 25.5 million lei in the first half of 2009, but the market still has growth potential, Romanian Online Advertising Study carried by IAB Romania showed.
- Romania's drug market grew by an annual 12.8% in terms of sales calculated in the local currency, leu, in the first ten months of 2009, a survey by market research company Cegedim Romania showed. Calculated in euro, sales fell by 2.8% in January-October.
MEDIAFAX
- Romania will likely launch a 1.5 billion euro Eurobond issue in 2010 to finance the budget deficit, said Lucian Anghel, chief economist at Banca Comerciala Romana.
- Romania has reported 27 swine flu-related deaths by Wednesday, the Health Ministry said. It also confirmed 4,885 infections with the A/H1N1 virus by Wednesday with 81 new cases registered in the last 24 hours.
BUSINESS STANDARD
- The Romanian unit of Germany's utility E.ON plans to lay off 800 employees in 2010 and 2011, as the company has reported a 786 million lei loss from gas and electricity distribution, head of E.ON Romania Frank Hajdinjak said.
AGERPRES
- An Austrian-Japanese concern plans to build a 250 million euro wind farm in eastern Romania next year, the agency reported quoting the Romania Libera daily.
(1 euro=4.2259 Romanian lei)