British singer Rod Stewart will perform in Romania on the Iolanda Balas-Soter stadium in June 29, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs. Tickets will be sold starting with January 26.

Sir Elton John will perform in Romania on June 5, 2010 in the Constitutiei Square, in Bucharest, the capital city, metalhead.ro informs. Tickets will be available shortly. 

After two concerts in Romania in 1999 and 2008, Metallica will come to Bucharest next year as part of the Sonisphere festival, scheduled for 25 to 27 June, 2010, sonispherefestivals.com reads. The first show will be held at Warsaw, in Poland.

Eric Clapton will perform in Bucharest in June, on the Iolanda Balas Soter national rugby field, according to The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. The concert is part of the artist's 2010 European tour. Eric Clapton announced on December 7 the European tour date, which will start in May next year. The first concert is scheduled for Birmingham, Great Britain, on May 18 and the last performance will take place on June 13 in Istanbul.

Over 1.3000 militaries from the Defence and the Interior ministries and from The Romanian Intelligence Service and the Romanian Guard and Protection Service will march on the Streets of Bucharest today, starting 11 a.m., for Romania's National Day.

Baneasa passageway in Bucharest will be opened to traffic on Friday, November 27, Interim Transports minister Berceanu declared, quoted by Romanian  news agency NewsIn. Traffic restrictions in the area lasted for more than a month.

On Friday, 344 people, future Romanian citizens, will be the main subjects of the faith oath ceremony, according to a Justice and Citizen Liberties Ministry communiqué. The event will take place starting with 2:45 pm (local time) in the National Institute of Magistrates hall.

Paul Di'Anno, the first iron Maiden vocal, will perform in Bucharest, in the Club Silver Church on November 19, starting 8 pm (local time), the organisers inform. The show is part of a world tour that lists almost 30 countries. The Thunderbolt Norwegians and the R.U.S.T. Romanians will take care of the opening.

Grammy award winner, actress and TV host, hip hop singer Eve will perform in Bucharest on November 6 in the Bamboo club in Bucharest, King Size Entertainment informs. The even will start at 11pm and a ticket costs about 50 RON.

The Government allowed the Finance Ministry to borrow 370 million euros from the European Investment Bank to build the tube section from Drumul Taberei to Universitate, the PM in exercise Emil Boc declared on Wednesday, quoted by NewsIn.

Theatre lovers in Bucharest have been granted free access to theatre plays and to the National Centre for Dance on Wednesday night, after 10 p.m. The Night Theatre is organised by the local council through ArCuB centre for cultural projects.

The Romanian Tourism Ministry allocated 218,500 euros for its participation to the autumn edition of the Romanian Tourism Fair. Out of this sum, 172,600 euros represent the cost for renting the stand. The rest of 45,900 euros has been reserved for decorations and a salsa band show. 

Bucharest will soon host a megaplex of 21 cinema theatres plus an IMAX (Image Maximum) starting November 20, the most modern and expensive film technology worldwide, with the promise of an experience topping 3D, following an investment worth of 10 million euros. Even if several malls have seen their construction delayed, Cinema City International executive manager Moshe Greidinger claims that the film market thrived during financial crisis and that another such megaplex might be opened in Romania within the next 18 months. 

Crossing the National Road 1 (DN1), which links Bucharest with Central Romania and the International Otopeni Airport, at key crossroads in Baneasa, north of the city, will be restricted for a month starting October 10 at midnight, a press release of the national road company CNADR reads on Wednesday.

About 8,000 state employees affiliated to several Romanian trade unions gathered in Victoria Square downtown Bucharest to demand a higher minimum salary at national level, restored salaries, new jobs and employee protection. Some 20,000 protesters had been initially announced by organizers, as Romanian news agency Mediafax reported. The protest started at 11.00 a.m. and is due to end at 2.30 p.m.. 

 Traffic will be restricted on Wednesday starting at 12am around the Government's building so that police officers can set up the area for the protest of the unions where 20,000 people are expected, police officers inform, quoted by Romanian news agency NewsIn.

Bucharest will host on Saturday the first parade of classic motorcycles at Enescu square starting 11 am continuing towards Romania's National History Museum where registered motorcycles will join the crowd.

Known as the most successful Belgian band, Vaya Con Dios will perform in Bucharest on October 13 at Sala Palatului an acoustic concert. The two-hour long event will bring tunes with Gypsy influences, but also Johnny, a cover after one of Edit Piaf's songs, who in her turn was inspired by Sanie cu zurgalai, sang by Romanian Maria Lataretu. 

ING will sack up to 280 employees next year in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, after transferring some activities in Romania, according to Reuters. The number of the staff to go represents 30-40% of the total ING employees in the two countries. 

September 22nd marks, globally, the day when citizens give up their personal cars and use an environmental friendly transport. It is the day in which citizens attempt to use their bike, walk or hop onto public transportation.