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Romania would need to invest some EUR211 million to connect some 60,600 unconnected households to the national power grid, Thursday said Marian Geanta, development manager of state-owned electricity distributor Electrica.

Price hikes prompted Romanians to spend nearly 6% more on consumer goods in 2009, compared with 2008, and switch to in-home consumption, which triggered higher sales of edible oil, beer and coffee, according to a survey by market research company GfK.

Nearly 300 people have been evacuated in northeastern Romania over the past few days after heavy rains caused massive flooding that affected some 2000 households, local authorities said Saturday.