Recent News Headlines : Romania
FOX FROZEN IN BLOCK OF ICE AFTER DROWNING IN RIVER AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE ACROSS EUROPE
Extreme winter weather has gripped southern Germany's Baden-Wurttemberg state, where photographer Johannes Stehle captured the image, for more than a week... READ MORE›
EUROPE SCRAMBLES TO HELP HOMELESS MIGRANTS AS DEEP FREEZE GRIPS CONTINENT
BELGRADE, SERBIA--Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather... READ MORE›
ROMANIA WAS ABOUT TO APPOINT ITS FIRST MUSLIM PRIME MINISTER. THEN THE PRESIDENT INTERVENED
Romania's president has rejected the nomination of the country's first ever Muslim candidate for prime minister... READ MORE›
ANGER IN ROMANIA AS PRESIDENT BLOCKS FEMALE MUSLIM AS PM NOMINEE
Romania was tipped to have its first female and first Muslim prime minister, until the country's president on Tuesday rejected the Social Democrat Party's nomination... READ MORE›
ROMANIA MAY SOON NAME A LITTLE-KNOWN WOMAN AS THE E.U.'S FIRST MUSLIM PRIME MINISTER
Because of the nation's Muslim roots, Shhaideh's faith has raised less attention in Romania than it might have in other eastern European countries... READ MORE›
'I VOTED FOR A SAFE CHOICE'
The Romanian centre-left party the Social Democrats PSD have won the country's parliamentary elections following the departure of its last socialist prime minister due to corruption... READ MORE›
CENTER-LEFT PARTY POISED TO REGAIN POWER IN ROMANIA
Even with the result strongly favoring the Social Democratic Party, concerns about corruption created uncertainty about who would be prime minister in the new government... READ MORE›
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS EASILY WIN ROMANIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Romania's left-leaning Social Democrats have easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last Socialist prime minister from power, near-fina... READ MORE›
ROMANIA'S LEFT TAKES BIG LEAD IN ELECTION
Saying he hoped there would be no conflict over the results, Mr Dragnea said There should be no doubt who won the elections... READ MORE›
ROMANIA'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS EASILY WIN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Romania's left-leaning Social Democrats have easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last socialist prime minister from power... READ MORE›
THE ONE LAND WHERE POPULISTS AREN'T
But Romania is missing some of the key ingredients for populism, including an untouchable political elite... READ MORE›
ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE DOMINATES ROMANIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
The demonstrators called for the prime minister, already subject to a graft probe, to quit amid complaints over government corruption and poor safety standards... READ MORE›
'EUROPE SHOWS UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS TURKEY' - MIGRATION COMMISSIONER
Human rights activists have rallied in Hungary's capital Budapest calling for the release of Syrian man convicted of inciting a migrant riot last year... READ MORE›
CORRUPTION SEEN AS A GREAT CHALLENGE IN EUROPE, ASIA
Bribery in the European Union was highest in Romania, with 29 percent of Romanians reporting paying bribes, followed by 24 percent of Lithuanians and 22 percent of Hungarians... READ MORE›
NATO OR NOT NATO - THE QUESTION FOR DONALD TRUMP
After all, is it Russia or NATO that has been more, umm, assertive over the last 27 years?... READ MORE›
PRO-RUSSIAN CANDIDATES WIN PRESIDENTIAL VOTES IN BULGARIA AND MOLDOVA
Voters in Bulgaria and Moldova elected pro-Russian populist presidents on the weekend, adding to mounting concern about Western unity following Donald Trump rsquo... READ MORE›
EU WILL MAINTAIN RUSSIA POLICIES, EVEN IF US CHANGES COURSE - MOGHERINI
On Monday, EU foreign ministers will officially meet and discuss plans to boost European defense cooperation, including the proposal for a European military headquarters... READ MORE›
HUNGARY MPS TO VOTE ON EU QUOTA
Of those who voted, 98 percent supported Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban's call to block the quotas... READ MORE›
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CZECH REPUBLIC CLAIMS PROPAGANDA WAR BY RUSSIA AND SETS UP COUNTER-EFFORT
The Czech Republic has stuck to the common European Union stance towards Russia... READ MORE›
DAVID STOLIAR SURVIVOR OF WORLD WAR II DISASTER DIES AT 91
Thousands hoped for passage out of Constanza, Romania's port on the Black Sea, and through the Bosporus to Palestine... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE 12 MOST BEAUTIFUL CEMETERIES IN THE WORLD
Established in 1804, the cemetery was first used for reburials from other parts of the city... READ MORE›
MOLDOVA IN 'EU V RUSSIA' ELECTION
Related Stories Moldova is voting in parliamentary elections which are widely seen as a contest between pro-EU parties and those backing closer ties with Russia... READ MORE›
A TRAIN JOURNEY TO FREEDOM ALMOST ENDED IN HUNGARY
A week later, we took the train to Switzerland, where we were awarded political refugee status... READ MORE›
U.S. SENDS F-22 WARPLANES TO ROMANIA
The planes touched down in Romania, near the home of Russia's Black Sea fleet... READ MORE›
MUSLIMS THREATEN EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN IDENTITY, HUNGARY'S LEADER SAYS
Muslims threaten europe's christian identity hungary's leader says... READ MORE›
HUNGARY ORDERS 100-MILE SERBIA BORDER FENCE TO KEEP OUT MIGRANTS
Hungary, which was the first Communist country to dismantle the Iron Curtain, is now building a new curtain on its southern border... READ MORE›
BUCHAREST NIGHTCLUB FIRE: ROMANIAN PM AND ENTIRE GOVERNMENT RESIGN FOLLOWING PROTESTS
We back our coalition further and are available to create a new government majority alongside the PSD Ponta's Social Democrat party, it said in the statement... READ MORE›
EU HOPEFUL OF UKRAINE GAS DEAL
'Price at issue' Friday's talks came after Hungary cut its gas deliveries to Ukraine, arguing that it needed to stock up its reserves... READ MORE›
FIRE AT ROMANIAN NIGHTCLUB KILLS DOZENS
At least 180 people were injured in the fire at the Colectiv nightclub, according to The Associated Press... READ MORE›
BOOK 'EM: THE LOOPHOLE UNDERMINING ROMANIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE
People are writing eight, nine, 10 books with no scientific value but are still able to reduce their sentences... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN STRIKER WELLINGTON'S RACIST ABUSE DURING FOOTBALL MATCH IN ROMANIA LEAVES HIM IN TEARS
The Concordia Chiajna striker accused Rapid Bucharest supporters of throwing a banana at him during the Romanian league match on Friday... READ MORE›
BRUA PIPELINE FOR EUROPEAN ENERGY DIVERSITY MOVES FORWARD
Representatives of the European Commission and the Energy Ministers of 12 EU countries were on hand for the ceremony for the gas pipeline through Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary and Austria... READ MORE›
EASTERN EUROPEA??S HARD ATTITUDE TO REFUGEES IS BORN OUT OF TRAUMA
Accusations of bigotry and historical amnesia are thrown at eastern European governments, but many westerners are ignorant of how this region operates... READ MORE›
CROATIA BORDER CLASHES AS COUNTRY SAYS IT CANNOT TAKE MORE REFUGEES
Austria introduced tighter controls on its eastern border, through which tens of thousands of people have passed on their way from Hungary to Germany... READ MORE›
BRITISH ARMY BRIGADIER SAYS HE IS A SCAPEGOAT IN ROMANIAN FOREST SCANDAL
According to press reports, a tape recording revealed a conversation between him and a man called Gheorghe Paltin Sturdza, a Romanian businessman accused of restitution crimes... READ MORE›
ROMANIAN PM QUITS THE DAY AFTER PROTESTS OVER DEADLY NIGHTCLUB FIRE
The head of the ruling leftist Social Democrat Party Liviu Dragnea told reporters in parliament Victor Ponta is giving up his mandate... READ MORE›
ECONOMIC GAINS CAN DEFEAT UKRAINE SEPARATISTS
Moldova is a small, agrarian and impoverished former Soviet republic sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine... READ MORE›
HUNGARY BUILT A RAZOR-WIRE FENCE TO KEEP REFUGEES OUT. NOW, IT'S DESPERATE FOR MIGRANTS.
Hungary's labor shortage had long been anticipated Each year, Hungary loses young workers to other E.U... READ MORE›
ROMANIA TAKES STEP TOWARD RESTITUTION TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Those who survived then found their property nationalized by Romania's Communist leadership, which ruled from 1947 until 1989... READ MORE›
AMBULANCES ON SCENE AFTER BUCHAREST NIGHTCLUB FIRE
Video Ambulances on scene after Bucharest nightclub fire... READ MORE›
FOR DISHEARTENED BREXIT VOTERS, ROMANIA IS OFFERING TO 'ADOPT A BRIT'
Start a brand new life in a loving Romanian family... READ MORE›
DILUTED DISINFECTANTS SCANDAL ROCKS ROMANIA HOSPITALS
When a biologist with Hexi Pharma provided evidence of the dilution, Tolontan's team independently sourced drums of the products and tested them in April... READ MORE›
BUYOUT FUNDS EYE ALLIANCES FOR SABMILLER'S PILSNER, EAST EUROPE BRANDS
Private equity funds are keen to invest in central and eastern European beer brands as alcohol consumption in these markets remains strong, offering scope for growth... READ MORE›
BULGARIAN CHURCH URGES GOVERNMENT TO STOP MIGRANTS
The Bulgarian Orthodox people should not pay the price of our disappearance as a state... READ MORE›
UKRAINE'S PURSUIT OF NATO MEMBERSHIP 'POSES DANGER TO EUROPEAN SECURITY'
Russia Ukraine's pursuit of Nato membership 'poses danger to European security'... READ MORE›
VICTOR STANCULESCU ROMANIAN GENERAL WHO TURNED AGAINST CEAUSESCU DIES AT 88
Sniffing Mr. Ceausescu's defeat, General Stanculescu quickly returned to Bucharest, where he faked a broken leg to avoid further counterrevolutionary deployment... READ MORE›
RUSSIA SAYS NATO TURNING UKRAINE INTO 'FRONT LINE OF CONFRONTATION'
Russia threatens to sever remaining ties with Nato if Ukraine joins... READ MORE›
TUNIS BARDO MUSEUM ATTACK: DID YOU JOIN THE MARCH FOR UNITY?
A march against terrorism took place in the centre of Tunis on Sunday... READ MORE›