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AP Interview: Romanian PM certain of reappointment
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta should feel like his political battles will become much easier, after his center-left alliance won a sweeping ...
Center-left gov't controls new Romanian Parliament
Official results indicate that Romania's center-left alliance won 67 percent of the seats in Parliament during this week's national election.
Romania gov't easily wins parliamentary elections
Romania's government has swept to victory in a parliamentary election but even that convincing win may not defuse the rancorous rivalry between the ...
France nixing financial aid for expelled Roma
France will stop giving financial aid to Roma whom it has expelled to their native Romania after fears the money was being used to undermine the ...
Populist emerges in Romania's bitter election
Media tycoon Dan Diaconescu drives a white Rolls Royce, looks like a used car salesman in his shiny mauve jacket, promises to create thousands of jobs ...
Gypsies take curious route through US to asylum
A minivan with California license plates and a dozen passengers zipped across the border between Vermont and Quebec in October, heading north in a ...
Rapid Bucharest files for insolvency
Three-time Romanian champion Rapid Bucharest has filed for insolvency after running up huge debts and faces being relegated from the top division, the ...
Head of Romania budget airline arrested
Romanian police have arrested the head of low-cost Romanian airline Blue Air on suspicion that he embezzled €6 million ($7.8 million) of European ...
Romanian ad agencies call on gov't to scrap TV law
Romanian advertisers are urging the government to scrap a law regulating television advertising they claim will benefit pro-government broadcasters.
Cluj defeat Braga 3-1 in Champions League
CFR Cluj remained in the hunt for a berth in the Champions League knockout stages after beating Braga 3-1 with a hat trick from Rui Pedro on Tuesday.
Journey through time in Ukraine's 'little Paris'
Onion-domed Orthodox churches. Solemn Catholic cathedrals. Cobblestone streets lined with mansions. A movie theater built on the ashes of a synagogue.
Intelligence officials to stand trial over death
Four Romanian intelligence officers will stand trial on charges that they fatally beat a man who was allegedly trying to steal scrap metal from a ...
Romanian beats Belgium 2-1 in friendly
Romania came from behind to beat Belgium 2-1 in an international friendly on Wednesday after a goal from newcomer Alexandru Maxim and a converted ...
Romania to pay damages regarding killed protester
The European Court of Human Rights says Romania has failed to adequately investigate the fatal shooting of a man during 1990 anti-government ...
Romanian football officials jailed for tax evasion
A Bucharest court has handed prison sentences to eight Romanian football officials for tax evasion and money laundering in connection with the ...
Japan beats Romania 34-23 in Bucharest
Hirotoki Onozawa scored his 52nd try in 75 tests four minutes from time to secure Japan's 34-23 win over Romania on Saturday in the opener of its ...
Romania: 2 beaten after debate on homosexuality
A Romanian gay rights group says two men were beaten by a group of hooded men and needed hospital treatment after attending an event about attitudes ...
Galatasaray beats CFR Cluj 3-1 in Champions League
Galatasaray won its first away Champions League match in 10 years by defeating CFR Cluj 3-1 thanks to a hat trick by Burat Yilmaz on Wednesday.
Romanian farmers demand more subsidies
About 2,000 Romanian farmers have protested in downtown Bucharest to demand greater subsidies for agriculture, which the government says it cannot ...