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Romanians, Bulgarians answer UK immigration fears
The scaremongering is all over British tabloids: Romanians and Bulgarians (Pickpockets! Scam artists! Scroungers!) flooding into the UK by the ...
EU: Romania must progress on judicial independence
An EU report says Romania must make further progress in ensuring the independence of its judiciary and in the battle against corruption. The report, ...
Romanians investigated in theft of Armani clothes
Police say five Romanians are being questioned in the theft of €2 million ($2.68 million) worth of clothing from Italian designer Giorgio Armani's ...
IMF tells Romania to push on with reforms
The International Monetary Fund has called on the Romanian government to implement deeper structural reforms and to apply for more European Union ...
Romanian PM: Patients to pay fee for hospital stay
Romania's prime minister says hospital patients will pay for treatment as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to reduce spending ...
Lawyer: No proof to charge Romanians for art theft
A lawyer for three Romanians accused of stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands insisted Friday there was insufficient evidence ...
Interpol: We'll recover art stolen in Dutch heist
The head of Interpol says he believes police will retrieve valuable paintings that were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands last year, including ...
Feds: 3 nabbed for widespread Gozi computer virus
A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits ...
Dutch art heist detectives heading to Romania
Dutch detectives and a prosecutor will travel to Romania to investigate the possible involvement of three men in a multimillion-dollar art heist in ...
Inside job, 2 Canadian militants in Algeria siege
The hostage-taking at a remote Algerian gas plant was carried out by 30 militants from across the northern swath of Africa and two from Canada, ...
Romania turns up heat on cigarette smuggling
Armed with state-of-the-art sensors and surveillance cameras, authorities in Romania say they are gaining the upper hand against rampant cigarette ...
Hostages from at least 10 nations in Algeria
Islamic militants said they captured 41 foreign hostages at a natural gas complex in the Algerian desert. Some were killed in an Algerian military ...
Romania wants 2 drug trafficker suspects arrested
Romanian prosecutors want to arrest two Bulgarians suspected of running one of Europe's largest cocaine trafficking rings from Colombia to Europe.
Romanian ex-official can be extradited to US
A Romanian court has ruled that a former defense ministry official indicted in the U.S. for trying to illegally export military equipment to Iran can ...
Romanian plane struck by lightning on landing
A plane belonging to Romanian national air carrier has been struck by lightning as it landed in Istanbul. Nobody was injured. Tarom airlines said the ...
Court to rule on request to release Romanian ex-PM
A court will rule on a petition for the early release of former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase who sensationally shot himself after being ...
2 Romanian journalists sentenced for blackmail
A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen ...
Romanian film director Sergiu Nicolaescu dies
Sergiu Nicolaescu, a prolific and popular Romanian director known for his historical epics who also served as a Senator, died Thursday. He was 82.
Baltazar, Romania banker, ex-gov't spokesman, dies
A hospital spokesman says influential banker Bogdan Baltazar, who became Romania's first government spokesman after communism collapsed, has died.
Communist palace draws pop stars and presidents
Twenty-three years after communism collapsed, the Palace of the Parliament, a gargantuan Stalinist symbol and the most concrete legacy of ex-dictator ...
Volunteers hand out soup to Romania's homeless
Volunteers including Britain's ambassador to Romania handed out hot soup and clothing to homeless people in a city where an estimated 5,000 sleep ...
Deep freeze, snowstorms hit Romania, Bulgaria
Authorities declared a state of emergency in northeastern Bulgaria on Thursday as heavy snow and freezing temperatures are causing disruptions in both ...