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Romania

• 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 ... 

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  Romanian PM, president pledge no insults

  Romania's prime minister and president have agreed to set aside their bitter rivalry for the good of the country and to stop insulting each other. 

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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 ... 

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  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. 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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.