BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top defense body approved a plan by Washington on Thursday to deploy interceptor missiles in the Black Sea state ...
Twenty years after his execution by firing squad, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu still attracts the tourists despite lingering memories of his despotic regime. ...
The controversial trial and execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife on Christmas day 1989 will be the focus of a play presented Thursday in Bucharest. "The Last Hours of Ceausescu" was created by the International Institute of Political Murder ...
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian President Traian Basescu narrowly won re-election but his leftist challenger alleged fraud and vowed to contest the result, extending a deadlock that has imperiled an IMF-led financial rescue deal. Basescu won 50.3 percent to 49.7 for Social Democrat ...
Incumbent President Traian Basescu gestures after seeing exit polls in the presidential elections runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Both candidates claimed victory but three exit polls indicate his opponent, Social Democracy party candidate Mircea Geoana as the winner of ...
Sturm Graz's Jakob Jantscher, foreground, challenges for the ball with Dinamo Bucharest's Adrian Cristea, background, during an Europa League, group F, game in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Copyright 2009 AP News
Romanians voted on Sunday in a tight presidential election seen as a chance to resolve a political crisis that has hindered the recent EU member's bid to recover from a deep recession. Twelve candidates are running, but polls have shown the incumbent ...
Campaigning intensified Saturday ahead of Romania's presidential election with incumbent Traian Basescu attacking the opposition and the media in his bid for a second term. While his Social-Democrat opponent Mircea Geoana is offering more investment to beat recession Basescu is pledging to ...
Gheorghe Dinica, well-known and well-loved Romanian actor, dies at age 75 Gheorghe Dinica, a Romanian actor who delighted his country by portraying characters such as villainous politicians and defiant Gypsies in dozens of plays and movies, died Tuesday. He was 75. Dinica, ...
BUCHAREST (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Bucharest, with its rare mixture of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery and 20th century totalitarian megalomania? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors map the city's shift from one of Europe's most progressive ...
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's opposition rejected prime minister-designate Lucian Croitoru Wednesday, feeding skepticism that the government will be able to approve a tough 2010 budget by an IMF deadline to release vital aid. The opposition Social Democrats said they would support the ...
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: ___ LONDON — Government-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC reported a quarterly ...
