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PETRACHIOAIA, Romania (Reuters) - Five years after joining the European Union, this town 13 miles outside of Romania's capital is still waiting for the jump in living standards its politicians said membership would bring.

Carmen Bejan, pictured, from Romania, fell pregnant last year following a relationship with another inmate and gave birth to a stillborn daughter with deformities.

L’última vegada que vaig visitar Atenes, fa pocs anys, va coincidir que eren els dies de Pasqua. La Pasqua dels cristians ortodoxos és una festa nacional i oficial, popular i universalment compartida. A tot arreu hi ha rètols i cartells que anuncien Khristos aneste, Crist ha ressuscitat, i a la televisió el president i el govern sencer participaven en la celebració amb abundància de bi...

King.com, one of the fastest-growing social games companies on Facebook, has opened a new game studio in London that will be led by Electronics Arts and Playfish veteran Catharina Lavers Mallet. While an executive producer at EA, Lavers Mallet worked on major titles like The Sims Social. The London studio is expected to hire about 40 employees and to work with the company's headquarters there i...

El Papa también hizo referencia a los afectados por el temblor de 5.9 grados en la escala de Richter que la madrugada de este domingo afectó la norteña región italiana de Emilia Romania

Herta Müller, the Nobel Prize-winning author, grew up German in Romania, always under surveillance. Her newest work is a collaboration with a writer whose background was similar, but whose life was shockingly different.

The driver, from Cluj Napoca, Romania, was filmed by another horrified motorist who spotted the youngsters kneeling in the boot.

Sometime around junior high, this Weizmann science writer stumbled upon Mathematical Games, the late Martin Gardner's monthly math puzzle at the back of my mom's Scientific American, and I became a devotee. The best ones, of course, were those that required a little sideways thinking, and these yielded the pleasure of that "Aha" moment when the answer became clear. (For more o...

Romania's new left-leaning premier pledged to stick to strict spending limits while trying to revive growth, as he seeks to balance the demands of deficit-averse investors with the desires of his austerity-weary constituents.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A Romanian baby born with virtually no intestines who confounded doctors by tenaciously clinging to life and captured international attention and offers of medical help, died on Thursday. He was nine months old....

The Colombia international, who headed former club Porto to victory in last year's final in Ireland, proved just as influential in this season's tournament decider in Romania

As Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme nears its full operational phase, its benefits and economic potential for Eastern Europe came into focus last week at a conference in Bucharest, Romania.

Utl.: WIFI leistet Pionierarbeit zur Stärkung des Unternehmertums in Rumänien - 15 Jungunternehmer absolvierten das erste Unternehmertraining im WIFI Romania = Wien (OTS/PWK306) - Anlässlich der ersten im WIFI Romania abgelegten Unternehmerprüfungen nach österreichischem …

Hungary edged the United States in the men’s water polo gold medal match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but a rematch this summer will come far sooner than the medal rounds. The Americans join the nine-time champions in a loaded group that also includes perennial power Serbia, Romania and Britain. Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Australia and Croatia make up the other group for the 12-team com...

The Moldovan nation does not exist. This was the agreement made by the presidents of Moldova and Romania Nicholas Timofti and Traian Basescu. Meanwhile, the census showed that the majority of Moldovans do not consider themselves Romanians. The historical background to their union as one state is not greater than that for their separate existence.

This is a guest post by Maria Constantinescu, founder of Slickflickthe photo story app. Today, in 2012, there is a talent war like no other. The Valley is abuzz with a hiring frenzy. Startups can't compete with Yammer, Zynga, Twitter, Facebook and the rest for developers. Perhaps the answer is to look elsewhere? To countries where the old Soviet education system produced maths and sci...

Russia has threatened Nato with military strikes against in Poland and Romania if a missile defence radar and interceptors are deployed in Eastern Europe.

Microsoft has launched Web Windows Phone Marketplaces — the web versions of online stores where Windows Phone users can buy apps and games…

The austerity backlash hits Bucharest as it is toppled by a no-confidence motion, while the Czech Republic faces a similar vote later on Friday

ROMANIA'S government has fallen in a no-confidence vote, as opposition parties seized on widespread public anger over biting austerity measures, cronyism and corruption.

GYPSIES gave a relative a good send off after staging a BBQ and knocking back bottles of alcohol at a cemetery in the village of Lunca in Iasi in north eastern Romania. Local media said the local Orthodox Christian priest had known about the unorthodox party - and that it was not the first time that the graveyard grill-up had taken place in “honour of the dead”. In Romania food and ...

Natalia Sheppard became the second British fencer to qualify for the Games on Monday. The 27-year-old won the foil discipline, with a 10-6 win over Cristina Ghita of Romania.

Romania is set to start exploring its shale gas reserves in a drive for energy independence, despite local protests against the potential risk.

Als angehende dritte Kraft hinter CDU und SPD bekommen die Piraten in Europas Presse immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit. "Deutschland war bereit für frische Ideen", meint die Londoner "Times". Sie punkten vor allem mit ihrer "Offenherzigkeit", schreibt die Bukarester "România libera".

Rather than staying home for a traditional Easter with the family, it appears Prince Harry chose to fly out to Romania instead.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania has backed out of a deal to sell its biggest copper mine to Canada's Roman Copper Corp, its economy minister said on Saturday, a fresh blow to a privatization plan...

One ATM in the town of Timisoara, Romania is six-feet above street level. If you want to use it, you need to bring a ladder with you. A nearby ATM down the street is so low you have to get on your knees to use it. Therefore, average height of ATMs in Timisoara is perfect [...]

Wired correspondent Steven Leckart and 160,000 others around the globe sign on when two professors let the public take their AI course online for free.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A hot air balloon floated over downtown Bucharest on Tuesday carrying a model wearing what is now regarded as the world's longest bridal train....

FACED WITH the Jedward juggernaut, singer-songwriter Karl Broderick has taken his chances of winning the Eurovision elsewhere.

European Union governments recommended today that Serbia become a candidate to join the bloc, but delayed a final decision until a summit of EU leaders this week due to reservations from Romania.

Timea Babos of Hungary won her first WTA title Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Alexandra Cadantu of Romania in the Monterrey Open final.

The bizarre crime wave has grown in the UK after a number of prosecutions revealed that Romanians were using gum as a substitute for change at kiosks back in their home country.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year....

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Hundreds of pounds worth of chewing gum is being allegedly stolen from British supermarkets by organized gangs to use as currency in Romania, police said on Monday.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Two explosions injured 17 people at a nightclub in the northern Romanian town of Sighetu Marmatiei, emergency services said Sunday.

Mihai Razvan Ungueranu nominated after Emil Boc resigns after pressure from own party and protests against austerity.

Boc said he was resigning 'to ease the social situation', after weeks of protests over austerity measuresThe Romanian prime minister has announced he and his government will resign immediately to protect the stability of the country.Emil Boc said on Monday he was resigning "to ease the social situation" – referring to weeks of protests in Romania over austerity measures he introduced in 2010....

Not a bad start to her Super Bowl weekend! Madonna's newest album, MDNA, has reached #1 on iTunes in the U.S. and 34 other countries for pre-sales, including: Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, US, Canada, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cypress, Czech Republic, Denmark, Deutschland, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Nederland, N...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS star Zoltan Mesko has come a long way since his war-torn childhood in Romania

The Forum of Private Business found that there is a shortage of skilled workers from the UK, and many people have basic skills lacking such as numeracy and literacy.

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Aviva, Britain's second-biggest insurer, sold its life insurance operations in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania to U.S. rival Metlife as part of a plan to refocus...

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In 2009, Romania took a two-year $27.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the World Bank as its economy shrank by 7.1 percent. It imposed harsh austerity measures under the agreement, reducing public wages by 25 percent and increasing taxes. Anger has mounted over the wage cuts, slashed benefits, higher taxes and widespread corruption. Ongoing protests for...

Romanian opposition leaders called for a series of protests beginning on Thursday to demand the resignation of government leaders and early elections.

A BIG Issue seller from Romania has won a landmark ruling allowing her to claim housing benefit

There have been clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Romania, after thousands took to the streets in protest against government cuts and falling living standards. Janey Mitchell reports.

Embrace the winter at these hotels made of ice, in Canada, in Norway, in Romania and beyond.

An ornate brass lectern stolen from a church in Ashton Keynes in Wiltshire has been spotted in Romania and could now be returned to the UK.

The annual shoebox appeal remains popular in Irish schools despite concerns about its evangelical aims. What is not in doubt, though, is the joy of the children receiving the gift boxes, writesKITTY HOLLANDin Timisoara, Romania

On computer screens and on the ground, Romanian and American FBI agents stalk cybercriminals, trying to beat them at their own game as fraud originating in Romania has risen dramatically.

Two woman have been charged with blackmail and extortion in a high-profile case involving public figures

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The CIA used a clandestine detention centre in Bucharest to interrogate al-Qaida suspects, including the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, according to an investigation revealed on Thursday.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Alexandru Tocilescu, a respected Romanian theater director equally at home with Shakespeare and his country's national playwright, died on Wednesday. He was 65....

Restrictions on workers coming to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria will stay in place for another two years to protect British workers, the Home Office said yesterday.

The Prince has a key role in the drive to save Romania's forests, says Adrian Bridge.

alphadogg writes "Romanian authorities have arrested a 26-year old hacker who is accused of breaking into multiple NASA servers and causing $500,000 in damages to the U.S. space agency's systems. Robert Butyka, 26, was arrested on Tuesday in Western Romania following an investigation by the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism. According to local reports, the hac...