Bucharest

‘Fighter’ versus diplomat

BUCHAREST - Incumbent President Traian Basescu, who describes himself as a «fighter,» and Social Democrat diplomat Mircea Geoana are the main contenders in tomorrow's presidential race in Romania. The two men, both in their 50s...

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Romanian court green-lights unicameral parliament referendum

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Thursday (November 19th) turned down a request from NGOs to suspend a referendum called by President Traian Basescu, scheduled for Sunday, the same date as the...

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Romania to ease entry for one million Moldovans

Moldovan PM Vlad Filat says that up to 1.2 million Moldovans –more than one-quarter of the population – will be able to travel easily to EU-member Romania. This will come due to an agreement he signed in Bucharest last week,...

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All in kindergarten, all in school -- goal of Romani education in Romania

by Lidia Moise BUCHAREST, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- "I'm proud of my former students, and nearly 80 percent of them have become key persons in the emancipation of Roma (Gypsies) population," Gheorghe Sarau, inspector for Romani...

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Romanian officer joins the Gurkhas in Afghanistan

A People In Defence news article The first Romanian officer to undertake a secondment to the British Army since World War Two has set out on his first overseas assignment to serve with the Gurkhas in Helmand province,...

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Romanian subway workers go on strike

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Trade unions within Bucharest's subway company Metrorex are staging a nine-hour general strike Tuesday (November 17th), after the transport ministry rejected their request for a 26% raise. Union...

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Bucharest hosts Central European Initiative summit

The CEI forum was a significant undertaking for Romania at which participants adopted a series of important documents. By Paul Ciocoiu for Southeast European Times in Bucharest -- 17/11/09 The Bucharest summit marked the 20th...

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Video: Bucharest at night by speeding bus (A BCer in Toronto)

More video from my week at the World Blogging Forum in Bucharest, Romania. Here are some snippets from out night-time speeding tour of Bucharest on a speeding bus filled with noisy bloggers. I think I may have been the only one...

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C. European Initiative Summit in Bucharest

The Central European Initiative (CEI) summit will take place in Bucharest today and tomorrow. The gathering will bring together prime ministers and foreign ministers of the 18 member states, as well as senior representatives of...

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Romanian NGOs plead for suspension of referendum

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Two of the most important and active NGOs in Romania, the Asociatia Pro Democratia and the Media Monitoring Agency, filed a public petition with the Bucharest Court of Appeals on Wednesday (November 11th),...

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