February 2012
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Feb 13th
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Romanian parliament approves new government
(AP)  BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s Parliament approved a new government led by a former spy chief on Thursday, and he promised to keep up the austerity measures the country imposed to win international loans but to raise public-sector salaries as soon as he can. “An era of prosperity will not begin tomorrow,” said Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, who is known for his...
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January 2012
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Google celebrates 160 years since the birth of Ion...
Google search engine’s image for January 30 is the portrait of Romanian playwright Ion Luca Caragiale, who was born 160 years ago. Caragiale, born January 30, 1852, in Haimanale, Prahova County, nowadays IL Caragiale, Dambovita County, was a Romanian playwright, novelist, poet, writer, theater manager, political commentator and journalist, of Greek origin. He is believed to be one of the most...
Jan 30th
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Boc doesn’t know how Romania passed ACTA. The...
PM Emil Boc said on Saturday that for the time being he holds no information as to how Romania passed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). At the end of the Interior Ministry winter command office, Boc as asked by a journalist to comment in relation to the “heated debates” about how Romania passed ACTA. “There are accusations that the government negotiated and approved this ...
Jan 30th
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Hundreds demonstrate in Romania, against planned...
A Romanian demonstrator looks out a window next to a banner reading “Save Rosia Montana” in 2011 (AFP/File, Mircea Rosca BUCHAREST — Hundreds of Romanians took to the streets Saturday in two simultaneous demonstrations in a Transylvanian village and in Bucharest, one in support and the other against a Canadian goldmine project. “We are here to sound the alarm and call on...
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Romania spam.
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Jan 26th
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Blizzard paralyzes southern Romania
If you think Chicago had it bad last winter, check out the blizzard that dumped three feet of snow in under a day over swaths of Southern Romania. Areas near Bucharest were so paralyzed by the storm that in one instance, the army was called in to help rescue hundreds of travelers stranded on major interstates. The winter blast also caused widespread power outages, a train derailment, ...
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This photo of Romania is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Jan 26th
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This photo of Romania is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Jan 26th
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This photo of Romania is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Jan 26th
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This photo of Romania is courtesy of TripAdvisor
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US urges Romanians to protest peacefully →
fralcon: The US has asked the Romanian authorities and people to avoid the violence that has been reported every day over the last week in the country, said Victoria Nuland, the US State Department spokesperson, during a press briefing.  “As we have seen, we have countries around Europe, we have countries around the world that are dealing with popular reaction to some of the austerity measures...
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