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Presidential elections begin in Romania

BUCHAREST, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The presidential elections began on Sunday morning in Romania, over 18 million eligible voters are expected to turn to polls to elect a new president for the next five-year term. A number of 12...

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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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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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Court Considers Legality of Subway Strike

The Bucharest court is expected to rule on the legality of the subway workers strike. Subway employees went on a general strike on November 17. The subway will be closed between 5 am and 4 pm every day until employees gets a 26...

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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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Moldovans to travel to Romania without visa in border's proximity

Over one million citizens from Moldovan-Romanian border zone to be able to travel to Romania with small-distance permit About 1.2 million Moldova's citizens with residence in the settlements within a radius of 30 km from the...

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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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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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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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