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• Schoolmeubilair naar Roemenië - De Kaap
  De KaapSchoolmeubilair naar RoemeniëDe KaapAMERONGEN/ELST - De stichting Hulp Câmpina, uit Amerongen en Elst, heeft deze maand een vrachtwagen vol schoolmeubilair naar Roemenië gebracht. De stichting heeft deze meubels gekregen van basisschool Het Visnet uit Elst. Het contactpersoon van de ...
  
• Exxon, Petrom vinden gas in Zwarte Zee - RTL Nieuws.nl
  Exxon, Petrom vinden gas in Zwarte ZeeRTL Nieuws.nlDe oliemaatschappijen ExxonMobil en OMV Petrom hebben gasvelden gevonden in het Roemeense deel van de Zwarte Zee. De eerste boring in diep water duidt op de aanwezigheid van aardgas, verklaarden de bedrijven zaterdag, een maand na het begin van de ...en meer »
  
• 'Eindelijk zeker dat Roemeense zusjes het goed maken' - Het Nieuwsblad
  'Eindelijk zeker dat Roemeense zusjes het goed maken'Het NieuwsbladDe Vlaamse gastgezinnen die vorig jaar drie misbruikte Roemeense meisjes in huis namen, hebben eindelijk de garantie gekregen dat de zusjes na hun plotse vertrek in een warm en veilig nest zijn terechtgekomen. In het spoor van Hilde Schamp, ...Op zoek naar de drie Roemeense zusjesDe Standaardalle 2 nieuwsartikelen »
  
• 'Dreigend tekort aan voer gaat honden in Roemenië hun leven kosten' - Dichtbij.nl
  'Dreigend tekort aan voer gaat honden in Roemenië hun leven kosten'Dichtbij.nlHAARLEMMERMEER - NIEUW-VENNEP - Wie helpt ons zo snel mogelijk aan hondenvoer? Dat is de dringende oproep die Annette Stam uit Nieuw-Vennep doet aan de lezers van deze site. "Op dit moment hebben we nog maar 7.000 van de noodzakelijke 21.000 kilo en we ...en meer »
  
• Roemeense koukleum zit er warmpjes bij - Telegraaf.nl
  Roemeense koukleum zit er warmpjes bijTelegraaf.nlMedewerkers vonden in zijn kleren stapels bankbiljetten, samen goed voor 3000 euro, een heel kapitaal in Roemenië. Dat meldde de Roemeense televisiezender PRO TV. Daklozen in Boekarest, Roemenië, bij een temperatuur van -16 graden.en meer »
  
• Jan Keizer en Anny Schilder terug naar Roemenië - NU.nl
  NU.nlJan Keizer en Anny Schilder terug naar RoemeniëNU.nlAMSTERDAM - De Roemenen zijn fan van Jan Keizer en Anny Schilder. Het Volendamse duo trad eind vorig jaar op in het land en dat smaakte naar meer. Hun concert in Sibiu trok ruim vierduizend fans en Roemenië heeft het tweetal gevraagd om terug te komen.Jan en Anny gaan internationaalTelegraaf.nlBZN: big in RomaniaPowNedalle 11 nieuwsartikelen »
  
• Opnieuw harde kritiek Roemenië op Nederland - BN DeStem
  Opnieuw harde kritiek Roemenië op NederlandBN DeStemBOEKAREST - De Roemeense president Traian Basescu heeft Nederland donderdag opnieuw harde verwijten gemaakt. Hij beschuldigt de Nederlandse regering van 'misbruik'. Volgens hem blokkeert Den Haag de toegang van Roemenië en Bulgarije tot het ...
  
• Roemenië zoekt fittie met Nederland - SpitsNieuws
  Roemenië zoekt fittie met NederlandSpitsNieuwsDe Roemeense president Traian Basescu is boos op Nederland. Hij maakte ons land vandaag harde verwijten en beschuldigt de regering van 'misbruik'. Den Haag zou de toegang van Roemenië en Bulgarije tot het paspoortvrije Schengengebied onder valse ...
  
• Harde kritiek Roemenië op Nederland - PowNed
  PowNedHarde kritiek Roemenië op NederlandPowNedDe Roemeense president Traian Basescu heeft hard uitgehaald naar de Nederlandse regering en ze beschuldigd van 'misbruik'. Hij vindt dat Den Haag de toegang van Roemenië en Bulgarije tot het Schengengebied blokkeert onder valse voorwendselen.
  
• Vijf Roemenen aangehouden voor winkeldiefstal - Blik op Nieuws
  Vijf Roemenen aangehouden voor winkeldiefstalBlik op NieuwsPanningen - Twee vrouwen en drie mannen uit Roemenië zijn dinsdagmiddag rond 17.00 uur door de politie aangehouden op verdenking van winkeldiefstal in het centrum van Panningen. De politie kreeg een melding dat personen vermoedelijk in meerdere winkels ...en meer »
  

• Romania must meet Spain
  Having booked their progress to the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 quarter-finals on Thursday, Romania discovered tonight that they must switch from Split to Zagreb to play holders Spain.
  
• Romania Cuts Benchmark Interest Rate for Third Time in a Row
  Romania?s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the third time in as many meetings as a record-low inflation rate makes room for further easing this year to boost economic growth amid Europe?s debt crisis.
  
• Romania first through thanks to Czech success
  Romania 3-1 Czech Republic Florin Ignat and Florin Matei struck in the last seven minutes as Romania recovered from a goal down to reach the quarter-finals.
  
• Romania Will Lower Interest Rate for Third Time, Survey Shows
  Romania?s central bank will probably reduce its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point for a third consecutive meeting as policy makers see inflation slowing to a record.
  
• Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft
  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. Nastase would be the first former prime minister to be sent to jail since the fall of communism in 1989. He remains free pending an appeal. Prosecutors had ...
  
• Romania's former prime minister sentenced to prison for corruption
  Romania's former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced Monday to two years of prison in a corruption case after more than 1,000 days of trial and over 900 witnesses.
  
• Romania tightens welfare rules
  BUCHAREST, Romania, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- New standards for public benefits in Romania, including strict limits on property ownership, are aimed at the Roma, Gypsy King Florin Cioaba said.
  
• Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
  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. Temperatures plummeted to minus 37 Celsius (minus 35 Fahrenheit) in northern Slovakia and rescue workers dug through snow on mountain roads to rescue ...
  
• Hacker of U.S. sites arrested in Romania
  BUCHAREST, Romania, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Romania said they've arrested a notorious hacker known for breaking into U.S. government and military Web sites to expose security faults.
  
• Romania's population falls by 12% as three million flock to richer European countries
  The figures come after it was revealed that Romanian immigrant Firuta Vasile (pictured) was able to claim generous state handouts while selling the Big Issue magazine in Bristol.
  

• Romania census: Population stands at 1966 level of 19 million people, down 2.6 million as compared to 2002 census
  Romania has a stable population of 19.042 million people forming 7.1 million households, preliminary results of a census which took place in autumn 2011 show. According to National Statistics Institute data presented on Thursday, there are some 8.5 million homes and 5.1 million buildings in Romania.
  
• Romanian High Court sentences ex-PM Adrian Nastase to two years in corruption case
  Romanian High Court of Justice magistrates gave former prime minister Adrian Nastase on Monday a 2-year sentence and stripped him of certain rights in a corruption case known locally as the "Quality Trophy" file. In this case, Nastase, who served as head of the Romanian government between 2000 and 2004, was charged of supporting his electoral campaign through funds collected in a "Quality Trophy" event organized by the a public institution. The sentence can be appealed.UPDATE Adrian Nastase said on Monday he would appeal the verdict and that he was sure "things will be corrected on appeal". He called the verdict a "political decision, a dirty decision" and referred to "rumors" that head judge Ionut Matei "had meetings with representatives of the National Anti-corruption Department", the body which launched the corruption investigation against him.
  
• New Foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu signed into office
  Romanian President Traian Basescu signed on Tuesday the decree by which Foreign minister Teodor Baconschi is dismissed from office and the decree by which Cristian Diaconescu is named head of the Romanian diplomacy, the presidential administration has announced. The new minister was sworn in on Tuesday evening.
  
• Opposition Liberals say they consider resignation from Parliament unless their call for early elections is rejected
  Several Liberal MPs wrote their resignation from the Romanian Parliament and handed them to opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) leader Crin Antonescu to have them at the ready should PNL decide to withdraw from the Parliament en-masse, Antonescu said on Monday. But he said a decision has not yet been made whether USL - the opposition union of liberals and Social Democrats - would withdraw from the Legislative. Antonescu said talks will be held with their Social Democrats (PSD) and Conservatives (PC) on the issue.
  
• VIDEO French citizen caught stealing from old woman's purse in downtown Bucharest
  A French citizen has been arrested after he was caught on camera when stealing from an old Romanian woman's purse in a supermarket in Unirii Square, downtown Bucharest. The incident took place late afternoon on Saturday, January 21 and was filmed by the supermarket cameras.
  
• Romanian PM Emil Boc dismisses Foreign minister Teodor Baconschi
  Romanian prime minister Emil Boc announced before the Parliament on Monday that he dismisses Foreign minister Teodor Baconschi. He made the announcement shortly after apologizing before the joint chambers of the Parliament for communication failures of some members of the Government regarding the protests that have been taking place in Bucharest. By Monday afternoon, an announcement on the Foreign Ministry website said Baconschi was in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council.UPDATE PM Emil Boc later said that he dismissed minister Baconschi because dignitaries should not be "encouraged to insult people who are rightfully discontent". For his part, Teodor Baconschi said for news station Realitatea TV that PM Boc informed him by phone about the decision and said it was a political decision as the prime minister had nothing to complain about when it came to government affairs. One possible replacement for Baconschi, according to some sources, might be Cristian Diaconescu, head of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR).
  
• VIDEO ?PHOTO Thousands join anti-presidential, anti-government protests in Bucharest. UPDATE Violent outbursts as demonstrations came to an end
  Thousands of people were protesting against current president Traian Basescu and his Democratic-Liberal government in central Bucharest on Thursday evening. Two protests started in the afternoon - one organized by the opposition Social Democrats and Liberals (the USL union) at the Arcul de Triumf square, and another, popular protest in Universitate Square. While the political protest ended at 7 p.m., many of its estimated 7,000 participants moved to Universitate, where HotNews.ro reporters estimated some 2,000 people were present by 8 p.m..UPDATE The protests concluded about midnight, shortly after a series of confrontations between police and violent protesters took place. The incidents started at about 11.00 p.m., when gendarmes responded with a strong push after several young men, apparently football supporters, provoked them. The gendarmes eventually cleared the Universitate Square of protesters. Meanwhile, a US government official quoted by the AFP urged Romanian authorities and protesters to show restraint from violence.
  
• No word from Traian Basescu on Bucharest street protests, at his first speech since demonstrations started. President tells Ambassadors Romania is interested in strengthening pragmatic dialogue with Russia
  Romanian President Traian Basescu met the heads of diplomatic missions to Bucharest on Thursday. In his first speech since demonstrations against him and the government started in Romania last week, he said nothing about the protests but focused on the country's international affairs priorities. "2011 was a difficult year in which the economic, financial, humanitarian and sometimes political crises challenged governments and the people", he said.
  
• Bucharest braces for Opposition protest as demonstrations continue
  ?Hundreds of people from several cities across Romania were on their way to Bucharest on Thursday for demonstrations to be organized by the Opposition parties later in the day. It is the first official political meeting after popular protests erupted last weekend, peaking with major street violence on Sunday.
  
• ?VIDEO Bucharest witnesses most violent street protests since the nineties
  Romania enters a fourth day of anti-government and anti-presidential demonstrations after a weekend marked by the most intense street violence the country has seen since the miners protests in Bucharest in the nineties. Peaceful protests took place in many cities across Romania these days, but only the capital city saw a wave of violence, with HotNews.ro recorded videos showing dozens of violent football fans coming to confront the special police forces deployed in the city centre.
  
• Romanian PM Emil Boc: 2011 macroeconomic targets reached. Growth stood at almost 2%, budget deficit at 4.4%
  ?Romanian PM Emil Boc announced on Wednesday that the Government reached the macroeconomic targets for 2011 "without troubles". The economic growth, he said, stood at "almost 2%", as compared to the targeted 1.5%, while the budget deficit target of 4.4% was reached.
  
• Security improved at Romanian zoo following tiger escape. As tiger was shot dead, mayor says he is pleased with actions taken in the case
  The mayor of Romanian city of Sibiu, where a tiger escaped from zoo earlier this week, was quoted by the media on Thursday as saying that he was please with the actions taken to solve the situation despite describing them as chaotic. Mayor Klaus Johannis ordered measures to improve security at the zoo following the escape of the tiger - which was eventually shot in a forest near the city.
  
• Romania Parliament passes 2012 budget with 239 votes against 168
  Romanian MPs adopted on Thursday the 2012 state budget law with 239 votes in favor and 168 against. While prime minister Emil Boc welcomed the vote noting that it was "the first time in the past 20 years when a budget with no electoral connotations is voted, the opposition protested saying the budget would not meet key objectives and maintains the gap between Romania and other European countries.
  
• Romanian High Court acquits ex-PM Adrian Nastase in major corruption case
  Romania's High Court of Justice acquitted ex-PM Adrian Nastase in a major case in which he, a former aide and a former head of the national body dealing with money laundering were charged with acts of corruption. The decision is not final and can be appealed. Anti-graft prosecutors have demanded a 3-year suspended term sentence for Adrian Nastase in the case, commonly known in Romania as the "Aunt Tamara" case.
  
• Romanian President Basescu's harsh statements on Netherlands: It wasn't us who legalized prostitution and drugs because we couldn't fight them. Their decision to oppose our joining Schengen is an abuse
  Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Friday that a Dutch decision to oppose Romania' and Bulgaria's Schengen accession was an "abuse". "Romania has Albita [Eastern border point], they have Rotterdam. The gate for trafficked cigarettes, alcohol and drugs is not Albita", the Romanian head of state said in Brussels, where he attends the European Council.
  
• Cuba report: Popular Revolution - Theory without Practice
  The most important thing in Cuba is still the necessity to find ways to survive, mostly by taking part in illegal activities ranging from corruption through sex trafficking to various kinds of illicit deeds not thought of by even the most experienced observers.
  
• Cuba report: Defenseless Workers
  Cuban workers are virtually defenseless. The reason is that the labour law offices in Cuban work centres, which are supposed to defend worker's rights, are but an extended arm of the government and the Communist Party.
  
• HotNews.ro monitoring report on major corruption cases in Romania. Total delays in 27 cases amount to 92 years
  92 years, 7 months and 28 days - this is the total amount of delays in 27 major corruption cases which have been monitored by HotNews.ro. Almost a year and a half since the Romanian-language version of HotNews.ro launched a section dedicated to such major corruption cases, a statistical report on the results were presented on Thursday during a conference organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, in the presence of most judicial institutions in Romania and key ambassadors to the country.
  
• Iran, Romania-Israel links and joint projects - key issues at Romanian-Israeli inter-governmental meeting
  Romania and Israel are interested in developing joint infrastructure, energy and agricultural projects, Romanian PM Emil Boc said in a press conference with his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, on the margins of an inter-governmental meeting in Jerusalem. Iran, Middle East relations and links between Israel and Romania featured prominently during the talks.
  
• Romanian Senate speaker Mircea Geoana voted out of office, Democratic Liberal Petru Filip named interim speaker
  A struggle to replace the second highest ranking official in Romania took a major twist on Wednesday, when the Senate voted its speaker Mircea Geoana out of office following him being ousted from the Social Democratic Party (PSD, opposition) on Tuesday. An interim speaker was named - Senator Petru Filip of the governing Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), who will serve until a new speaker is officially elected. According to Romania's Constitution, should the President be suspended or unable to fulfill his duties, the Senate speaker takes his place. The PSD announced earlier this week it would start procedures to suspend President Traian Basescu.
  

• Freezing rain hits Bucharest
  After 2 days of heavy snow, temperatures in the Romanian capital city, Bucharest, has risen and the snow turned into a freezing rain.
  
• Romanian song of the week: 'Insomniac' by C.I.A. feat Ciprian
  This week's recommendation is dedicated to people who have trouble sleeping. It's a hip-hop song called 'Insomniac' and is performed by Romanian band C.I.A. The beginning of the song - which, unlike many of Romania's power tunes these days, is in Romanian- features the voice of Romanian TV anchor Andreea Esca, who reads a piece of news about the ... (more)
  
• Deadly cold snap grips Europe, snow strands thousands in Serbia, Bosnia
  2, 2012. In stark contrast to the mild winter conditions across much of North America, Europe is currently in the grips of its worst cold snap in at least six years.
  
• Nigel Kennedy to give another concert in Romania this spring
  British violinist NigelA KennedyA will hold a concert A at Sala Palatului in Bucharest,A Monday, April 2, 2012 starting at 19:00. This is not the artist's first visit to Romania.A Kennedy playedA in Bucharest in 2011A withA the RomanianA pan pipe playerA DamianA Draghici inA a concertA calledA "ClassicalA meetsA Jazz". He hasA also held concertsA ... (more)
  
• PHOTOS: Europe paralyzed by snow, ice
  Nuns take pictures in the snow covered St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Feb. 4. People used government shovels to clear piazzas and children enjoyed another day off school as Rome awoke to about 10 cm of fresh snow.
  
• Bulgaria-Romania Danube Bridge Open for Freight Traffic
  Bulgarian agronomists warn that the fruit harvest will be lower this year over record cold and frost.
  
• Spanish Flamenco legend Angel Munoz dances in Romania this spring
  Spanish Flamenco dancer Angel MuA oz will holdA two shows on Romanian soil, onA March 13, 2012,A at Sala Palatului in Bucharest,A andA March 14, 2012, atA theA BanatA PhilharmonicA in Timisoara.
  
• Real will open a hypermarket in future Afi Palace B. Noi in Romania
  Afi Europe has announced that it has signed an agreement with retailer Real which will open its fifth hypermarket in the capital on the grounds of the future Afi Palace B. Noi shopping mall.The project will be the third mall developed by Afi Europe in Romania after the existing Afi... Afi Europe has announced that it has signed an agreement with ... (more)
  
• At least 222 dead as cold snap grips Europe
  Seagull flies over frozen sea as icicles covers a fence in Constanta, 230 kilometers east of Bucharest, on February 1, 2012.
  
• Skin Scan wants to fight cancer using iPhones and big data
  Skin Scan , a startup based in Bucharest, Romania, is selling an iPhone app that lets consumers take pictures of questionable moles and get back information on the likelihood that the mole in question is dangerous.
  
• Eastern Europeans resourceful in face of record cold snap
  Eastern Europe's cold snap has brought temperatures to 100-year lows in some places, but in many places, the buses are still running and people have plenty of canned goods.
  
• Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
  A woman is seen through a frosted tram window in central Sofia February 1, 2012.
  
• Romania's population falls by 12% as three million flock to richer European countries
  Romania's population has fallen by more than 12 per cent since 2002 due to large numbers of people migrating to richer countries like Britain, figures have revealed.
  
• Former Romanian PM Nastase's corruption case sends message to politicians
  Going into an election year, a court decision sentencing former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison will have an impact on domestic politics, analysts say.
  
• Romania offers state aid for Bosch and De'Longhi's new investments in the country
  The Romanian Government is considering offering state aid to German group Bosch, which is preparing a EUR 77 million investment in the Cluj area of Romania, and for De'Longhi's planned take over of the former Nokia factory at the same site.
  
• NEPI has taken over the majority stake in Timisoara City Business Center developer in Romania
  South African investment fund New Europe Property Investment NEPI has taken over the majority stake in ModaTim Investment Properties, the developer of the City Business Center CBC in Timisoara.
  
• Man charged in socialite-wife's death due in court
  A German-born man charged with killing his much-older socialite wife inside their northwest Washington home is due in court.
  
• Vasile Adrian becomes second Romanian partner at Mazars
  Vasile Adrian, 37, coordinator of the audit and financial advisory department services in the Romanian office of Mazars, was recently promoted as partner.
  
• Recent census data revealed: Population has shrunk by 2.6 mln in Romania
  Romania's population has shrunk by over 2.6 million since 2001, to some 19 million, according to the 2011 census.
  
• Kyiv asking Bucharest to deal with attacks on Ukrainian ships in Romanian part of Danube
  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is calling on Romania to investigate attacks on Ukrainian ships in the Romanian part of the Danube River.
  

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