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.
In this video from Romania, a car can be seen driving down a highway with four small children riding inside the trunk. While the children appear to be having a good enough time, the conditions are obviously anything but safe. In fact, each of the children are using one of their arms to apparently hold [...]
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's economy shrank for the third consecutive quarter and Romania fell back into recession in the first three months of the year, as the euro crisis and government austerity hammered domestic demand and squeezed the crucial export sector. Flash gross domestic product estimates for the European Union's emerging eastern states also showed Hungary had contracted for the first time since the height of the global economic crisis in 2009. ...
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.
Athletic Bilbao's goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz looks at the ball touching the net as Atletico Madrid's Colombian forward Radamel Falcao scores a goal during the UEFA Europa League final football match between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest.
A general view of the National Arena stadium taken before the 2012 UEFA Europa League final football match between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest.
Diego Simeone has warned his Atletico Madrid players to be wary of an intense and fearless Athletic Bilbao when the Spanish sides line up in Bucharest aiming for Europa League final glory on Wednesday.
Romania's newly appointed government has won the approval of parliament on Monday, gaining the official right to run the country. The Cabinet is expected to be installed during an official ceremony on Monday evening.
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new left-leaning government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta sealed parliamentary backing with a comfortable majority in a confidence vote on Monday, legislators said. "We won with backing from 284 MPs," said Dan Radu Rusanu of the Liberal party of the USL alliance headed by 39-year-old Ponta. "(Backing) is over 280 votes," said another deputy. The government needed support from at least 231 legislators. ...
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