Bucharest, Romania News

The governments of Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey adopted Tuesday a joint declaration stressing the potential of Nabucco to supply the energy markets of the Western Balkans and the Visegrad group countries at the fifth Nabucco Committee meeting in Bucharest.

The prime minister of Romania this week instructed authorities to investigate an apparent anti-Semitic assault on a journalist in Bucharest.

The Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isarescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta are the personalities with the highest confidence among Romanians, being also seen as best choices for president of Romania, according to a poll done by INSCOP Research in 20-28 April, quoted by rtv.net. According to the opinion poll, the first place in ... (more)

Romania's agricultural potential, more often than not unexploited, needs a long-terms strategy.

She also later co-authored a cookbook, which includes recipes for jellied fish heads and her father's favorite, cod soup.

Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors map the city's shift from one of Europe's most progressive urban centres at the start of the 20th century to a chaotic ... (more)

Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.

Anca, a former Romanian sex slave, hides her face behind a poster in Bucharest in this December 1, 2006 file picture.

In this photo taken on April 4, 2013, Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale poses on one of his paintings in a parking lot, in Bucharest, Romania.

There is, in the Romanian society, the feeling that banks do not grant enough loans.

The Romanian embroidered peasant blouses will be on display at the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York starting Friday part of an evening of events under the generic title "La Blouse Roumaine", aimed at promoting the Romanian cultural identity in North America.

Since 1989, that is for almost 25 years, Romania has built a mere 400 km of motorway.

"Energy ministers from Nabucco West project`s member states are expected to meet late May in capital Bucharest," said Romanian State Minister for Energy Constantin Nita.

Telecom operator Vodafone Romania has launched 4G mobile internet for smartphones as part of the RED packages which offer speeds of up to 100 Mbps.Vodafone has also announced it has expanded its 4G network in Bucharest to cover 27 percent of the population- or 500,000 inhabitants.... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

Comarnic-Brasov, Craiova-Pitesti and the southern ring of Bucharest, ready until the 2016 elections, according to the delegate minister for Infrastructure Projects, Dan Sova.

Jean-Louis Kialoungou's love affair with Romania began before he even arrived here in the mid-1990s, and over the years the Congolese refugee has become more Romanian than most Romanians.

Epstein Architecture & Engineering has relocated its offices in the Magheru One office building in Bucharest, the company has announced.Magheru One covers some 4,000 sqm and consists of a refurbished building located at located at 1-3 Magheru Boulevard, downtown Bucharest.

The once-celebrated Knoedler & Company gallery has been closed for more than a year and a half but the lawsuits keep coming.

Vodafone Romania expanded the coverage of its 4G network in Bucharest to 27 pc of the population, equivalent to more than 500,000 inhabitants, Inaki Berroeta, CEO & President Vodafone Romania announced yesterday in a press conference.

A huge European Union flag is installed in front of the Romanian parliament building in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday.