Romania News

A ship is engulfed by ice in the partially frozen Danube river, back dropped by the Bulgarian bank, near Calarasi, Romania, Friday, Feb.

The wave of frost that has rolled over Eastern Europe has carried away hundreds of lives, paralyzed road traffic, and pushed the cost of heating homes and offices sky-high. Some like it hot, especially when it's bitter cold outside.

Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.

Snow drifts reaching up to rooftops kept tens of thousands of villagers prisoners in their homes Saturday as the death toll from Europe's big freeze rose past 550.

Saturday morning, the ice cover at the eastern Bulgarian Danube port of Silistra was 100% - the total freeze includes a 11-km-long section, from kilometer 386 to kilometer 375.

Viennese band Waldeck, the musical project of Austrian musician Klaus Waldeck, will revive the sounds of the 20s, with an added electro twist, in Romania this February.

WHEN Dr. Raed Arafat resigned last month as under secretary of state at Romania's Ministry of Health, thousands took to the streets across the country to demand his return.

A 49-year-old Eaton Rapids man who allowed a drunk acquaintance to drive his pickup, which led to a... An ornate section of the George Enescu Museum in Bucharest, Romania, which highlights the life and work of the Romanian composer and musician.

Romanian Galleries Ivan Gallery from Bucharest, and Plan B from Cluj-Napoca will take part at ARCOmadrid, one of the most important art fairs in Europe, from February 15 to 19.

Bulgaria and Romania made some progress in combating corruption and organised crime, but both need to address several issues to bring their judiciaries in line with EU standards, the European Commission said on Wednesday .

Norwegian language classes are available for the first time in the Romanian city of Constanta, from February 1, 2012, according to the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Bucharest.

Romania's newly installed Minister of Economy Lucian Bode, 38 years old, is the head of the Democrat Liberal Party Salaj, president of the Friendship group Romania - Qatar and former president of electricity distribution company Electrica Zalau until 2008.

Partially frozen Danube waters are seen at sunset, in Giurgiu, southern Romania, Wednesday, Feb.

Romania must make major public investments its priority and channel all available funds to those sectors that can generate economic growth, the head of the IMF mission in Bucharest, Jeffrey Franks told Radio Romania.

Russian oil and natural gas giant OAO Gazprom is in talks to buy Romanian company Petrom from Austrian owners OMV, according to Romanian newspaper Bursa, quoting Mihai Macsim, the GM of the Romanian Russian Chamber of Commerce and Trade.

Thick ice closed vast swathes of the Danube on Thursday, crippling shipping on Europe's busiest waterway, as the death toll from bitter cold across the continent rose to at least 460.

Romania's new Prime Minister Ungureanu places his hand over the bible and the constitution during a swearing-in ceremony in Bucharest BUCHAREST - Romania's new prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu won parliamentary approval on Thursday for a government that offers little political change but might ease some austerity measures as an election nears.

Romania's national airline Tarom offers a 15 percent discount on its tickets to Malev passengers with tickets issued by the bankrupt Hungarian company before February 3. Passengers with Malev tickets can also trade their Budapest ticket for another Tarom destination in Transilvania: Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Satu-Mare, TA rgu MureAY, Oradea, Baia Mare.

The Implico Group today announced the opening of its first branch office in Romania.

Bulgaria recorded new record-low temperatures in nine places on February 9 2012, with parts of the country facing a "Code Orange" dangerous weather warning and the rest facing the lesser "Code Yellow". The latest severe weather conditions followed Force 10 gale conditions that brought a costly swathe of destruction along the Black Sea coast, ... (more)