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Two Israeli doctors accused of human egg trafficking in Romania were set to return home Thursday, after they were told that the court order preventing them from leaving the country would not be extended once it expired Thursday morning.

BUCHAREST: Romania's leftist leader Mircea Geoana saw his chances of winning the December 6 presidential election run-off rise yesterday when his party won the backing of a centrist grouping to jointly form a new government.

Traian Basescu, the incumbent, led by a slim margin in the first round of Romania 's presidential election on Monday, but the close results pointed to tough talks ahead to build a new government.

Electoral posters of Romania's incumbent president Traian Basescu and Mircea Geoana are seen in Bucharest Some wounds run deep in politics, as the leader of Romania's National-Liberal Party Crin Antonescu showed on November 23, the day after he found himself out of contention in the presidential election.

Romania Records 1st A/H1N1 Victim Bucharest Passengers at an airport wear masks to prevent the further spread of the swine flu A 43-years old man who died late last week is the first swine flu victim in Romania, the Health Ministry secretary of state Adrian Streinu-Cercel confirmed on Monday.

Romania's centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec.

Romania faces a run-off vote after no clear winner emerged in a presidential election overshadowed by a political crisis that has threatened to derail emergency international funding for the country's recession-ravaged economy.

Loading boxes are, from left, the president of Vectis Sunrise Maire Reeves, president of Newport Rotary Dereck Double, driver Roman Cornel and Vectis Sunrisea s Anne Watts.

BUCHAREST: Incumbent President Traian Basescu, who describes himself as a 'fighter', and Social-Democrat diplomat Mircea Geoana are the main contenders in the presidential race in Romania tomorrow.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Thursday turned down a request from NGOs to suspend a referendum called by President Traian Basescu, scheduled for Sunday, the same date as the presidential elections.

CoSoSys, a leading developer of endpoint security and portable storage device applications, announced today the distribution partnership in France with Data Secure Technology, an innovative player in the local data security consulting field.

Bucharest Romanian Press Here are the top stories in Romania's main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Subway workers are continuing their strike Wednesday for a second day.

A new survey finds room for improvement in many Balkan countries. Greece needs to take "immediate and sustained efforts" to tackle corruption, Transparency International said.

The 2009 corruption perception index released by the Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International shows that most countries in the Balkans have not improved their position in the global anti-corruption index.

The first attempt to send a rocket to the Moon via balloon hit a snag on Monday.

Romania has over 12,000 caves within its borders. This is the highest concentration of caves known to exist in one small region in the world.

Day.Az: You founded the organization in 1998. What was the reason for its creation? Igbal Hajiyev: Azerbaijan-Romania Culture and Youth Association was established in 2001 upon the initiative of the Azerbaijani embassy in Romania and the Romania-Azerbaijan Friendship Society which was also set up in 2001 two months earlier.

The fourth annual Romanian Film Festival will take place Dec. 4-6 at Tribeca Cinemas in Gotham.

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