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Romania doubled high-level graft convictions in 2011 [Feb 28, 2012] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania's judiciary completed twice as many high-level corruption cases in 2011 than in 2010, convicting nearly 300 people including mayors and police officers, anti-graft prosecutor Daniel Morar said Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ship sinks in Romania, 50 small boats float free as ice melts on Danube; no injuries reported [Feb 27, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Authorities say a ship carrying 700 tons of corn has sunk and dozens of small boats are floating free in Romania's stretch of the Danube after an ice floe melted due to rising temperatures. No injuries have been reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player [Feb 24, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player [Feb 23, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian court gives 5 years prison to man who fatally beat American basketball player [Feb 23, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania - A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to axe more than 1,000 railway jobs [Feb 22, 2012] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania is to axe more than 1,000 railway jobs under reforms agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the CFR Calatori railway said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU to freeze $4.6 billion of funds to Romania [Feb 21, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? A government spokesman says European Union will freeze ?3.5 billion ($4.64 billion) after auditors found irregularities in programs aimed at helping disadvantaged groups such as Gypsies. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian PM announces gov't resignation [Feb 20, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? The Romanian prime minister on Monday announced the immediate resignation of himself and his government, saying he wanted to protect the stability of the country. Emil Boc said he was resigning "to ease the social situation" ? referring to weeks of protests in Romania over austerity measures that he introduced in 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Officials say worst cold snap in memory in Eastern Europe has killed more than 600 [Feb 15, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania - More than 600 people in Eastern Europe have died during a record-breaking cold snap, authorities said Wednesday, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car pile-ups on blinding snow. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brazilian Platini signs with Dinamo Bucharest [Feb 15, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Brazilian striker Michel Platini Ferreira Mesquita has signed with Dinamo Bucharest , despite fighting on the pitch with two Dinamo players last week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's top court rules Prince Paul Hohenzollern is legitimate royalty [Feb 15, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romania's top court has recognized Prince Paul Hohenzollern as the legitimate grandson of former King Carol II, ending a 21-year-legal battle. [via YahooNews] More >>

As snow and ice coat the Balkans, emergency operations under way in several European nations [Feb 15, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania - Snow as deep as 15 feet (4.5 metres) isolated areas in Romania, Moldova and Albania on Tuesday and turned a power plant in Kosovo into a park of dazzling ice sculptures. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsHeavy snow causes havoc in Romania, Moldova [Feb 15, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Heavy snow has blanketed Romania and Moldova, isolating hundreds of communities, closing border crossings and schools and throwing the transportation network into chaos. [via YahooNews] More >>

2 Romanian ex-ministers jailed for corruption [Feb 14, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather Sports2 Romanian ex-ministers jailed for corruption [Feb 14, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A Romanian court has convicted and sentenced two former agriculture ministers to three years each in prison on corruption charges. [via YahooNews] More >>

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