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Ex-king who fled communist dictatorship urges more democracy in address to Romanian parliament [Oct 25, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? A former king stripped of his citizenship for fleeing a brutal communist dictatorship was applauded by the Romanian parliament Tuesday as he made his first address to the chamber in 65 years. King Michael ? who ruled from 1927 to 1930, and from 1940 to 1947 ? called for ?faith in democracy, in the role and rules of institutions.? Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsEx-Romanian king addresses parlt on 90th birthday [Oct 25, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A former king stripped of his citizenship for fleeing a brutal communist dictatorship was applauded by the Romanian parliament Tuesday as he made his first address to the chamber in 65 years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Romanian king addresses parlt on 90th birthday [Oct 25, 2011] (10-25) 06:59 PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A former king stripped of his citizenship for fleeing a brutal communist dictatorship was applauded by the Romanian parliament Tuesday as he made his first address to the... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-king who fled communist dictatorship urges more democracy in address to Romanian parliament [Oct 25, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? A former king stripped of his citizenship for fleeing a brutal communist dictatorship was applauded by the Romanian parliament Tuesday as he made his first address to the chamber in 65 years. King Michael ? who ruled from 1927 to 1930, and from 1940 to 1947 ? called for ?faith in democracy, in the role and rules of institutions.? Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania backs Hungarian citizenship law [Oct 19, 2010] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania approves of a controversial Hungarian law that grants citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living outside the country, President Traian Basescu said Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania backs Hungary's ethnic citizenship law [Oct 18, 2010] Bucharest - Romania has no problem with a new Hungarian law which allows easier acquisition of citizenship for ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries, President Traian Basescu said Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Holocaust Museum, others criticize Romania's central bank for minting 'anti-Semitic' coin [Aug 20, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania's central bank to withdraw a coin bearing the image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is "insensitive" to the memory of Holocaust victims. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Holocaust Museum criticizes Romania's central bank for minting 'anti-Semitic' coin [Aug 20, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania's central bank to withdraw a coin with an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is "insensitive" to the memory of Holocaust victims. [via YahooNews] More >>

US museum slams Romania for 'anti-Semitic' coin [Aug 20, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has criticized Romania's central bank for refusing to withdraw from circulation a coin featuring an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II, calling the decision "insensitive" to the memory of hundreds of thousands of Holocaust victims. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Holocaust Museum criticizes Romania's central bank for minting 'anti-Semitic' coin [Aug 20, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has criticized Romania's central bank for refusing to withdraw from circulation a coin featuring an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II, calling the decision "insensitive" to the memory of hundreds of thousands of Holocaust victims. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania central bank defends 'anti-Semitic' coin [Aug 19, 2010] (AP:BUCHAREST, Romania) Romania's central bank on Thursday said it would not withdraw from circulation a coin featuring an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II, stressing it had not intended to send an anti-Semitic message. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania grants citizenship to 17,000 Moldovans [Aug 16, 2010] Romania has granted citizenship to 17,000?Moldovans in the course of this year, Romanian President Traian Basescu announced. More than half a million Moldovans work in EU countries, most of them on the black labour market, he admitted. EurActiv Romania contributed to this article. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania grants 17,000 Moldovans citizenship in 2010: Basescu [Aug 13, 2010] (BUCHAREST ) - Some 17,000 Moldovans have received Romanian citizenship this year, a reparation for an "abuse" dating from the Soviet era, Romanian president Traian Basescu said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to review controversial coin [Aug 12, 2010] Romanias central bank has set up a commission to determine if a newly minted coin is anti-Semitic. The coin honors the late patriarch Miron Cristea, who as prime minister from 1938 to 1939 stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. Cristea led the Romanian church from 1925 to 1939. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania 'anti-Semitic' coin row [Aug 06, 2010] The governor of Romania's central bank says it is not anti-Semitic despite minting a coin commemorating a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania rules on disputed coin [Aug 06, 2010] BUCHAREST (Romania) - THE governor of Romania's central bank said on Friday that it was not anti-Semitic despite minting a coin commemorating a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. Governor Mugur Isarescu set up a commission to analyze the coin depicting late Patriarch Miron Cristea, who led the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1925 to 1939 and was prime ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sets up commission to rule on coin [Aug 06, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The governor of Romania's central bank said Friday that it was not anti-Semitic despite minting a coin commemorating a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Holocaust Museum to Romania: Scrap 'Racist' Coin [Aug 03, 2010] BUCHAREST (AP).- Romania's central bank has issued a special coin commemorating a prime minister and religious leader who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. The coin has prompted protest from a director at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. [via YahooNews] More >>

Scrap 'racist' coin: museum [Aug 03, 2010] BUCHAREST (Romania) - ROMANIA'S central bank has issued a special coin commemorating a prime minister and religious leader who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. The move prompted protest on Monday from Romanian Jews as well as a director at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Radu Ioanid, who runs the museum's international archives, said he was 'shocked' by the bank's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Holocaust Museum to Romania: scrap 'racist' coin [Aug 03, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Romanias central bank has issued a special coin commemorating a prime minister and religious leader who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II. The coin has prompted protest from a director at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. [via YahooNews] More >>