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Analysis: Central Europe walks austerity tightrope [May 04, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - When Romania's government cut salaries by a quarter in 1931, it collapsed and the country ran through 22 different cabinets in a decade and slid into dictatorship and war. Eight decades later, another government introduced a similar austerity measure under an International Monetary Fund-led bailout. It fell and parliament threw out its successor after just two months ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Bond Yields Tumble as IMF Plan Outlives Protest Fallout [Mar 15, 2012] Investors are betting Romania?s new government will stick to its bailout program in the face of elections this fall after the most-violent protests in a decade chased former Prime Minister Emil Boc from office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania president says energy sufficiency possible [Mar 05, 2012] Romania's president said Monday that the country could become energy-sufficient before the end of the decade due to the discovery of large gas reserves offshore in the Black Sea. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Loses 2.6 Million People in 10 Years [Feb 03, 2012] Bulgaria's northern neighbor Romania seems to be hit just as hard by a demographic crisis, having lost 2.6 million of its population in the past decade. Preliminary census results of the Romanian Statistical Institute released Thursday show that Romania's population declined from 21.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian riots reveal growing gloom in region [Jan 20, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. In former Soviet bloc nations now part of the EU, frustration is mounting due to economic stagnation and worrisome governance, encouraging street protests ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Top News Headlines [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Riots Show A Growing Gloom In The Region [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian riots reveal growing gloom in region [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian riots reveal growing gloom in region [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. In former Soviet bloc nations now part of the EU, frustration is mounting due to economic stagnation and worrisome governance, encouraging street ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsRomanian riots reveal growing gloom in region [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Top News Headlines [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian riots reveal growing gloom in region [Jan 19, 2012] ALISON MUTLER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. In former Soviet bloc nations now part of the EU, frustration is mounting due to economic stagnation and worrisome governance ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's protests reveal mounting frustration over poverty, injustice in eastern Europe [Jan 19, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romanian cities are gripped by the worst street violence in over a decade. Slovaks seem poised to re-elect a confrontational and divisive populist. Hungary alarms the European Union with laws that erode democratic rights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian PM warns protesters on fifth day [Jan 16, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's prime minister warned anti-austerity protesters gathering for a fifth day on Monday that violence would not be tolerated after 59 people were injured in clashes between demonstrators and riot police at the weekend. The country's worst unrest for more than a decade has seen riot police using tear gas against protesters throwing bricks, smashing windows and setting ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian PM warns protesters on fifth day [Jan 16, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's prime minister warned anti-austerity protesters gathering for a fifth day on Monday that violence would not be tolerated after 59 people were injured in clashes between demonstrators and riot police at the weekend. The country's worst unrest for more than a decade has seen riot police using tear gas against protesters throwing bricks, smashing windows and setting ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Protesters, police clash in Bucharest, 59 hurt [Jan 16, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters clashed with riot police in the Romanian capital Bucharest at the weekend and 59 people were injured, paramedics said on Monday. Analysts said the unrest, the worst in the Balkan country for more than a decade, could resume this week but was unlikely to affect the government's austerity programme, one of the protesters' grievances, at this stage ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian cinema struggles despite international fame [Jan 06, 2012] BUCHAREST, January 6, 2012 (AFP) -- A new wave of Romanian cinema came to fame at the Cannes film festival a decade ago, but many prizes later, filmmakers still struggle to win the box office in their homeland. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian cinema struggles despite international fame [Jan 02, 2012] BUCHAREST (AFP) - A new wave of Romanian cinema came to fame at the Cannes film festival a decade ago, but many prizes later, filmmakers still struggle to win the box office in their homeland. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian cinema struggles despite international fame [Jan 02, 2012] A new wave of Romanian cinema came to fame at the Cannes film festival a decade ago, but many prizes later, filmmakers still struggle to win the box office in their homeland. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nationalism, from Romanians to Magyars [Mar 23, 2011] Marko Bela was right when he said that the Romanian society by and large is more tolerant of Magyars than it was a decade ago. From various reasons, nationalism entered recession, and Romania?s European integration is the chief reason for it. [via YahooNews] More >>