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Poverty forces Roma to leave Bulgaria and Romania [Aug 21, 2010] BUCHAREST (AFP) - Europe's Roma communities, at the centre of an immigration row in France, are often driven out by poverty from their homes in Romania and Bulgaria, the European Union's two most impoverished members. [via YahooNews] More >>

Missing savings spark bank rush [Aug 13, 2010] BUCHAREST (Romania) - ABOUT 200 people rushed to a Dutch-owned bank in central Romania on Thursday after more than 1 million euros (S$1.7 million) was reported missing from accounts there. Police spokesman Liviu Nagy said bank employees are suspected of taking money from at least 20 savings accounts at a branch of Credit Europe Bank in Brasov city without authorization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bank savings go missing [Aug 12, 2010] BUCHAREST (Romania) - ABOUT 200 Romanians have rushed to a Dutch-owned bank to check their savings after authorities reported that they received a dozen complaints from people whose accounts had been drained. Romanian authorities have started an investigation at a branch of Credit Europe Bank in Brasov, a city in central Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Millions of outsiders eligible for EU passports [Aug 05, 2010] (AP:BUCHAREST, Romania) Passport loopholes offered by three EU nations could be indirectly expanding the boundaries of the bloc _ potentially giving nearly 5 million outsiders, mostly from Europe's poorest countries, the coveted right to live and work in the union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanians, among the most religious and superstitious Europeans, report says [Aug 01, 2010] The Romanian adult is one of the most religious and superstitious in the whole of Europe, Bucharest Faculty of Sociology and Social Work report says. [via YahooNews] More >>

AP Interview: Romanian minister: Gypsies need more EU funding to better integrate into society [Jul 27, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) The millions of Gypsies who live in Europe face widespread discrimination and need more EU funds and a better strategy to integrate them into society, Romania's foreign minister said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

AP Interview: Romania: Gypsies need more EU help [Jul 27, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The millions of Gypsies who live in Europe face widespread discrimination and need more EU funds and a better strategy to integrate them into society, Romania's foreign minister said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

AP Interview: Romanian minister: Gypsies need more EU funding to better integrate into society [Jul 27, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's foreign minister says the millions of Gypsies who live in Europe face widespread discrimination and need funds and a strategy to integrate them into society. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hindus critical of Romanian President's remarks about Roma [Jul 25, 2010] Nevada (US), July 25 : Although social inclusion of Roma was urgently needed all over Europe, but Romania just should not bail herself out of responsibility of Roma integration at home, acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed stated in Nevada (USA) today. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU orders Romania to resolve anti-graft legal row [Jul 20, 2010] (BRUSSELS ) - Europe ordered Romania on Wednesday to resolve a constitutional row over a controversial law which opponents say weakens the country's anti-graft agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's rail transport victim of neglect [Jul 18, 2010] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania used to have one of the most extended rail networks in Europe, but after years of neglect many of its 11,000 kilometers of track are in a "catastrophic state," experts say. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian wind energy unit starts producing electricity [Jun 30, 2010] A wind energy unit in Romania expected to become the biggest in Europe next year has begun producing electricity, an official said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nine O'Clock [Jun 21, 2010] EU expects gas to flow despite the spat between the two countries. Russia cut gas supplies to Belarus by 15 percent on Monday, pressing its neighbour to pay mounting debts and raising fears of disruptions in deliveries to Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

UNHCR chief visits emergency transit centre in Romania [May 28, 2010] Source: UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Ant? Guterres visits Europe's first emergency transit centre and meets Sri Lankan and Palestinian refugees. [via YahooNews] More >>

Corrections [May 22, 2010] -- A photo caption with the Steven Pearlstein column on the May 19 Economy & Business pages, about the debt crisis in Europe, incorrectly described a protester outside Romania's presidential palace in Bucharest as Hungarian. The protester was Romanian. Law - Law Enforcement - Corrections - State Agencies - United States [via YahooNews] More >>

CGS Taps Veteran OMalley to Address Growing Demand for European Call Center Services [Apr 27, 2010] Prominent outsourcing services industry veteran Robert OMalley joins CGS Contact Center Solutions as Senior Account Executive. Mr. OMalley will leverage his 20 years of industry experience to help companies throughout Europe achieve greater control and results through use of conveniently located CGS service centers in Romania. (PRWeb Apr 27, 2010) Read the full story at http ... [via YahooNews] More >>

CGS Taps Veteran OMalley to Address Growing Demand for European Call Center Services [Apr 27, 2010] Prominent outsourcing services industry veteran Robert OMalley joins CGS Contact Center Solutions as Senior Account Executive. Mr. OMalley will leverage his 20 years of industry experience to help companies throughout Europe achieve greater control and results through use of conveniently located CGS service centers in Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash [Apr 19, 2010] Airline in Europe flew just 5,000 of their 24,000 scheduled flights on Sunday, Eurocontrol, the Euoprean air navigation and safety organizations, said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Europe must act to avoid 'second league': IMF head [Apr 01, 2010] ( BUCHAREST ) - Europe must take action to prevent their economies from falling behind the United States and Asia and being relegated to the "second league", IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech human rights film festival goes East to Bucharest (AFP via Yahoo! News) [Mar 18, 2010] Czech film festival One World, one of the biggest in Europe dealing with human rights issues, is going East to Bucharest this week, under the patronage of former anticommunist dissident Vaclav Havel. [via YahooNews] More >>