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EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms [Feb 08, 2012] The European Union criticized Romania and Bulgaria on Wednesday for being too slow to reform their judicial systems or to combat corruption and organized crime. The move casts doubt on the two Balkan nations joining the borderless Schengen zone anytime soon. [via YahooNews] More >>

IMF, EU trim Romania's growth forecast [Feb 05, 2012] The head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Romania, Jeffrey Franks, gives a press conference in Bucharest. The IMF and the European Union on Sunday said they had trimmed Romania's 2012 growth ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft [Jan 31, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. Nastase would be the first former prime minister to be sent to jail since the fall of communism in 1989. He remains free pending an appeal. Prosecutors had ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's ex-PM sentenced for graft [Jan 31, 2012] BUCHAREST ? Romania?s top court gave former prime minister Adrian Nastase a two-year jail sentence for corruption yesterday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft [Jan 31, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. Nastase would be the first former prime minister to be sent to jail since the fall of communism in 1989. He remains free pending an appeal. Prosecutors had ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft [Jan 30, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft [Jan 30, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. Nastase would be the first former prime minister to be sent to jail since the fall of communism in 1989. He remains free pending an appeal. Prosecutors had ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft [Jan 30, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials. Nastase, who denies the charges and will remain free pending an appeal, would be the first former prime minister to be sent to jail since the fall of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Romania PM handed two-year sentence for graft [Jan 30, 2012] (BUCHAREST ) - Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced Monday by the Supreme Court to a two-year jail term for graft, at the end of a trial closely monitored by the European Union. [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 >>

Romania's anti-austerity protests [Jan 19, 2012] In 2009, Romania took a two-year $27.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the World Bank as its economy shrank by 7.1 percent. It imposed harsh austerity measures under the agreement, reducing public wages by 25 percent and increasing taxes. Anger has mounted over the wage cuts, slashed benefits, higher taxes and widespread corruption. Ongoing protests for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Analyst: Bulgaria and Romania's EU accession 'was right' (News) [Jan 03, 2012] Bulgaria and Romania are struggling harder than the former communist countries of Central Europe to integrate into the European Union, but a leading French researcher says the decision to take them on board was the right one. Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU [via YahooNews] More >>