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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 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's former prime minister sentenced to prison for corruption [Jan 30, 2012] Romania's former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced Monday to two years of prison in a corruption case after more than 1,000 days of trial and over 900 witnesses. [via YahooNews] More >>

Former Romanian premier Nastase sentenced to two-year jail term [Jan 30, 2012] BUCHAREST Former prime minister of Romania Adrian Nastase was sentenced to a two-year prison term for corruption in the 'Quality Trophy' file case by the Supreme Court on Monday, in the first such sentencing of a top-ranking politician. [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 >>

Romanian ex-premier gets prison time in corruption case [Jan 30, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania's highest court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison after convicting him of illegally raising funds for a failed presidential campaign. [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 >>

Romanian ex-PM gets prison time in corruption case [Jan 30, 2012] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romania's highest court has sentenced former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison after convicting him of illegally raising funds for a failed presidential campaign. Monday's ruling is the first time a former Romanian premier has been sentenced to prison since communism ended in the country in 1989. Four others in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's ex-PM cleared of corruption charges [Dec 17, 2011] Romania's ex-PM cleared of corruption charges BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? A top court in Romania on Thursday ruled that former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is not guilty of bribery in a corruption case. Nastase had been accused of paying a bribe to a government official in charge of preventing money laundering to destroy documents regarding a bank deposit of $400,000 (euro308,000) by Nastase's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's ex-PM cleared of corruption charges [Dec 17, 2011] Romania's ex-PM cleared of corruption charges BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? A top court in Romania on Thursday ruled that former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is not guilty of bribery in a corruption case. Nastase had been accused of paying a bribe to a government official in charge of preventing money laundering to destroy documents regarding a bank deposit of $400,000 (?308,000) by Nastase's wife. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian court acquits ex-PM in graft case [Dec 15, 2011] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania's supreme court acquitted former prime minister Adrian Nastase of corruption on Thursday after he was accused of bribing a top official to thwart an investigation into his wife. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian court acquits ex-PM in graft case [Dec 15, 2011] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania's supreme court acquitted former prime minister Adrian Nastase of corruption on Thursday after he was accused of bribing a top official to thwart an investigation into his wife. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's ex-PM cleared of corruption charges [Dec 15, 2011] A top court in Romania on Thursday ruled that former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is not guilty of bribery in a corruption case.The Bucharest court dismissed charges against Nastase, who hailed the ruling ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian anti-communist symbol Ion Diaconescu dies at age 94 [Oct 12, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Ion Diaconescu, one of Romania?s anti-communist symbols who was imprisoned for 17 years by the communists for his political beliefs, has died. He was 94. Former prime minister Victor Ciorbea said Diaconescu died late Tuesday. He had been recently treated for heart problems. Diaconescu was released under an amnesty for political prisoners in 1964 and helped re-establish the ... [via YahooNews] More >>