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Simon reaches final in Bucharest [May 02, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Top-seeded Gilles Simon beat Matthias Bachinger of Germany 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Malisse defeats defending champ Mayer in Bucharest [Apr 26, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Defending champion Florian Mayer of Germany was ousted by Xavier Malisse of Belgium 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Malisse defeats defending champ Mayer in Bucharest [Apr 25, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Defending champion Florian Mayer of Germany was ousted by Xavier Malisse of Belgium 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Bucharest International men's singles first round results [Apr 24, 2012] April 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Bucharest International men's singles first round matches on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding). Marius Copil (Romania) beat Tobias Kamke (Germany) 6-3 6-2 6-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Guillaume Rufin (France) 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Joao Souza (Brazil) 7-5 7-6(5) Juergen Zopp (Estonia) beat Victor Crivoi (Romania) 6-3 6-3 [via YahooNews] More >>

The Romanian FM was on a formal visit to Berlin Monday and Tuesday, occasioned by the 20th anniversary of the Treaty ... [Apr 17, 2012] Having met with German counterpart Guido Westerwelle, the head of Romanian diplomacy, Cristian Diaconescu, said that Germany remains a firm advocate of Romania joining Schengen this year, and also follows with interest the reform of the Romanian legal system. [via YahooNews] More >>

Europa League group stage results [Dec 15, 2011] Results from the Europa League group stages on Thursday PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 2 Rapid Bucharest (Romania) 1 Hanover 96 (Germany) 3 Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine) 1 FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 0 Standard Liege (Belgium) 1 PAOK Salonika (Greece) 1 Rubin Kazan (Russia) 1 [via YahooNews] More >>

Nokia to cut 3,500 jobs in Romania, Germany, US [Sep 30, 2011] Mobile phone giant Nokia said Thursday it was slashing 3,500 jobs in Romania, Germany and the United States, just months after announcing 4,000 job cuts it said would be the last for the foreseeable future. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nokia to cut 3,500 jobs in Romania, Germany, US [Sep 30, 2011] Mobile phone giant Nokia said on Thursday it was slashing 3,500 jobs in Romania, Germany and the United States, just months after announcing 4,000 job cuts it said would be the last for the foreseeable future. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Bucharest International men's final result [Sep 25, 2011] Bucharest International men's singles final result from Romania on Sunday (prefix denotes seeding) 2-Florian Mayer (Germany) beat 4-Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-3 6-1 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Edited by Tom Pilcher; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) [via YahooNews] More >>

Andujar, Mayer reach final in Bucharest [Sep 24, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Pablo Andujar of Spain beat top-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday and will play Florian Mayer of Germany in the Nastase Tiriac Trophy final. [via YahooNews] More >>

Andujar, Mayer win Romania semi-finals [Sep 24, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Pablo Andujar of Spain and Germany's Florian Mayer advanced to the finals of the BRD Nastase tourney in Romania with straight-sets wins in the semi-finals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Bucharest International men's semi-final results [Sep 24, 2011] Bucharest International men's singles semi-final results from Romania on Saturday (prefix denotes seeding) 4-Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat 1-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) 6-4 7-5 2-Florian Mayer (Germany) beat Filippo Volandri (Italy) 7-6(3) 6-2 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Edited by Tom Pilcher; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) [via YahooNews] More >>

Mayer reaches final in Bucharest [Sep 24, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Second-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany beat Italy's Filippo Volandri 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Mayer reaches final in Bucharest [Sep 24, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Second-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany beat Italy's Filippo Volandri 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Foreign Minister Claims Dutch Govt 'Held Captive' by Far-Right Party [Sep 19, 2011] The Dutch government is "held captive" by a far-right party with anti-European attitudes, according to Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi. Commenting Monday on Dutch opposition to Romania and Bulgaria's accession to Europe's visa-free Schengen zone, he stressed that "France and Germany have become more flexible, they have proposed us a two-step entry scenario". The two countries, however ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany Still Against Bulgaria, Romania in Schengen [Sep 04, 2011] Germany's federal Ministry of Interior has no intention whatsoever to reverse its negative opinion on the readiness of Bulgaria and Romania to enter the Schengen free movement area. "At present, Sofia and Bucharest are still not ready to join the Schengen Agreement," stated German Internal Affairs Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich. "We are not enthusiastic and taking into account the rather negative ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Shipping More Abroad Sends Fedex Stock To $114 [Aug 26, 2011] FedEx Corp. has further deepened its network in Europe and Asia by adding three new offices in Germany, Romania and China. This also marks the firm?s entry into the East European market of Romania.FedEx provides a broad range of transportation, e-commerce and business services and is best known for offering express small package and document shipping services through FedEx Express. Its main ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Fascinating Romania [May 25, 2011] I boarded Lufthansa Airlines from LAX with a certain giddiness and anticipation. I was ready for a long flight over the USA, Canada, Iceland, the Northern Sea and Germany ? with my final destination being Bucharest (or Bucuresti), the capital of Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Yesil header takes Germany past Romania [May 10, 2011] Romania 0-1 Germany The prolific Samed Yesil was Germany's goalscorer again to clinch a win which sets up a semi-final against Denmark on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany and Netherlands top Group B billing [May 02, 2011] Germany and the Netherlands are predicting a tough encounter in their Group B opener, while debutants Romania are banking on team spirit as they face the Czech Republic. [via YahooNews] More >>