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Prince Harry spends Easter 'in Transylvania' [Apr 08, 2012] Britain's Prince Harry is spending the Easter weekend in a picturesque Transylvanian village in the heart of Romania, local media reported on Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian parliament votes to put down stray dogs despite lobbying by animal rights groups [Nov 28, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romanian lawmakers voted Tuesday to make it legal to euthanize the thousands of stray dogs that roam the country?s streets, angering animal rights activists who have lobbied for months to stop the measure. Bucharest alone is home to an estimated 50,000 stray dogs, according to local media, and they are a part of city life, crossing the street, snoozing on sidewalks and even ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian parliament votes to euthanize stray dogs [Nov 22, 2011] ALISON MUTLER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romanian lawmakers voted Tuesday to make it legal to euthanize the thousands of stray dogs that roam the country's streets, angering animal rights activists who have lobbied for months to stop the measure. Bucharest alone is home to an estimated 50,000 stray dogs, according to local media, and they are a part of city life, crossing the street ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian parliament votes to euthanize stray dogs [Nov 22, 2011] ALISON MUTLER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romanian lawmakers voted Tuesday to make it legal to euthanize the thousands of stray dogs that roam the country's streets, angering animal rights activists who have lobbied for months to stop the measure. Bucharest alone is home to an estimated 50,000 stray dogs, according to local media, and they are a part of city life, crossing the street ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian parliament votes to put down stray dogs despite lobbying by animal rights groups [Nov 22, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romanian lawmakers voted Tuesday to make it legal to euthanize the thousands of stray dogs that roam the country?s streets, angering animal rights activists who have lobbied for months to stop the measure. Bucharest alone is home to an estimated 50,000 stray dogs, according to local media, and they are a part of city life, crossing the street, snoozing on sidewalks and even ... [via YahooNews] More >>

US basketball player dies after bar fight in Romania [Oct 09, 2011] US basketball player Chauncey Hardy died on Sunday after being beaten up in a Romanian bar, local media said. [via YahooNews] More >>

WHO: Time running out to solve E. coli outbreak [Jun 07, 2011] A man balances on a pile of cucumbers collected for destruction at a greenhouse compound outside Bucharest, Romania, Monday, June 6, 2011. Producers destroyed thousands of tons of cucumbers over the past two days, according to local media, after their production was either turned back from exports or refused for sale by supermarkets in Romania for fear of E. coli bacteria contamination. [via YahooNews] More >>

Lacatus quits as Steaua Bucharest coach [Mar 07, 2011] Marius Lacatus resigned on Monday as coach of Steaua Bucharest a day after a humiliating defeat in the Romanian league, local media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania passes more fiscal austerity measures [Sep 16, 2010] Bucharest - Romania raised the retirement age for men and women and plans health care and welfare cuts as part of a package of measures aimed at lowering public spending, local media reported Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Six Israeli soldiers die in Romania helicopter crash: report [Jul 26, 2010] Six Israelis and one Romanian were killed on Monday when a military helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain in central Romania, local media said, quoting defence sources. [via YahooNews] More >>

Six Israeli soldiers die in Romania helicopter crash: report [Jul 26, 2010] Six Israeli soldiers and one Romanian were killed Monday when a military helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain in central Romania, local media said, quoting defence sources. [via YahooNews] More >>

Six Israeli soldiers die in Romania helicopter crash: report [Jul 26, 2010] Six Israeli soldiers and one Romanian were killed Monday when a military helicopter crashed in central Romania, local media said, quoting defence sources. [via YahooNews] More >>

Six Israeli soldiers die in Romania helicopter crash: report [Jul 26, 2010] Six Israeli soldiers and one Romanian were killed Monday when a military helicopter crashed in central Romania, local media said, quoting defence sources. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria midfielder Angelov joins Steaua Bucharest [Jul 10, 2010] Bulgaria midfielder Stanislav Angelov has joined Romanian club Steaua Bucharest on a one-year contract, the player told local media on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU crisis management commissioner visits Romania flood zone [Jul 09, 2010] Bucharest - Kristalina Georgieva, the European Union's commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, on Friday visited Romania's flood-stricken eastern region, local media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania braces for more flooding on 10th day of rising water [Jul 02, 2010] Bucharest - Flooding continued to plague eastern Romania on Friday, with officials bracing for more rising water over the weekend given adverse weather forecasts, local media reported.... [via YahooNews] More >>