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Romania restores old powers of key agency combatting corruption [Aug 25, 2010] Reuters/Bucharest Romanias senate yesterday restored the powers of a European Union-mandated anti-corruption agency which is key to fighting graft in one of the blocs most corrupt members. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to expel Russian diplomat in espionage row [Aug 17, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Foreign Ministry moved to expel a Russian diplomat working at the Bucharest embassy on Tuesday after Moscow detained a senior Romanian diplomat on allegations of espionage. [via YahooNews] More >>

Three babies killed in Romania hospital explosion [Aug 17, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Three newborn babies were killed in a Romanian maternity ward on Monday in an explosion caused by an electrical fault, a senior health official said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Three babies killed in Romania hospital explosion [Aug 16, 2010] Source: Reuters BUCHAREST, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Three newborn babies were killed in a Romanian maternity ward on Monday in an explosion caused by an electrical fault, a senior health official said. Eight babies were ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Israeli military helicopter crashes in Romania [Jul 26, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - An Israeli military transport helicopter carrying seven soldiers crashed in central Romania on Monday during a joint exercise, Romania's Defense Ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanias debt woe [Jul 23, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) Romanias government is losing its battle to keep a lid on its borrowing costs and risks having to pay investors even higher premiums if it does not now concede the discounts they are demanding to buy its debt. Bucharest has struggled to sell debt at yields it deems acceptable and refused to go over 7 percent, but rates of return are more likely to rise than fall due to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania exhumes remains of ex-dictator Ceausescu [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up Wednesday, some 20 years after their deaths, to check if they were truly buried there, their son-in-law said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania exhumes remains of ex-dictator Ceausescu [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up on Wednesday to check whether they were truly buried there, their son-in-law said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Remains of Romanian ex-dictator Ceausescu exhumed [Jul 21, 2010] Source: Reuters BUCHAREST, July 21 (Reuters) - The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up on Wednesday to check whether they were truly buried there, their son- ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Remains of Romanian ex-dictator Ceausescu exhumed [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up on Wednesday to check whether they were truly buried there, their son-in-law said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian military aircraft crash kills 10 [Jul 09, 2010] BUCHAREST, Jul 5 (Reuters) - Ten people died today when a military aircraft carrying 13 people crashed soon after taking off from an airport in the southeast Romanian town of Tuzla, the defence ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian military aircraft crash kills 10 [Jul 07, 2010] BUCHAREST, Jul 5 (Reuters) - Ten people died today when a military aircraft carrying 13 people crashed soon after taking off from an airport in the southeast Romanian town of Tuzla, the defence ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian military aircraft crash kills 10 [Jul 05, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Ten people died Monday when a military aircraft carrying 13 people crashed soon after taking off from an airport in the southeast Romanian town of Tuzla, the defense ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian military aircraft crash kills 10 [Jul 05, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Ten people died Monday when a military aircraft carrying 13 people crashed soon after taking off from an airport in the southeast Romanian town of Tuzla, the defence ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Floods kill 24, Romania to seek emergency EU aid [Jun 30, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Floods and torrential rain in Romania have killed 24 people, forced 7,000 to be evacuated from homes and damaged farmlands and infrastructure in the European Union's second poorest country, officials said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Floods kill 24, Romania to seek emergency EU aid [Jun 30, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Floods and torrential rain in Romania have killed 24 people, forced 7,000 to be evacuated from homes and damaged farmlands and infrastructure in the European Union's second poorest country, officials said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-30 11:13 Romania cbank keeps rate on hold at 6.25 pct [Jun 30, 2010] BUCHAREST, June 30 (Reuters) - Romania's central bank kept its key interest rate on hold at 6.25 percent as expected on Wednesday, ending its rate easing cycle after a government plan to hike value added tax increased uncertainty about the economy. Borrowing costs are currently at a record low following 400 basis points worth of easing since the start of last year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Floods, rains kill 21 in eastern Romania [Jun 29, 2010] Source: Reuters BUCHAREST, June 29 (Reuters) - Floods and torrential rains have killed 21 people in eastern Romania in the past week, the government's emergency committee said on Tuesday. Most of the victims ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-28 13:57 UPDATE 1-Romania fiscal deficit widens in Jan-May [Jun 28, 2010] BUCHAREST, June 28 (Reuters) - Romania's budget deficit for the first five months of 2010 widened to 3.1 percent of gross domestic product at the end of May from 2.2 percent in January-April as spending rose while revenues dipped, finance ministry data showed on Monday. Bucharest has promised to slash the fiscal gap for the whole of 2010 to 6.8 percent of GDP under a vital, 20 billion euro ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-28 09:06 UPDATE 1-IMF may delay Romania talks until early July [Jun 28, 2010] BUCHAREST, June 28 (Reuters) - The board of the International Monetary Fund might delay talks on Romania's 20 billion euros aid package until early July, the country's representative to the Fund was quoted on Monday as saying. The centrist coalition government plans to raise value-added tax by 5 percentage points to 24 percent on July 1 and said at the weekend the IMF Board would discuss its 20 ... [via YahooNews] More >>