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Troicki, Baghdatis lose in Nastase Tiriac Trophy [Apr 27, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Seeded players Viktor Troicki of Serbia and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus lost in the second round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Troicki, Baghdatis lose in Nastase Tiriac Trophy [Apr 26, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Fourth-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia and fifth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus both lost second-round matches at the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

President Basescu told Knut Vollebaek that the situation of Romanians there is ?the most heated issue?between ... [Apr 24, 2012] President Traian Basescu stated on Tuesday that the situation of the Romanian minority in Serbia is currently ?the most heated issue? between Bucharest and Belgrade, adding that Romania hopes that the protocol signed on this issue will be implemented. [via YahooNews] More >>

?Ukraine wants prirasti Transnistria and Moldova: Romanian media review [Mar 16, 2012] Romania-Serbia: ?today, it is our policy to rag smells too similar to the one for which we are criticizing Hungary?. Presidential elections in Russia: ?Basescu invites Moscow mutual short amnezi? to past irritability been forgotten.? [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania defends its stand on Serbia's EU bid [Mar 02, 2012] (BUCHAREST ) - Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday he did not seek confrontation when he demanded that a bilateral agreement on minorities' rights be signed before he could agree to Serbia's EU candidate status. [via YahooNews] More >>

EXTRA: Romania, Serbia sign minority deal, clear Belgrade's EU path [Mar 01, 2012] Bucharest (dpa) - Serbia and Romania signed a treaty on the protection of minorities Thursday, clearing the path for the European Union to recognize Serbia as a membership candidate."The fact that we have this agreement today is a victory for an efficient style of making diplomacy," a spokesman for the ruling Liberal Party PDL, Sever Voinescu, said in Bucharest. dpa kl bb hl [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania may be hoping for a deal over Serbia [Feb 29, 2012] Romania has refused to back Serbia's EU candidacy at a European foreign ministers' meeting and wants guarantees for ethnic Romanians living in Serbia. This may be part of a strategy, although it's not clear which one. [via YahooNews] More >>

EXTRA: Romania blocks Serbia EU candidacy over minorities [Feb 28, 2012] Brussels (dpa) - Romania dashed hopes for a rapid green light for Serbia?s European Union membership candidacy on Tuesday, when its foreign minister unexpectedly demanded further guarantees for minorities in the Balkan country.Diplomats said Romania was especially concerned about the status of Serbia?s Wallachians, who speak a Romanian language and are considered by Bucharest to be ethnic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian, Romanian IMs open new border crossing [Dec 28, 2011] BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? and his Romanian counterpart Constantin Traian Igas opened on Wednesday a new border crossing between Serbia and Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania threatened to close the path Serbia in the EU because of non-compliance with the rights of Romanians [Oct 11, 2011] Romanian Senator Viorel Badea, representing in the upper House of the Parliament of Romania diaspora, said that Romanian parliamentarians from different parties will opposed the annexation of Serbia to the EU, if Belgrade would not respect the rights of the Romanian community in its territory. On 11 October the Badea said at a press conference in Bucharest, correspondent BakuToday . [...] [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian leader backs controversial gold mine [Aug 31, 2011] share: digg facebook twitter BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romania's president said Monday he supports a controversial gold mining project in western Transylvania, but protesters said it could cause an environmental disaster. In 2000, an estimated 100 tons of the lethal substance spilled from Romania into Hungary's Tisza River and the Danube, killing large numbers of fish in Hungary and Serbia in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania: African diplomat in Serbia charged with cigarette smuggling [Jun 16, 2011] TIMISOARA, Romania - Romanian authorities say they have sent a subpoena to a Congolese embassy official in Serbia, questioning him about involvement in a cigarette smuggling ring. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania: African diplomat in Serbia charged with cigarette smuggling [Jun 15, 2011] TIMISOARA, Romania - Romanian authorities say they have sent a subpoena to a Congolese embassy official in Serbia, questioning him about involvement in a cigarette smuggling ring. [via YahooNews] More >>

DRCongo diplomat's wife detained in Romania over contraband [Jun 13, 2011] The wife of a Congolese diplomat in Serbia has been detained in neighbouring Romania for alleged cigarette smuggling, prosecutors said Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Wife of Congo diplomat in Serbia detained in Romania over alleged cigarette smuggling [Jun 13, 2011] TIMISOARA, Romania - Romanian prosecutors say they have detained the wife of a Congolese diplomat in Serbia over her alleged involvement in cigarette smuggling from Montenegro to Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Wife of Congo diplomat in Serbia detained in Romania over alleged ciggarette smuggling [Jun 13, 2011] TIMISOARA, Romania - Romanian prosecutors say they have detained the wife of a Congolese diplomat in Serbia on suspicion of being part of group that smuggles cigarettes from Montenegro to Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Wife of Congo diplomat in Serbia detained in Romania over alleged ciggarette smuggling [Jun 13, 2011] TIMISOARA, Romania - Romanian prosecutors say they have detained the wife of a Congolese diplomat in Serbia on suspicion of being part of group that smuggles cigarettes from Montenegro to Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

V?s [Apr 27, 2011] "It's a new beginning for Romanian football," coach Adrian V?s [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania: Raid five border checkpoints [Feb 08, 2011] BUCHAREST -- Romanian police today raided five checkpoints on the border with Serbia and detained about 30 people. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hungary, Romania, Serbia Struggling to Find Buyers for Domestic Bond Sales [Sep 07, 2010] Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) --Hungary, Romania and Serbia, which turned to bailouts in 2009, are struggling to find buyers for their debt as spending cuts weaken government power and concerns grow about a stalled recovery. [via YahooNews] More >>