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Poverty drives central Europe's great exodus [Mar 30, 2012] LUPSANU, Romania (Reuters) - Maria Ene's traditional white house on a muddy, unnamed Romanian street doesn't have running water, but it does have two satellite dishes sprouting from its fence. Three of Ene's five children have moved to Spain. It's not that far, but with everyone feeling the pinch of Europe's economic downturn, she sees them once a year at most, and needs to feel connected. "I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Feature - Poverty drives central Europe's great exodus [Mar 29, 2012] LUPSANU, Romania (Reuters) - Maria Ene's traditional white house on a muddy, unnamed Romanian street doesn't have running water, but it does have two satellite dishes sprouting from its fence. Three of Ene's five children have moved to Spain. It's not that far, but with everyone feeling the pinch of Europe's economic downturn, she sees them once a year at most, and needs to feel connected. "I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poverty drives central Europe's great exodus [Mar 29, 2012] LUPSANU, Romania (Reuters) - Maria Ene's traditional white house on a muddy, unnamed Romanian street doesn't have running water, but it does have two satellite dishes sprouting from its fence. Three of Ene's five children have moved to Spain. It's not that far, but with everyone feeling the pinch of Europe's economic downturn, she sees them once a year at most, and needs to feel connected. "I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania must meet Spain [Feb 05, 2012] Having booked their progress to the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 quarter-finals on Thursday, Romania discovered tonight that they must switch from Split to Zagreb to play holders Spain. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarian, Romanian PMs Find Causality between Budget Deficit and Football [Oct 12, 2011] Bulgaria and Romania's national football teams would probably be doing better if the two countries had the budget deficits of Spain, Italy, Portugal, or England, according to PMs Boyko Borisov and Emil Boc. This perplexing causal relation was declared by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after meeting his Romanian counterpart in Bucharest, where the two countries' Cabinet held Wednesday ... [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 >>

Nastase Tiriac Trophy Romania Results [Sep 20, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Results Tuesday from the Nastase Tiriac Trophy, a ?371,000 ($506,000) ATP event played on outdoor clay at the BNR Arenas (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Florent Serra , France, def. Gianluca Naso , Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Alessandro Giannessi, Italy, def. Albert Montanes (8), Spain, 7-5, 6-4. Carlos Berlocq , Argentina, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer , Austria, 6-2 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Souza, Gil advance to 2nd round of Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Romania [Sep 19, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Joao Souza of Brazil upset fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-4, 7-6(5) on Monday in the first round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy. Souza will meet Adrian Ungur of Romania or Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic in the second round. In the day?s second match, Frederico Gil of Portugal defeated Jeremy Chardy of France 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

As it Happened: Rep of Ireland U19 0-0 Romania U19 [Jul 27, 2011] Read how Paul Doolin's U-19 side booked their place in the semi-finals of the European Championships following a scoreless draw to set up a date with Spain. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania NPP Expansion Threatened by Major Companies Quitting [Jan 20, 2011] Major companies RWE, GDF Suez and Iberdrola have decided to quit the project for the building of additional Units 3 and 4 of the Romanian Cernavoda NPP. The reason given by the three companies (based in Germany, France and Spain respectively) is the absence of a clear regulatory framework and uncertainty about increased electricity demand for the future, according to the Dow Jones agency. Over ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian neighbours of child mother who gave birth in Spain claim she is much older than 10 [Dec 07, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The former neighbours of a Romanian girl who gave birth last week in Spain claim that she is significantly older than 10. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian neighbors: Child mom much older than 10 [Dec 07, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The former neighbors of a Romanian girl who gave birth last week in Spain claim that she is significantly older than 10. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian neighbours: Child mom much older than 10 [Nov 12, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The former neighbours of a Romanian girl who gave birth last week in Spain claim that she is significantly older than 10. [via YahooNews] More >>

10-year-old Romanian Gives Birth in Spain - Normal in Romania? Does That Make it Okay? [Nov 11, 2010] A 10-year-old gives birth in Spain. The girl is from Romania, and the baby?s daddy is also a minor. Because of this, it is not considered rape or even a crime. In fact, the baby, who was born . . . [via YahooNews] More >>

In Romania, neighbours say child mom older than 10 [Nov 09, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The former neighbours of a Romanian girl who gave birth last week in Spain claim that she is more than 10 years old. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Neighbors: Child Mom Older Than 10 [Nov 09, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania -- The former neighbors of a Romanian girl who gave birth last week in Spain claim that she is significantly older than 10. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian neighbours of child mother who gave birth in Spain claim she is much older than 10 [Nov 09, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The former neighbours of a Romanian girl who gave birth last week in Spain claim that she is more than 10 years old. [via YahooNews] More >>