Romania News

Romania’s capital city of Bucharest has been the scene of anti-government protests for three days in a row, with more than 2,000 people shouting and clashing with riot police on the central University Square on Sunday.

Protests have continued in Romanian cities reflecting widespread anger against the unpopular government. The demonstrations, in their 4th day, are the result of frustration against public wage cuts, higher taxes and widespread corruption.

Copenhagen hopes that a solution regarding Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids will be found as quickly as possible, Danish Justice Minister Morten Boedskov has declared. Bulgaria and Romania’s substantial efforts to cover the

Romania will ask the European Commission whether the nine member states’ extending the labor restrictions for Romanian workers is justified, given the Accession Treaty, which envisages similar measures only in extraordinary cases. At the end of 2011, 11 EU member states imposed restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers – Belgium, …

Monday’s talks between the parties in the ruling Alliance for European Integration and communists did not bring a solution to the problem with the election of a president. After the meeting the MPs said this was a good beginning. The representative of the

Moldova’s acting President Marian Lupu says he is encouraged by pledges from the new leader of the country’s breakaway Transdniester region to ease border controls. Yevgeny Shevchuk, who won a runoff presidential election

The Georgian Parliament approved the candidacies of new ambassadors to Greece and Romania on Tuesday. President of Georgia introduced his nominees David Bakradze to Greece and Ilia Giorgadze to Romania to the parliament’s approval. The candidates were interviewed in the committees of the legislative body before they pass approval at …

Romania has given final approval for the building of an anti-ballistic interceptor site in the country as part of a U.S. missile shield. In September, Romania and the U.S. signed an accord to install the interceptors at the Deveselu air base

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has joined forces with his counterparts from Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia on backing the EU integration of the Republic of Moldova.

The Netherlands is firm on vetoing Bulgaria’s and Romania’s Schengen entry if there is a vote on the matter, according to Gerd Leers, Dutch Minister of Immigration and Asylum Affairs. Leers has spoken Tuesday, before the last for 2011 meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA). According to …