BUCHAREST – Romania is expected to approve conditionalities of a 20-billion euros IMF-led financial package for the new European Union member on Saturday, Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Thursday. On Thursday, Boc met leaders of the centre-left ruling coalition to discuss the loan and an upcoming budget revision that …

The European Union has urged Moldova to resume normal relations with Romania, which the former Soviet republic has accused of stoking post-election violence. Moldova expelled Romania’s ambassador on Wednesday and blamed its neighbour for violent street protests that Vladimir Voronin, its president, described as an attempted coup.

Russia asked the European Union and Romania yesterday to guarantee the sovereignty of its ally Moldova, where riots have swept the capital and prompted a crackdown on the pro-Western opposition. Moldova’s veteran Communist President, Vladimir Voronin, accused neighbouring Romania of stoking a coup attempt after demonstrators ransacked parliament during post-election …