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Jan 172 min read
Romanian protesters demand cancelled presidential election should go ahead
BUCHAREST - Tens of thousands of Romanians angered by the cancellation of a presidential election marched through Bucharest on Sunday to...


Jan 21 min read
Romania and Bulgaria become full members of EU's Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday,...


Dec 17, 20242 min read
Romanian government talks hampered by demand for fiscal clarity
BUCHAREST - One of the four Romanian parties due to join a coalition government demanded clarity over taxation and spending plans on...


Dec 1, 20243 min read
Facts-What happens after Romania's parliamentary election?
BUCHAREST - Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, one week after an independent far-right candidate won the most votes in...


Nov 29, 20243 min read
Romania's top court orders presidential election recount
BUCHAREST - Romania's top court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential election and the country's...


Nov 27, 20243 min read
In election shock, Romanian far-right NATO critic set for presidential contest
BUCHAREST - A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election...


Nov 25, 20242 min read
Facts-Who is Romania's surprise hard-right presidential candidate?
Calin Georgescu, a Romanian hard-right NATO critic, appeared in a dead heat with leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu after the first...


Sep 20, 20243 min read
Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen promises
WROCLAW, Poland - The European Union will make billions of euros available to help central Europe recover from severe floods, European...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Central Europe flood deaths rise as citizens race to build defences
WROCLAW, Poland - Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Factbox-Central Europe experiencing worst floods in at least two decades
WARSAW - Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and...


Sep 17, 20243 min read
Central Europe braces for further flooding 'apocalypse' as death toll rises
JESENIK/LITOVEL, Czech Republic - Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday as others in...


Sep 15, 20243 min read
Floods in Romania kill at least four people as rain batters central Europe
VISNOVA, Czech Republic - At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday,...
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