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Biden warns Russia of greater costs if it undermines Ukraine election

August 25, 2021 at 12:10 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Wednesday that undermining a May 25 presidential election in Ukraine would bring greater costs for Russia - already subject...

Romanian government wins confidence vote after split

November 3, 2021 at 8:13 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta won a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday, as expected, securing a new mandate to push through a series of IMF-backed reforms...

Romanian government wins confidence vote after split

December 23, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta won a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday, as expected, securing a new mandate to push through a series of IMF-backed reforms...

Prosecutors say Romanian deputy PM abused power in 2012 vote

August 24, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian prosecutors charged Deputy Prime Minister Liviu Dragnea on Monday with orchestrating a campaign of bribery, threats and fraud to try to swing a vote to impeach...

Chinese pianist Wang’s childhood colors Bucharest concert

August 24, 2021 at 2:57 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Reed-thin and tiny, Yuja Wang looks too small to handle a shiny black Steinway concert grand piano. Yet when she was done, her powerful, nuanced playing got...

Insolvent town exposes gulf between EU dreams and reality

August 24, 2021 at 2:52 p.m.

ANINOASA, Romania (Reuters) - On an abandoned storefront, an old poster advertises one of the few career opportunities available in this Romanian town: naked webcam models wanted for Internet chatrooms....

Insolvent town exposes gulf between EU dreams and reality

May 14, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

ANINOASA, Romania (Reuters) - On an abandoned storefront, an old poster advertises one of the few career opportunities available in this Romanian town: naked webcam models wanted for Internet chatrooms....

Romania parliament boosts criminal immunity, may irk EU

August 23, 2021 at 9:41 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian members of parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to boost their immunity from prosecution, a move set to annoy a European Commission already exasperated by Romania's hesitant...

Romania parliament boosts criminal immunity, may irk EU

August 22, 2019 at 8:19 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian members of parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to boost their immunity from prosecution, a move set to annoy a European Commission already exasperated by Romania's hesitant...

New Romania government wins parliament backing

August 23, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta's new government won parliamentary backing on Friday, drawing a line under a period of political uncertainty in the European Union state that...

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