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Insight: Power rustlers turn the screw in Bulgaria, EU’s poorest country

August 24, 2021 at 12:31 a.m.

SOFIA (Reuters) - In a rundown area on the edge of Bulgaria's capital, where violent protests over power prices brought down the government last month, some residents are risking their...

Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests

August 22, 2019 at 9:04 a.m.

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after mass protests against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during...

Romania government headed for parliament majority

August 23, 2021 at 7:04 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Exit polls showed Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta's alliance won a clear victory in a Sunday election, putting him in a strong position in a power struggle...

Romania government headed for parliament majority

August 22, 2019 at 7:23 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Exit polls showed Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta's alliance won a clear victory in a Sunday election, putting him in a strong position in a power struggle...

Romanians vote in poll that may reopen political spat

August 22, 2019 at 7:22 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's prime minister is heading for victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday that could set off another round of a power struggle with the rightist president and...

Romanians vote in poll that may reopen political spat

August 23, 2021 at 7:01 p.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's prime minister is heading for victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday that could set off another round of a power struggle with the rightist president and...

Romanian president survives impeachment referendum

December 24, 2018 at 10:58 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian President Traian Basescu survived a referendum on his impeachment on Sunday after the voter turnout fell short of the required level and derailed an effort by...

Romanian president survives impeachment referendum

August 23, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian President Traian Basescu survived a referendum on his impeachment on Sunday after the voter turnout fell short of the required level and derailed an effort by...

Turnout falls short of threshold in Romania vote

August 23, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Turnout in a Romanian referendum to remove President Traian Basescu from office was 46 percent, the election bureau said, meaning the vote was not valid because it...

Analysis: Central Europe walks austerity tightrope

December 24, 2018 at 2:23 a.m.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - When Romania's government cut salaries by a quarter in 1931, it collapsed and the country ran through 22 different cabinets in a decade and slid into dictatorship...

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