News From Romania

(02-Dec-08)

Romania would keep its troops in Iraq until 2011 or until the allied troops leave that country, President Traian Basescu said on Monday.

(02-Dec-08) BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's parliamentary election results have showed the centrist and leftist parties less than a percentage point apart with more than 99 percent of the vote counted, raising the prospect of tough negotiations to form a ...

(02-Dec-08) A newly converted Christian has set up a political party to defend Christianity against secularism and moral relativism. ROME (Times On Line) - An Egyptian-born writer who was baptised by Pope Benedict XVI last Easter after converting to Christianity ...

(02-Dec-08) Romania's parliamentary election appears to have thrown up the prospect of a coalition with exit polls showing the centrist and leftist parties less than a percentage point apart with nearly 100 per cent of the vote counted. With no party enjoying a ...

(01-Dec-08) IRBIL, Iraq ? A South Korean general offered a wish for peace in Iraq on Monday as his troops ended a five-year reconstruction mission in the country ? the latest departure from the dwindling U.S.-led coalition. The South Koreans are among troops ...

(01-Dec-08) Elections Sunday in Romania produced a parliament that will remain fragmented and will raise concerns that the country will make rapid wage gains a priority over a growing need for tighter fiscal policies. With 99% of the votes counted, official ...

(01-Dec-08) Challenger Glen Johnson (right) connects with a right to the jaw of World Boxing Council's light-heavyweight champion, Chad Dawson, during the third round of the championship boxing match in April, in Tampa, Florida. Dawson won by unanimous decision ...

(01-Dec-08) BELGRADE, Serbia? Serbia said it won't sell its energy monopoly to Russia unless it gets firm guarantees from Moscow it will build a strategic pipeline through the Balkan country. The $13 billion South Stream natural gas pipeline to be laid under ...

(01-Dec-08) Without a doubt, the most startling result from the election is that less than 40 percent of eligible voters took part in what was Romania?s first poll since entering the EU. For political analyst Stellan Tanase it is a sure sign of people?s ...

(01-Dec-08) Romania's opposition Liberal Democrats and Social Democrats are running neck-and-neck in general elections, preliminary results revealed on Monday. With over 99% of the vote counted, the ex-communist Social Democrats (PSD) had won about 33,9 ...