Romania’s government on Tuesday survived a vote of no confidence tabled by the Romanian opposition. Its package of drastic austerity measures will thus come into force in order to secure further installments of IMF emergency credits. The daily Gândul describes the planned cuts as tantamount to stealing from the population: “To pretend that the cuts [...]
Twenty years ago, from June 13 to June 15, 1990, the peaceful anti-communist protest against Romania’s first freely elected government was brutally crushed by miners. Six people died and more than 700 were injured. The daily România Liberă recalls the event: “At University Square – the reverential site of the revolution – we had a [...]
The Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev has argued that Romania and Bulgaria are in a better position to overcome the crisis because they are used to cinching in their belts. Dan Alexe argues in the daily România Liberă that Eastern Europeans are as a whole better prepared than Western Europeans: “Romanians and Bulgarians are so [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is about to reach a decision on the restitution of property expropriated during the communist era. There are two pending lawsuits against the Romanian state with the court at present. The daily Gândul points out that hundreds of thousands of Romanians could finally be compensated for [...]
According to animal protection associations at least 40,000 stray dogs live in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. The city is planning a law on catching the dogs step by step. But Romanians have always had an ambivalent relationship to the dog, writes the daily Adevărul: “Romanians are surrounded by forests in the countryside and dogs [...]
After two positive doping tests the Romanian professional football player Adrian Mutu, who plays for ACF Fiorentina, has been suspended from playing in official games for nine months by the Italian Olympic Committee. Mutu was already convicted of cocaine consumption in 2004. The daily Gândul explains the repercussions this will have on his career: “Mutu [...]
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has shown satisfaction with the effects of a loan of billions from the IMF and European Commission. The daily Adevărul comments on the fact that the loan was partially used to pay pensions: “We have around 800,000 unemployed and just over four million employees while the number of pensioners is [...]
Hindus & Jews want EU intervention as USA voices “major concern” on Roma discrimination in Romania USA has expressed “major concern” regarding discrimination against Roma in Romania. In its annual “Human Rights Report” about Romania issued recently, US Department of State says: “Roma faced persistent poverty and had poor access to government services, few employment [...]
Romania, Moldova start talks on U.S. anti-missile shield plans KISHINEV (RIA Novosti) – Romania and Moldova began bilateral talks on U.S. missile defense plans in Europe in the Moldavian capital on Thursday, Moldova’s Foreign Minister said. Romanian President Traian Basescu said last week his country could host U.S. medium-range interceptor missiles as part of revamped shield [...]
The United States’ decision to deploy a missile defense system in Romania has been widely discussed over the past few weeks. Many wonder how much this step by the Barack Obama administration will affect Russia’s interests. Russia’s response was predictable: it demanded an explanation from the U.S. It wanted to know what kind of ground [...]
