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A Romanian government commission ruled on Friday that a pregnant 11-year-old girl could legally have a late-term abortion, in a case that has split the Black Sea state's conservative society.

Bucharest - Upbeat news would have to make up half of all newscasts on all of Romania's radio and television stations, under legislation adopted unanimously Wednesday in the senate.

The BBC World Service is to close its Romanian language service, after 69 years of broadcasting.

A 11-year-old rape victim has been flown to the UK for an abortion after she was refused a termination in her native Romania.

BUCHAREST, Romania : Romania's Parliament has failed to vote on whether a former prime minister and another former minister should be formally investigated on corruption charges.

Two foreign-born men were charged in a federal complaint unsealed Monday with illegally providing U.S.-made parts to Iranian buyers for military aircraft, including fighter jets and attack helicopters.

BUCHAREST: A medical ethics panel in Romania refused on Friday to grant an abortion to an 11-year-old who had allegedly been raped by her uncle, a hospital official said.

'4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days': Taking place over one harrowing weekend in '80s Bucharest, '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' follows a frazzled woman trying to secure an illegal abortion for her university ...

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong paid a courtesy visit to Romanian President Traian Basescu at his Presidential Palace in Bucharest during a four-day official visit to the country.

Now that Bucharest has elected its first independent as mayor, the various political parties are talking about forming coalitions for the upcoming general elections.

BUCHAREST: The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday's municipal election, preferring him to his living opponent.

A number of regional filmmakers and actors won awards and nominations at the latest edition of the prestigious film festival in Cannes.

Washington, June 14: New evidence has confirmed that dwarf dinosaurs existed in Transylvania, the land of the mythical, blood-drinking Count Dracula.

June 12, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and fellow NATO defense ministers will discuss alliance operations in Afghanistan, the alliance missile defense program, and transition plans for Kosovo during ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek $50 billion in aid to rebuild his nation shattered by three decades of war when international donors gather in Paris today.

Name: : Alex Kozinski Born: : July 23, 1950; Bucharest, Romania. Experience: : Chief Judge, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals .

BUCHAREST, Romania -- A month ahead of an eagerly anticipated European Commission report on Romania's progress, prosecutors indicted two former agriculture ministers for corruption Monday .

The wide-eyed lion cub inched slowly to the edge of the wooden crate. He stared around him, then with a growl from the older cub behind him, he leapt out onto the grass.

Date: 2008-06-03 From 2000 until now, DFI went up 600%, and in 2006 alone they reached 9.1 billion Euro, and in this context, Germany is Romania's number 1 partner.

Posted at 7:31 am by Michelle Dunlop Low-cost Romanian carrier Blue Air has ordered three Boeing Co.