Bucharest, Romania News

BUCHAREST, Romania -- US Ambassador to Romania Nicholas Taubman said his country is determined to strengthen its strategic partnership with Romania.

A court has ordered a Romanian surgeon to pay $795,000 in compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally severed during an operation.

In July 2004, Dr. Naum Ciomu made a surgical error while operating on the man's testicles, severing the penis instead of making an incision to the testicle.

The Bucharest Magistrates Court ruled Friday that Ciomu had been 'superficial' in his approach to the operation, ordered the fine and handed Ciomu a one-year suspended prison sentence. The ruling can be appealed.

Romania will not take part in institution-building that implies Kosovo's unilateral independence, says Romanian President Traian Basescu.

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- A regional forum titled "Balkan Security: NATO after the Bucharest Summit" opens on Wednesday in Skopje.

Romania's top court says the Defense Ministry must prove that ex-dictator Nicolae Ceausecsu and his wife are buried in a Bucharest Cemetery.

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.

BBC World Service is to close its Romanian language offering after 68 years of broadcasting.

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, Romania : Twenty church groups on Thursday urged a government committee not to allow an 11-year-old girl raped by her uncle to travel to Britain for an abortion.

Date: 2008-06-23 British capital company Cooper Beech announced the launch of residential complexes in the next few years, with 17,000 units, as part of a strategy to invest 2.5 billion Euro, said company ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Bucharest, June 17: 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.

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 .

BUCHAREST: Romania launched a criminal inquiry against former first division coach Cosmin Olaroiu for fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, organised crime prosecutors said on Tuesday.

SEATTLE: Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Romanian low-cost carrier Blue Air announce today an agreement on an order for three Next-Generation 737-900ER jetliners.