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Romania's centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec.

Romania faces a run-off vote after no clear winner emerged in a presidential election overshadowed by a political crisis that has threatened to derail emergency international funding for the country's recession-ravaged economy.

Loading boxes are, from left, the president of Vectis Sunrise Maire Reeves, president of Newport Rotary Dereck Double, driver Roman Cornel and Vectis Sunrisea s Anne Watts.

BUCHAREST: Incumbent President Traian Basescu, who describes himself as a 'fighter', and Social-Democrat diplomat Mircea Geoana are the main contenders in the presidential race in Romania tomorrow.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Thursday turned down a request from NGOs to suspend a referendum called by President Traian Basescu, scheduled for Sunday, the same date as the presidential elections.

CoSoSys, a leading developer of endpoint security and portable storage device applications, announced today the distribution partnership in France with Data Secure Technology, an innovative player in the local data security consulting field.

Bucharest Romanian Press Here are the top stories in Romania's main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Subway workers are continuing their strike Wednesday for a second day.

A new survey finds room for improvement in many Balkan countries. Greece needs to take "immediate and sustained efforts" to tackle corruption, Transparency International said.

The 2009 corruption perception index released by the Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International shows that most countries in the Balkans have not improved their position in the global anti-corruption index.

The first attempt to send a rocket to the Moon via balloon hit a snag on Monday.

Romania has over 12,000 caves within its borders. This is the highest concentration of caves known to exist in one small region in the world.

Day.Az: You founded the organization in 1998. What was the reason for its creation? Igbal Hajiyev: Azerbaijan-Romania Culture and Youth Association was established in 2001 upon the initiative of the Azerbaijani embassy in Romania and the Romania-Azerbaijan Friendship Society which was also set up in 2001 two months earlier.

The fourth annual Romanian Film Festival will take place Dec. 4-6 at Tribeca Cinemas in Gotham.

Ok, so you've heard it all before voting is your democratic right, it's the only way to ensure your voice is heard, it's your duty as a good citizen, it gives you the mandate to complain when things go wrong.

Florentina Craciunescu rues the day she took out a loan during RomaniaA's boom years, when borrowers assumed huge debts believing that living standards would soon approach those of the richer European Union nations.

Basescu: The Shame of Romania is the title of a new book that charts the course of the Romanian merchant and oceanic fishing fleets as they sailed across a sea of corruption, disappearing into their own Bermuda Triangle.

The world's eyes were turned to Berlin these days. This is the line, which many journalists used to open their articles on the 20 years anniversary of the wall coming down in Berlin.

Romania denied Russia breathing space at the top of UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group 1 with Sabrin Sburlea setting them on their way to a 4-1 victory against Latvia in Buzau.

Campaigning intensified Saturday ahead of Romania's presidential election with incumbent Traian Basescu attacking the opposition and the media in his bid for a second term.