The New York Times has recently featured a travel article about Bucharest, seen through the eyes of a traveler who had been to the city in the early 90s and who now finds a changed Bucharest. The article was included in the section Eurofile and was signed by Alexander Lobrano.

A team of European Commission experts will visit Bucharest next week to evaluate the country's progress in seven main areas, the EC president Jose Manuel Barroso has said. The country's main objective should remain the enforcement of structural funds and fiscal consolidation, said Barroso.

The Artpromo Cultural Foundation organizes the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (EXPIFF), which will take place between November 24 and 28 in Bucharest. The event is supported by the National University of Drama and Film Bucharest, the National Art University and the Romanian National Cinema Center.

The Danube Strategy should be applied starting with the first half of next year, jointly with the other states in the region and the European Commission, but it requires solid projects, such as a network of highways, high-speed trains and flights, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday. "Sometimes it is easier to get from Bucharest to Paris, London or Brussels, than to have a direct connection with Sofia, Zagreb or Belgrade. This must change," said Boc speaking at the Danube Summit in Bucharest.

Romania and the Republic of Moldova will sign a border cooperation treaty and similar initiatives will follow in the Balkan region, said Jose Manuel Barroso (in picture), president of the European Commission, who is in Bucharest attending the Danube Summit which takes place in the country.

Archaeologists have unearthed the mass grave of 100 Jews killed during the Holocaust in a forest area near the village of Popricani, close to the city of Iasi, in northeast Romania, according to the Elie Wiesel Institute. This is the second mass grave dating from the Holocaust era in Romania, after the one discovered in 1945 also in Iasi.

The Orthodox Church celebrates the Mihail and Gavriil saints on Monday, November 8. It is also the name day of all Romanians named Mihai, Mihaela, Gabriel, Gabriela, Gabi.

Romanian drivers will be required to use winter tires between November 1 and March 31 every year, or pay a fine between RON 2,500 and 4,000 (around EUR 584-EUR 934), in addition to the damage done to the road if they have no insurance.

Movies in Bucharest this week-end: Due Date, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Social Network. Check out the list of cinemas where these movies are screened and their trailers.

An overwhelming majority of 91 percent of Romanian youth aged between 18 and 27 believe the country's economic situation took a turn for the worse in the past five years, found a survey conducted by Reader's Digest Magazine through pollster IMAS.

The New York Times has recently featured a travel article about Bucharest, seen through the eyes of a traveler who had been to the city in the early 90s and who now finds a changed Bucharest. The article was included in the section Eurofile and was signed by Alexander Lobrano.

A team of European Commission experts will visit Bucharest next week to evaluate the country's progress in seven main areas, the EC president Jose Manuel Barroso has said. The country's main objective should remain the enforcement of structural funds and fiscal consolidation, said Barroso.

The Artpromo Cultural Foundation organizes the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (EXPIFF), which will take place between November 24 and 28 in Bucharest. The event is supported by the National University of Drama and Film Bucharest, the National Art University and the Romanian National Cinema Center.

The Danube Strategy should be applied starting with the first half of next year, jointly with the other states in the region and the European Commission, but it requires solid projects, such as a network of highways, high-speed trains and flights, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday. "Sometimes it is easier to get from Bucharest to Paris, London or Brussels, than to have a direct connection with Sofia, Zagreb or Belgrade. This must change," said Boc speaking at the Danube Summit in Bucharest.

Romania and the Republic of Moldova will sign a border cooperation treaty and similar initiatives will follow in the Balkan region, said Jose Manuel Barroso (in picture), president of the European Commission, who is in Bucharest attending the Danube Summit which takes place in the country.

Archaeologists have unearthed the mass grave of 100 Jews killed during the Holocaust in a forest area near the village of Popricani, close to the city of Iasi, in northeast Romania, according to the Elie Wiesel Institute. This is the second mass grave dating from the Holocaust era in Romania, after the one discovered in 1945 also in Iasi.

The Orthodox Church celebrates the Mihail and Gavriil saints on Monday, November 8. It is also the name day of all Romanians named Mihai, Mihaela, Gabriel, Gabriela, Gabi.

Romanian drivers will be required to use winter tires between November 1 and March 31 every year, or pay a fine between RON 2,500 and 4,000 (around EUR 584-EUR 934), in addition to the damage done to the road if they have no insurance.

Movies in Bucharest this week-end: Due Date, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Social Network. Check out the list of cinemas where these movies are screened and their trailers.

An overwhelming majority of 91 percent of Romanian youth aged between 18 and 27 believe the country's economic situation took a turn for the worse in the past five years, found a survey conducted by Reader's Digest Magazine through pollster IMAS.