The Romanian Government Thursday approved the legal framework to set up a national visa information system which will enable the country to connect to the European Union Visa Information System, said Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean.

Movies opening this week-end:

The Social Network (trailer below)

with Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake

On at...

Three Romanian movies will participate in the New Waves, New Ways festival in Prague. Feature length movies 'Aurora'...

Romania will keep troops in Afghanistan until the accomplishment of the NATO mission in that country, Romanian President Traian Basescu (in picture) said after meeting Alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the organisation's headquarters on Thursday.

A diamond necklace worth EUR 24,000 and a pair of shoes donated by Madonna will be auctioned off at the sixth edition of the Halloween Charity Ball that will take place on October 30 in Romania’s capital city Bucharest.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, a movie directed by Andrei Ujica, will be screened on Thursday, October 28, from...

Romanian unionists ended protests in capital Bucharest Wednesday, after having learnt the Government survived the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament, and threatened to go on full-blown strike to have the Government ousted. Union leader Bogdan Hossu called on unionists to cease work every Monday until procedures for a full-blown strike are ready.

Romania’s centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition’s no-confidence motion, which received 220 votes in Parliament on Wednesday but required 236 votes to pass.

Romania ranks mid-way, on the 51 spot, in this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which includes 110 countries, behind countries like Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago but above Mexico, Russia, South Africa or Turkey. The index takes into account a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, and quality of life.

The number of protesters marching on the streets downtown Bucharest had reached 30,000 by noon, below the 80,000 figure previously announced by organizers. However, it is so far the largest street protest in Romania this year and organizers say the number will increase.

The Romanian Government Thursday approved the legal framework to set up a national visa information system which will enable the country to connect to the European Union Visa Information System, said Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean.

Movies opening this week-end:

The Social Network (trailer below)

with Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake

On at...

Three Romanian movies will participate in the New Waves, New Ways festival in Prague. Feature length movies 'Aurora'...

Romania will keep troops in Afghanistan until the accomplishment of the NATO mission in that country, Romanian President Traian Basescu (in picture) said after meeting Alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the organisation's headquarters on Thursday.

A diamond necklace worth EUR 24,000 and a pair of shoes donated by Madonna will be auctioned off at the sixth edition of the Halloween Charity Ball that will take place on October 30 in Romania’s capital city Bucharest.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, a movie directed by Andrei Ujica, will be screened on Thursday, October 28, from...

Romanian unionists ended protests in capital Bucharest Wednesday, after having learnt the Government survived the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament, and threatened to go on full-blown strike to have the Government ousted. Union leader Bogdan Hossu called on unionists to cease work every Monday until procedures for a full-blown strike are ready.

Romania’s centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition’s no-confidence motion, which received 220 votes in Parliament on Wednesday but required 236 votes to pass.

Romania ranks mid-way, on the 51 spot, in this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which includes 110 countries, behind countries like Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago but above Mexico, Russia, South Africa or Turkey. The index takes into account a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, and quality of life.

The number of protesters marching on the streets downtown Bucharest had reached 30,000 by noon, below the 80,000 figure previously announced by organizers. However, it is so far the largest street protest in Romania this year and organizers say the number will increase.