Romanian medical examiners have determined the remains dug up this summer at a military cemetery in capital Bucharest belong to late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was overthrown and executed together with his wife 21 years ago.

The rate of software piracy in Romania has dropped in the last two years, remained constant in Europe and is rising worldwide, according to data made public Tuesday by the Romanian Police Department, Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the General Prosecutor's Office. Romania's piracy rate is among the highest in the European Union – 65 percent, according to data from last year. It went down from 72 percent in 2007 but is still double the EU average.

The Romanian state could collect at least an extra EUR 38 million each year from companies which are supposed to hire people with disabilities within the quota establish by law, according to a recent study by the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) and Motivation Romania foundation.

All authorized Bucharest cab companies will be allowed to pick up clients from the Bucharest Henri Coanda (Otopeni) airport from November 11 is they fulfill several minimum mandatory conditions, the Transport Ministry has decided. The airport authority will issue free taxi access permits for the airport but cab owners will have to pay the RON 6 cab access tariff.

Ovidiu Rom's Halloween Charity Ball this year, which took place on October 30 at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, brought together business people and public figures who dressed up for the 50s and raised money to send poor children to kindergarden. The Ovidiu Rom charity raised over EUR 500,000 at this charitable event, enough to keep 1,200 poor children in kindergarden for a year. See a photo gallery from the event below.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, the three-hour long documentary directed by Andrei Ujica won the Best East European Documentary Award at the 14th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the Czech Republic.

The new law on the education which the Government has recently assumed responsibility for allows teaching history and geography in the mother tongue for all the national minorities, not only for the Hungarian one, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

The Romanian Regional Development and Tourism Ministry will collaborate with Facebook in promoting Romania as a tourist destination on the social media website, the ministry has announced. Tourism minister Elena Udrea and Black Chandlee, VP and Commercial director with Facebook for the EMEA region, held a joint press conference to detail the collaboration on Tuesday, November 2, from 10,00 hours. The ministry will work with Facebook representatives to establish an integrated social media and new media strategy, organize training sessions for ministry employees and for representatives of the tourism industry in Romania.

The Turkish capital markets surveillance body (SPK) has started an investigation into fund manager Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton over alleged market manipulation following requests from Turkish investors, senior SPK officials said on Monday, quoted by Reuters newswire.

A supersonic jet fighter aircraft MiG 21 Lancer crashed Monday near Campia Turzii, central Romania, and the two members...

Romanian medical examiners have determined the remains dug up this summer at a military cemetery in capital Bucharest belong to late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was overthrown and executed together with his wife 21 years ago.

The rate of software piracy in Romania has dropped in the last two years, remained constant in Europe and is rising worldwide, according to data made public Tuesday by the Romanian Police Department, Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the General Prosecutor's Office. Romania's piracy rate is among the highest in the European Union – 65 percent, according to data from last year. It went down from 72 percent in 2007 but is still double the EU average.

The Romanian state could collect at least an extra EUR 38 million each year from companies which are supposed to hire people with disabilities within the quota establish by law, according to a recent study by the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) and Motivation Romania foundation.

All authorized Bucharest cab companies will be allowed to pick up clients from the Bucharest Henri Coanda (Otopeni) airport from November 11 is they fulfill several minimum mandatory conditions, the Transport Ministry has decided. The airport authority will issue free taxi access permits for the airport but cab owners will have to pay the RON 6 cab access tariff.

Ovidiu Rom's Halloween Charity Ball this year, which took place on October 30 at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, brought together business people and public figures who dressed up for the 50s and raised money to send poor children to kindergarden. The Ovidiu Rom charity raised over EUR 500,000 at this charitable event, enough to keep 1,200 poor children in kindergarden for a year. See a photo gallery from the event below.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, the three-hour long documentary directed by Andrei Ujica won the Best East European Documentary Award at the 14th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the Czech Republic.

The new law on the education which the Government has recently assumed responsibility for allows teaching history and geography in the mother tongue for all the national minorities, not only for the Hungarian one, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

The Romanian Regional Development and Tourism Ministry will collaborate with Facebook in promoting Romania as a tourist destination on the social media website, the ministry has announced. Tourism minister Elena Udrea and Black Chandlee, VP and Commercial director with Facebook for the EMEA region, held a joint press conference to detail the collaboration on Tuesday, November 2, from 10,00 hours. The ministry will work with Facebook representatives to establish an integrated social media and new media strategy, organize training sessions for ministry employees and for representatives of the tourism industry in Romania.

The Turkish capital markets surveillance body (SPK) has started an investigation into fund manager Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton over alleged market manipulation following requests from Turkish investors, senior SPK officials said on Monday, quoted by Reuters newswire.

A supersonic jet fighter aircraft MiG 21 Lancer crashed Monday near Campia Turzii, central Romania, and the two members...