Tag: #Bucharest
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Thousands of sheep feared dead in Romania capsize
Bucharest, Nov 25 (AFP/APP): Thousands of sheep were feared dead Monday a day after a vessel overturned off the Romanian coast, leading to renewed calls for a ban on the controversial sea transport of livestock. The Queen Hind, bound for Saudi Arabia with 14,600 sheep aboard, capsized on Sunday shortly after leaving Midia port on…
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Romania’s pro-EU president set for re-election
Bucharest, Nov 24 (AFP/APP): Romania’s Klaus Iohannis looked set to be re-elected as president in the second round of presidential elections Sunday, confirming the pro-European trajectory of the eastern EU member. Thirty years after the fall of communism, the centre-right former physics professor is running against Social Democrats (PSD) leader and former prime minister Viorica…
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Romania president on top in first-round vote
Bucharest, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Romania’s pro-Europe President Klaus Iohannis has taken a big lead in the first round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday, according to partial official results. With votes from 90 percent of polling stations counted, Iohannis stands on just over 36 percent, with his nearest rival, former Social Democrat (PSD) prime…
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Romania, Hungary recruit in Asia to fill labour shortage
Bucharest, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Sporting yellow safety helmets, about 30 men are busy at work on a construction site south of Bucharest, exchanging a few words in Vietnamese. Faced with a growing labour shortage which threatens their economies, Romania and Hungary are courting Asian workers, going against Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-immigration rhetoric.…
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Romania government faces collapse
Romania’s Government collapses over a no-confidence vote