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EC demands the National Sports Authority to give back over 1 million euro spent illegally in 2003 -2005 / Anti graft prosecutors started investigating the penal case involving PSD Deputy Cristian Rizea The European Commission notified the National Sports Authority on April 5 to give back 1,091,150.82 euro in 20 days because they illegally spent the sum back in 2003-2005 which was at the time headed by Cristian Rizea from 2002 to 2006, the Romanian national authority informed. According to the authority, anti graft prosecutors started investigating the case in a file which involved former director at the time and current Deputy, Social Democratic Cristian Rizea.

Miercuri, 15 iunie 2011, 11:46 în English | Regional Europe

Europol: Romania and Bulgaria’s adhesion to Schengen risks encouraging illegal immigration The expansion of Schengen with Romania and Bulgaria risks encouraging illegal immigration through the Greek – Turkish border, an official of Europol, the EU’s police office said at Sofia. He said that the Bulgarian coast at the Black Sea risks of becoming a new target of illegal immigration.

Marţi, 14 iunie 2011, 23:22 în English | Regional Europe

French Interior minister: at Paris, 80% of the petty thefts are committed by Romanian underaged French Interior minister Claude Gueant plans to increase the number of repatriations of illegal immigrants, cut illegal immigration and makes new tough statements related to Romania felons. He announces in an interview for Journal du Dimanche 28,000 new repatriations of illegal immigrants in 2011.

Luni, 13 iunie 2011, 13:44 în English | Regional Europe

Timis customs: a Congo Embassy to Serbia diplomat involved in traffic smuggling / His wife has been retained Anti graft prosecutors are conducting nine house searches in West Romania targeting an organized crime group of 14 people, Romania and Serbian citizens specialized in smuggling cigarettes a press release reads.

Luni, 13 iunie 2011, 13:42 în English | Regional Europe

Benjamin Netanyahu in an official visit in Romania in the upcoming weeks Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Romania and Bulgaria in the upcoming weeks but the precise dates were not released yet, The Jerusalem Post reads. His visit is part of a diplomatic plan against the UN’s plans to acknowledge a Palestinian state.

Vineri, 10 iunie 2011, 11:51 în English | Regional Europe

Netherlands postpones for 2012 Romania and Bulgaria’s adhesion to Schengen. It is imperative for judicial reforms to be effective and irreversible The Dutch government will pronounce in 2012 on the adhesion requests of Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen after a trial period, Dutch Immigration Minister Gerd Leers said quoted by AFP. It is too early to take a decision and it will take some time until we will be ready to make it, he said a day after the EP voted for Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen.

Joi, 9 iunie 2011, 11:16 în English | Regional Europe

Eurostat: Romania’s population will drop considerably in the next 50 years to 17 million in 2060 Romania’s population will drop to 19.857 million people in 2035 from 21.462 million at the beginning of the year and by 2060 it will decrease to 17.308 million, representing one of the biggest declines in the EU, the European Statistics Institute Eurostat reveals quoted by news agency Mediafax.

Joi, 9 iunie 2011, 0:34 în English | Regional Europe

Pornography and online violence across children in Romania: 25.7% of children questioned received sexual images online In the last year, 25.7% of the children in Romania questioned by the EU Kids Online II declared that they received messages or messages with a sexual content online. 12.2% of the kids were bothered/ harassed online and 11.4% of them met offline with a person they met online. The result are part of a European investigation, EU Kids Online II, financed by the European Commission and started in 2010. A part of the conclusions of the study were presented on Wednesday in the European Parliament.

Joi, 9 iunie 2011, 0:33 în English | Regional Europe

Local elections at Chisinau: 99.6% of the processed votes: Igor Dodon 48.06%, Dorin Chirtoaca 46.52% The Communists’ candidate to the local elections in the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon got 48.06% followed by incumbent Dorin Chirtoaca with 46.52% after counting 99.6% of the votes, the latest partial official results released by the Central Electoral Committee show. In these conditions, a second round of elections will be organized in two weeks, Unimedia.md reads.

Marţi, 7 iunie 2011, 15:21 în English | Regional Europe

Dutch Ambassador to the EU: I do not believe Romania has a rule of law Netherlands does not believe Romania is governed by the rule of law because there are still problem related to the reform of the judiciary in our country, Dutch Ambassador said at the EU. According to a coverage made by RFI radio quoting EU sources, Romania’s rule of law was contested last week at Brussels during a meeting of Ambassadors to the EU.

Luni, 6 iunie 2011, 18:45 în English | Regional Europe

Bloomberg: Romania’s loan costs reached the lowest level in November Romania’s loan costs dropped to their smallest level in November after spending cuts increased the trust of investors, Bloomberg informs. IMF chief of mission in Romania, Jeffrey Franks declared last week in an interview for the news agency that the government should take advantage of the low cost on financial markets to cut debt on short term.

Luni, 6 iunie 2011, 18:16 în English | Regional Europe

UPDATE Communist Igor Dodon leads by 52.62% after counting 60% of the votes / Chirtoaca is on second, with 43.10% UPDATE 4:15 PM Igor Dodon, the candidate of the Communists for the city hall chair leads by 52.62% followed by incumbent mayor with 43.10% after counting 60% of the votes, the latest results released by the Central Electoral Committee read. Dodon increased its advance compared to the previous results announced earlier this morning.

Luni, 6 iunie 2011, 10:56 în English | Regional Europe

Protest rally at Helsinki against Roma beggars A protest rally was organized on Sunday in front of the Romanian Embassy to Helsinki against Roma beggars from Romania that spread in Finland. Two Finnish citizens decided to live for 12 days in a trailer and beg each day.

Luni, 6 iunie 2011, 10:54 în English | Regional Europe

Spiegel: Romanians and Bulgarians become the problematic group in Germany Spiegel dedicates eight pages of its last but one number to Romania and one article in particular, signed by Ozlem Gezer reads that Bulgarians and Romanians become the problematic group in Germany. According to the journalist, Turks and Arabs are out of the spotlight in the theme regarding Germany’s integration policy failure. Poor, exploited, with illiterate children, they are EU citizens that do not fit any standard, the article reads.

Luni, 6 iunie 2011, 10:53 în English | Regional Europe

E.Coli hysteria: Germany and Czech Republic do not import cucumbers from Romania German and the Czech Republic decided to block all contracts and not purchase cucumbers from Romanian producers and from those in the EU until the source of the contamination is established. Romanians export 160 tons of cucumbers each day, Agriculture Ministry state secretary Adrian Radulescu said for a news television.

Vineri, 3 iunie 2011, 10:37 în English | Regional Europe

Unemployment rate in the EU dropped in April to 9.4% Unemployment rate in the EU dropped in April to 9.4% from 9.5% in the previous month and the one in the euro zone was 9.9% to a similar level to the one registered in March according to Eurostat data. In the similar period of 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.7% in the EU and of 10.2% in the euro zone.

Marţi, 31 mai 2011, 14:57 în English | Regional Europe

EPP group is not involved in the organization of the Representation of the Romanian region dominated by the Hungarian minority at Brussels EPP President of the European Parliament, Joseph Daul said that his party is not involved in any way in the organization of the reception on May 31 at the opening of the Representation of the Romanian region dominated by the Hungarian minority at Brussels.

Luni, 30 mai 2011, 23:27 în English | Regional Europe

Romanian Bogdan Ota, a pianist amazed the jury of a contest in Norway: You are so talented, Romania should be so proud of you Romanian 32 year old pianist, Bogdan Ota amazed Norway with his talent. He won the second place in the Norwegians have talent show but the reactions of the jury seemed to have mattered most. One member of the jury said that his music is wonderful and that he is so talented that Romania should be proud of him.

Luni, 30 mai 2011, 12:31 în English | Regional Europe

DailyMail: the dress wore by the Duchess of Cambridge at a meeting with US first lady Michelle Obama was made in Romania by workers who receive 1 euro/hour The dress wore by Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge at the meeting she had with the US First Lady Michelle Obama was made in Romania by workers who receive 1.15 euro/hour, British daily DailyMail reads. The dress was bought at a Reiss shop, with about 201 euro.

Luni, 30 mai 2011, 12:27 în English | Regional Europe

Lech Walesa refuses meeting with Barack Obama Lech Walesa, former leader of the Solidarity union, former President of Poland and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983 declared on Friday that he will not accept the invitation to meet with President Barack Obama, AFP reads. Walesa was due to meet the US President on Saturday.

Vineri, 27 mai 2011, 18:41 în English | Regional Europe