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France's concerns about Roma immigrants is not the greatest threat to Romania's membership of the Schengen zone. In the face of mounting criticism of its programme to deport...

Romanian government falls after losing a vote of no confidence in the parliament. The Romanian government has collapsed after losing a vote of no confidence. The parliament...

Party of Social Democrats leaves coalition in protest at sacking of interior minister. The Romanian government has collapsed after the Social Democrats, the junior partner...

An academic avoids the dangers of anger as he unravels quite how – and why – Romania secured EU membership. Tom Gallagher's book is a look back in anger at a decade-long...

Communists top seemingly fraud-free poll, but opposition is in position to control parliament. Moldova's opposition parties have won an absolute majority in snap...

EU leaders throw their political weight behind Latvian prime minister's emergency plans and swift release of EU loan. EU leaders today gave their support to an emergency...

Loan is part of a €20bn package put together by the EU and international financial institutions. The European Commission today formally asked the Council of Ministers...

Government commits itself to implementing major economic reforms. Romania approved today (25 March) the terms of an aid package worth €20 billion from international...

International court awards Romania most of the energy-rich waters around Ukraine's Serpent Island. Romania today claimed victory in a decades-long dispute with Ukraine over...

Philanthropist challenges European Commission's position at EU's first summit on Roma issues.  

Romanian judicial body rejects proposed replacement for much-praised anti-corruption chief. Romania's justice minister, Cătălin Predoiu, has suffered a blow in his...

EU executive says controversial Italian practice aims to identify those “who cannot be identified in any other way”. The Italian government claims to have been “fully...

The EU should get tougher in forcing the Romanian government to come clean about corruption. On Europe Day, Traian Ba?sescu, the Romanian president, made a small blunder in...

The unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo triggered violence on the streets of Belgrade, but it also brought Romania to the verge of a political crisis (not that...

The European Commission will decide on 27 November whether to withhold more than €100 million in EU farm aid to Romania because of the country's repeated delays in...

Romanians are to vote on Saturday (19 May) on whether to turn President Traian Basescu out of office, before his five-year mandate expires in 2009. The country's parliament...

Beniamo Donnici has joined the European Parliament as an Italian MEP, replacing Achille Ochetto. Whereas Ochetto was a member of the Socialist (PES) group, Donnici, who...

As Romania celebrates becoming part of the European Union, at least one corner of the country is still struggling to join the modern world. People living in Rosia Montana, a...

Romanians may have greeted EU membership this month with cheering and celebration, but for neighbouring Moldova, Romania's accession to the EU brought further isolation. On...