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He may have failed to "de-Nazify" Ukraine, but in Moldova he de-Stalinized The gifts of Vladimir Putin have attached mostly to the civics realm: alongside catastrophes for those under his boot, the Russian leader has provided the world with a valuable lesson on the dangers of unchecked power. This week has added to his ledger: Putin has helped kill off...

Pickled, boiled, raw or rolled into the national dish sarmale, cabbage is a staple in the Romanian kitchen, the medicine cabinet and farmyard. It's been consumed and used for centuries partly thanks to Romania's favorable soil and climatic conditions. Romania is the third biggest cabbage producer in the European Union after Germany and Poland. Sturdiest variety Licurisca autumn cabbage was one of...

Britain’s King Charles III on Friday publicly spoke of his love for Romania in a heart-warming speech made less than a month since he was crowned king. The occasion was a reception hosted by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the start of a 5-day private visit to Romania where  the king is expected to unwind and recharge his batteries after...

Bulgaria could join Schengen in October, if the government and the parliament in Sofia maintain the speed of preparations set by the current interim government after their elections on April 2, declared Bulgarian president Rumen Radev, in Brussels for the EU summit, according to News.ro. "Bulgaria is receiving more and more support for its accession to Schengen", President Rumen Radev assured....

Professor Christopher Coker, the political scientist and political philosopher and director of LSE IDEAS, LSE's foreign policy think tank, equally admired for his brilliant mind, wit and kindness, has died, the London School of Economics said. He was 70. Scholars, colleagues and friends on Wednesday paid tribute to his books on war, his entertaining lectures, and the support he offered...

By Martin Sonneborn and Dustin Hoffmann This month, several Armenian police officers in Nagorno-Karabakh were killed in an ambush by the Azerbaijani military. As always, Azerbaijan’s spin doctors blamed Armenians, facts be damned. Media reports handled from far away, unable to verify the truth, reported the claims of “both sides.” So it generally goes – the news media’s gift to...

A letter, written by a Romanian prisoner of war to his wife shortly after World War II has finally reached its destination--- 76 years later and long after she died. Michael Markel, an ethnic German from Romania sent the letter from Britain where he was working on a farm on August 17, 1947, via the POW postal service, Caroline Fernolend...

British Ambassador to Romania, Andrew Noble, was driving across Europe towards Bucharest in August 2018, days before the biggest anti-corruption protest of recent times. The ruling Social Democratic Party was in the midst of its infamous judicial overhaul that the European Union, the U.S. and many Romanians worried about. They saw it as undermining the rule of law, designed to...

Charles III will arrive in Romania on June 2nd less than a month after his coronation in Westminster Abbey, according to reports on Monday. As prince, Charles visited Romania every year for more than 20 years, but there were questions whether his new role would restrict those visits. He will meet President Klaus Iohannis and also visit his residence in the...

A hospital manager in Romania has been fired following the death of a pregnant woman at the hospital whose cries for help were ignored for seven hours. Botosani County Council, which is responsible for the management of the County Emergency Hospital said Wednesday it had dismissed Iulian Angel Calin who was in charge of the hospital when the woman died...