Romania's president Traian Basescu was suspended on Friday, after the impeachment motion filed by the ruling coalition passed the Parliament's vote.
Romania's newly appointed government won the approval of parliament Monday, gaining the official right to run the country.
Romania's government collapsed Friday and a new prime minister was appointed after a censure motion filed by the opposition won approval in Parliament.
The new Romanian government passed a confidence vote in Parliament on Thursday, with 237 votes for and two against. Opposition members of Parliament refused to vote.
Romania's prime minister-designate announced the lineup of his government Wednesday following two days of talks with the ruling coalition.
Romania's prime minister resigned Monday in the wake of weeks of public protests against austerity measures and a deadly spell of bitterly cold weather.
The cold snap that wreaked havoc on eastern and central Europe this week moved west on Saturday, triggering a rare snowfall in Rome and prompting Heathrow Airport to cancel some flights.
Journalist Liliana Ciobanu discusses how Romanians are coping with extremely cold temperatures.
Romania's former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced Monday to two years of prison in a corruption case after more than 1,000 days of trial and over 900 witnesses.
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Monday that he dismissed the country's foreign minister because of remarks the minister made about anti-government protesters.
Romanian opposition leaders called for a series of protests beginning on Thursday to demand the resignation of government leaders and early elections.
An opposition coalition said Monday it is planning mass demonstrations in Romania, following four straight days of citizen protests against government austerity measures.
Police in Bucharest fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered Saturday to demonstrate against government austerity measures and poor living standards.
Romania insisted Wednesday there was no evidence it had hosted secret CIA prisons as part of the United States' "global war on terror" after September 11, 2001.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that a Lebanese businessman, Hassan Awdi, was charged with multiple offenses, including human trafficking, in connection with the importation of workers into Romania. He has not been charged with such crimes. CNN regrets the error.
The following is a letter from the Romania Ministry Of Administration And Interior, General Inspectorate Of Romanian Police.
After a nearly six-month investigation, authorities launched 70 raids at border crossings and other sites in western Romania Tuesday and detained as many as 100 border police, customs officials and suspected smugglers, police and prosecutors said.
Some witches in Romania are warning they'll cast a bad spell on government officials over new labor laws that could require them to pay taxes on their income.
At least four people died and many were injured after a bus overturned in eastern Romania on Thursday, government officials said.
Thousands of protesters rallied Tuesday in Bucharest over government austerity measures that have cut state salaries.
The West Nile virus has killed three people in Romania, the Romanian Health Ministry said Monday.
A fourth newborn baby has died after a fire in the intensive care unit of a maternity hospital in Romania, a hospital official said Tuesday.
Three newborn babies died Monday night when a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of Giulesti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest, Romania, an official said.
Israel has identified six military personnel who are missing after an Israeli helicopter crashed in Romania Monday during a joint military exercise.
Seven people, including six Israelis, are feared dead after an Israeli helicopter crashed in Romania on Monday during a joint military exercise, the Romanian Defense ministry said.
A medical team exhumed the body of former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu on Wednesday to try to ensure that the remains are really his, Romanian state media reported.
A Romanian military plane crash near the Tuzla Romania Airport by the Black Sea has killed 11 people, including air force Col. Nicolae Jianu, and injured three more, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.
Romanian authorities have evacuated 2,000 people from their homes over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of evacuees to almost 16,000 since heavy flooding began, an emergency official said Friday.
Romanians were voting Sunday in presidential elections dominated by the collapse last month of the country's ruling coalition and the severe impact of the economic crisis on the European Union member state.
The man who saved a 4-year-old boy from an apartment fire says it wasn't the first time he was in a fire.
A store owner in New York who is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a 4-year-old boy from a burning building said he plans to visit the child in the hospital Friday.
Moldova's president Wednesday accused Romania of involvement in a huge anti-communist protest, much of it coordinated on Facebook and Twitter, which saw government buildings ransacked and police arrest scores of demonstrators.
They may no longer be used for repelling enemy hordes or otherwise defending the kingdom, but these castles still have their rugged good looks.
Romanian authorities plan to decide Friday whether to allow an 11-year-old girl to have an abortion after she was raped by her teenage uncle, the Romanian Ministry of Health said Thursday.
BASEL, Switzerland -- Eight days in and there's plenty of interesting stuff to admire at this European Championship. What struck me most was the tactical diversity on display. In fact, while the quality of the play has been roughly on par with expectations, the coaching has, in my opinion, surpassed them. There really are managers doing new and interesting things.
While the Dutch continue to reinvent 'The Beautiful Game', France's woes continue. And it's mixed fortunes for the tournament's hosts
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to be making good on his promise to deal with crime and immigration, launching a nationwide police sweep just weeks after taking office.
Romania's arrival in the European Union has had one unexpected effect -- it has handed a significant bonus to the forces of the far right in the European Parliament.
Seven thousand Romanians were evacuated overnight after a dam on the Danube was breached, raising fears that the swollen river would submerge their low-lying villages.
Thousands of emergency workers in Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are trying to bolster dikes along the swollen Danube River, which has surged to its highest level in more than a century.
The Danube rose to its highest level in more than a century on Saturday, but the breaching of a dam in Romania eased pressure on towns and villages struggling to hold back the floods, officials said.
The detection of bird flu in Europe and further deaths from the disease in Asia have heightened health concerns for people visiting affected countries.
Greek authorities have begun the systematic disinfection Wednesday of a farm on a remote Aegean Sea island where a lone turkey was found to be infected with a strain of bird flu.
An additional 12 birds have tested positive in Romania for the deadly strain of bird flu that has already killed at least 60 people in Asia, Minister of Agriculture Ghearghe Flutur said Tuesday.
Romanian health officials are taking steps to contain a deadly strain of bird flu that has killed at least 60 people in Asia and was confirmed late last week to have spread to Europe.
Romanian health officials took steps Sunday to contain a deadly strain of bird flu that has killed at least 60 people in Asia and was confirmed late last week to have spread to Europe.
The deadly strain of bird flu that has infected humans in Asia has spread to Europe after Romanian and European Union officials confirmed the H5N1 strain in Romania.
Turkish medical staff on Friday tested nine people for possible bird flu, a day after European health officials confirmed the arrival of the deadly H5N1 strain in the country.
The lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in Turkish poultry and is likely present in Romania, the European Commission has said.
The European Commission has called an emergency meeting of its food and animal health committee for Friday after it confirmed that the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in Turkish poultry and suspected of being present in Romania.
The European Union has banned the import of live birds, poultry meat and feathers from Romania after officials there confirmed positive tests for the presence of bird flu.
Romania's prime minister on Thursday announced the resignation of his government and called for early elections, a move that came after a court failed to OK laws needed for entry into the European Union.
Romania's centrist opposition demanded on Tuesday that general elections that showed the ruling ex-communists ahead by a small margin be repeated, citing electronic fraud in the vote counting process.
Under-fire British Immigration Minister Beverley Hughes has resigned after suffering biting criticism for flaws in the UK government's immigration system.
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