16/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- At least 12 miners died and 11 suffered injuries in two powerful explosions in a coal mine in southwestern Romania on Saturday...

14/11/2008

The banking sector in Greece will receive a 28 billion-euro rescue plan. Also in the news: Croatia's prime minister announces restrictive new economic measures for 2009, and the Serbian government again attempts to privatise the RTB Bor mining complex.

13/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- President Traian Basescu said on Wednesday (November 12th) he plans to appoint a prime minister whom he can trust and who would...

12/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The government notified the Constitutional Court on Tuesday (November 11th) that it repealed a measure that would have postpone...

12/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The government may pull Romanian troops from Iraq on January 1st, unless the Iraqi government decides by early December to exte...

12/11/2008

US actor James Belushi visits Albania. Also in cultural and sports news: Athens hosts the International Digital Film Festival, and a reading campaign spreads throughout Bulgaria.

11/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The government approved a 28% pay hike for teachers that will take effect in increments, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu...

10/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The teachers' trade unions are staging a two-hour warning strike Monday (November 10th) to protest the government's decision to...

10/11/2008

Bulgaria and China reach a co-operation agreement. Also in science and technology news: Romanian archaeologists unearth Bronze Age findings, and Sofia will begin free wireless internet service in its parks.

09/11/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- The Romanian health workers' trade union, the Sanitas Federation, on Friday (November 7th) called off planned protests. The fed...