Romania
Mine shaft explosions kill 12 in Romania
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 11/15/2008 - 22:11.Two underground explosions ripped through a coal mine in Romania on Saturday, killing 12 miners and injuring eight others, a news agency reported.
Jewish cemetery headstones destroyed in Romania
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 13:10.Unknown vandals have knocked over and, in some cases, destroyed 131 headstones in Bucharest's Jewish cemetery.
According to the Mediafax news agency on Friday, the vandals also smashed windows in the administrative offices of the cemetery in Romania's capital.
Some office equipment was also destroyed.
Romanian stock exchange halts regular trading
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 08:50.Romania's Bucharest Stock Exchange halted regular trading Friday for the second time this week, as the massive global sell-off hit Eastern Europe's fastest-growing economy.
Seeking to stem panic selling, exchange officials blocked transactions right at the start of Friday's session and drastically shortened the trading day to 15 minutes, news reports said.
Romanian government, parliament in conflict over teacher pay
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Sat, 10/04/2008 - 19:56.
The Romanian government is go to constitutional court over a parliamentary decision to raise the salary of teachers by 50 per cent, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Saturday.
French, Czech firms to build Romanian power plants
Submitted by William Kaelin on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 12:59.Czech energy firm CEZ and Electrabel, a unit of French-based GDF Suez, won contracts to build two coal-fired power plants in Romania, the government said Wednesday.
Each contract is worth up to 400 million euros (590 million dollars), Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian said.
Romanian Nokia factory produces 10 millionth phone
Submitted by William Kaelin on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:54.
Nokia mobile phone production in the Romanian city of Jucu near Cluj will reach the 10-million mark by early October, the company's vice president Anssi Vanjoki said Wednesday, Romanian news agency Mediaf
Romanian labour minister sacked over corruption suspicions
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:26.Romanian President Traian Basescu dismissed Labour Minister Paul Pacuraru Tuesday after the state's anti- corruption prosecutor opened an investigation against him.
Pacuraru is suspected of corruption and abuse of office. Among other things he is suspected of intervening to secure state contracts for his son's business, news agency Mediafax reported Tuesday.
Romanian economy grew at record 9-per-cent pace
Submitted by William Kaelin on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:31.
Romania's economic growth accelerated to 9.3 per cent in the second quarter as foreign investment rose by nearly one- third, the government said Monday.
London - Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic "uncertainties."
Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
