News on Romania

Czech human rights film festival goes East to Bucharest

2010-06-25T15:01:00Z

Czech film festival One World, one of the biggest in Europe dealing with human rights issues, is going East to Bucharest this week, under the patronage of former anticommunist dissident Vaclav Havel.

Under the motto "Choose to care", One World Romania will showcase from Thursday 32 new and...

CORRECTION Romania New Year Bear Ritual

2010-12-31T01:30:12Z

Girls pose with bear furs during New Year ritual dances in Comanesti, 300 kilometers north of Bucharest, Romania, Thursday Dec. 30 2010. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. In the current economic downturn situation in Romania, a Bucharest, Romania, Thursday Dec. 30 2010. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. In the current economic downturn situation in Romania, a Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Southern Romania is affected by snowfalls with traffic problems reported on many roads. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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APTOPIX Romania Weather

2010-12-17T10:32:39Z

A husky puppy is transported in a child's push chair, on a snowy street downtown Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Southern Romania is affected by snowfalls with traffic problems reported on many roads. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Romania Gypsy Sisters

2010-12-10T22:00:14Z

In this Nov. 25, 2010 picture, Narcisa Tranca, 22, holds one of her children in Udupu, Romania. Among Gypsies, or Roma, marrying young is a tradition born of the need to survive in an environment where young women were fair game for non-Roma men. Romanian Roma, in particular, turned to early marriage during 500 years of slavery that ended only in the 19th century. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)