Full Coverage: Romania

20.02.2008 A new service launched by the Romanian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will enable self-employed and family businesses to register and carry out other procedures online. The service will also improve relations between local administrations and private entrepreneurs across rural areas and small cities.

11.06.2007 According to a report released Friday by the Council of Europe, U.S. officials secretly operated illegal prisons in Poland and Romania where "techniques tantamount to torture" were employed against those considered terrorism suspects.
From: Human Rights Watch

25.04.2006 The ongoing flooding of the Danube in Romania is the result of bad land use planning and mismanagement along the entire length of the river, according to an environmental lobby group.

20.04.2006 Another brick in the wall: A critical review of cultural management education in Europe, the new book by Corina Suteu, was launched today in New York, U.S., at the Columbia University - New York.

28.09.2005 'Mobility' is increasingly becoming a key word in artistic practice, cultural management and policy. Yet, like all 'jargon', it means many things to many people. Cultural management trainers, teachers and practitioners need to equip their students and collaborators with the necessary understanding, facts and tools to be able to work in our increasingly global, mobile environment. Corina Suteu will deliver a training of trainers session designed to equip teachers and coordinators with the material they need to explain 'mobility' in the cultural field. Studies, bibliography, readers, internet tools, policy developmentsÂ… All you need to know!

18.08.2005 As part of The Great Volga River Route project, an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and World Heritage took place on 28-31 July 2005 in Bucharest, Romania.The aim is to link young people through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and engage them in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites.

29.10.2004 Internews, the U.S.-based media non-profit organization, conducted the first of five training sessions for the cyber crime fighting division of the Romanian ministry of administration and domestic affairs this month. It is designed to help law enforcement officials and prosecutors curb growing incidences of internet fraud and other illegal activities related to information technology.

20.10.2004 Agricultural researchers in three East European countries are benefited though networking using the electronic agricultural information system, shows a recent study commissioned by FAO. It also points out the need to build network of grassroots farmers in the region.

25.06.2004 The General Consul of the Romanian Embassy in Belgrade, Julijan German, said for Dnevnik daily that, starting on July 1, Rumania will introduce a unilateral visa regime for all citizens of Serbia and Montenegro. German said that the visa regime is a result of a failure to achieve bilateral agreement between the two countries.

08.06.2004 Un recente rapporto UNICEF denuncia lo sfruttamento del lavoro minorile in Romania: una vera e propria piaga che coinvolge 1 milione di ragazzini e ragazzine di 12-13 anni obbligati a lavorare per 3 euro al giorno. Secondo lo studio di UNICEF, lÂ’8% dei bambini costretti a lavorare afferma di essere picchiati se non obbediscono alle richieste dei genitori - riporta Osservatorio sui Balcani.

19.05.2004 Four telecentres became operational in remote areas of Romania as part of the Dot-GOV project. These centres will offer a range of services to the village communities, from facilitating communication in emergency situations to tap the potential of e-commerce.

22.04.2004 Films produced by young students from Burkina Faso, India, Israel, Mexico and Romania to promote peace will now be exhibited internationally and online.The perceptions of young minds on global issues like conflict and violence are reflected through these films.

30.03.2004 The Home Office was last night urgently investigating claims that thousands of would-be immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria are buying their way into Britain on forged documents after the consular official who leaked the claim to the shadow cabinet was suspended.

17.07.2003 A damning judgement from the European Court of Human Rights has put judicial reform back under the spotlight. Bucharest has been ordered to pay 46,000 euro in compensation to an imprisoned lawyer who suffered “inhuman and degrading treatment” at the hands of the authorities.

30.06.2003 Eleven countries from Southern Europe are currently participating in a project on ICTs for the development of education and the construction of a knowledge society. The project, which got underway earlier this year, includes activities like seminars and expert meetings on topics such as ICT application in distance education, IT training and multimedia courses.

05.06.2003 BlueLink Information Network of Bulgaria has launched a South Eastern Europe regional environmental content-sharing )Website in partnership with StrawberryNet of Romania. The English-language initiative aims to strengthen the environmental information exchange in the South Eastern Europe region through online content sharing and joint information flow.

21.05.2003 EU enlargement commissioner Günter Verheugen stated Monday, 19 May, in Brussels, that the European Commission would "do its best" to conclude the pre-accession membership negotiations with Romania in the course of 2004.

04.03.2003 www.stabilitypactwatch.info, which was launched recently, focuses on the monitoring of the Stability Pact Process in the Balkans. The Pact seeks to encourage stability through support for regional projects, which are going to be implemented through a South Eastern European Regional Table.

28.11.2002 A Youth NGO Forum will take place at the end of November in Timisoara (Romania). The initiative aims at gathering different regional actors of the youth sector discuss issues of common interest and establishing networks for future collaboration.

21.11.2002 Environmental groups want the plug pulled on Canadian financing for Romania's Cernavoda-2 CANDU nuclear reactor. In a report released today, they allege that a secretive planning process has not adequately addressed accident risks or radioactive waste disposal. Export Development Canada is expected to provide a loan of $426-million towards the $650-million cost of completing the partially-built 700-megawatt CANDU reactor.