Romania

Romania: New President Promises Moderate Course

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A collective sigh of relief crossed the EU capitals on May 18 when the former mayor of Bucharest, Sucucuşor Dan, obtained an unexpected mandate in the second round of the presidential elections of Romania, beating the far -right opponent George Simion with 53.6% of the vote against 46.4%. Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician with a sober … Read more

Romania and Bulgaria become full members of EU’s Schengen zone By Reuters

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Romania and Bulgaria become full members of EU's Schengen zone By Reuters

(Reuters) – Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the EU’s Schengen free travel zone on Wednesday, joining an expanding bloc of countries whose residents can travel without passport checks. Fireworks lit up the sky near the Bulgarian border town of Ruse just after midnight as the interior ministers of … Read more