News on Bucharest

Romania Interior Minister Resignation

2010-09-27T05:45:43Z

In this picture taken on Sept. 1, 2010 Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga looks on during a meeting in Bucharest, Romania. Blaga resigned Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, saying an angry police protest, last week, against a proposed wage cut had dishonored him as well as those who took part. Romanians took to the streets of Bucharest several times la...

Romania Hospital Explosion

2010-08-18T02:30:15Z

Paramedics evacuate a new born baby in an incubator following an explosion in the intensive care section of a hospital in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. A fourth baby died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, and seven remained in critical condition following a fire at a Bucharest maternity hospital that the health minister called "one of the darkest tragedies" of Romania's health system.(AP Photo/Vadi...

ROMANIA COMMUNISM COLLAPSE ANNIVERSARY

2010-03-29T00:39:06Z

In this picture taken on Dec. 11, 2009, a child walks on the statue of Vladimir Lenin, abandoned in the backyard of the Mogosoaia Palace, Romania, after being removed from a Bucharest square in 1990 as work to restore the church of the Mogosoaia Palace takes place behind. This week Romanians commemorate 20 years since communist dictator fled ...

APTOPIX ROMANIA COMMUNISM COLLAPSE ANNIVERSARY

2010-03-29T00:39:09Z

A soldier looks out of the frozen window of a bus before a commemoration at the Hero's Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. This week Romanians commemorate 20 years since communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu fled Bucharest during a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989, after ruling Romania for 25 years. Ceausescu was exec...

ROMANIA ELECTIONS

2010-03-29T09:51:44Z

Incumbent President Traian Basescu gestures after seeing exit polls in the presidential elections runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Both candidates claimed victory but three exit polls indicate his opponent, Social Democracy party candidate Mircea Geoana as the winner...