Marian Chiriac
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Cut in size of government to speed up union membership prospects draws criticism.
Indian films laden with music and melodrama are finding new fans in Romania.
Romanians still reluctant to discuss their country’s wartime persecution of Jews.
Government has done all it can to sell EU-friendly constitutional change, but may still lose referendum to voter apathy.
Corruption and stalled reforms seen as the root of Bucharest’s failure to meet EU membership criteria
Bucharest opposes neighbouring Moldova's swing back to Moscow.
The country's strategic importance in war on terror bolstered its bid to join the alliance.
A joint intelligence operation between the Romanian and British governments disrupts people-smuggling chain.
Bucharest commitment to improving environmental record questioned after second major chemical spill.
A Carpathian village provides a sanctuary for Romania's long suffering street children