Marian Chiriac
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Plans by Budapest to offer Romania's ethnic Hungarians generous benefits angers Bucharest
Romanian politicians unite over campaign to join the Western military alliance
Hundreds of thousands of Romanian children are simply too poor to go to school
Romania has in recent years become a transit centre for clandestine immigration to the European Union
With presidential elections just four months away, Emil Constantinescu's surprise decision to pull out of the contest has left Romania's political circles in a spin
A political row has broken out in Romania over claims that senior Romanian politicians helped to organise the smuggling of oil to Yugoslav nearly a decade ago.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to work towards a resolution of Moldova's separatist conflict.
Local elections in Romania highlight public's political apathy.
A treaty signed between uneasy neighbours could help both in their bids for EU integration.
Romania is hoping for an economic upturn after partially lifting its oil embargo against Yugoslavia.