Romania
Demonstration against the Russian occupation of Bessarabia
May 13, 2012Over seven thousand people gathered in Central Square of Moldova’s capital of Chisinau to mark 200 years since the Russian Empire occupied the territory between Prut River and Nistru River, today the Republic of Moldova. Many Romanian and Moldovan...
Stir and fear after being ripped off from their motherland
May 09, 2012Romanian website Ziare.com published a documentary explaining the difficulties which had to be experienced by the Romanians from Bessarabia (now Republic of Moldova) in the former Soviet Union right after the Second World War. At the end of the War,...
22 years since the Moldovan-Romanian border breakdown
May 06, 2012Moldovans and Romanians mark 22 years since the “Flower Bridge” over Prut River. On May 6, 1990, the families separated by a border for 50 years as Moldova was under the Soviet regime, could cross the bridge and meet their relatives for the...
Romania rocked by 3.7-magnitude quake
April 17, 2012A 3.7-magnitude earthquake rattled Romania late yesterday. No casualties or damage were reported. Two other low-intensity quakes have been registered in the country on Monday. The specialists forecast a strong quake in Romania’s Vrancea district...
Heavy smoke and flames ruin a shopping mall in Iasi, Romania
April 14, 2012Hundreds of thousands of euro have been lost after a mall in Romania’s northern city of Iasi burst into flames. After 13 hours of intervention of the firefighters, the flames could not be extinguished. More than 200 owners of goods, mainly clothing...
Smuggling cigarettes at the Moldovan-Romanian border
April 10, 2012Over 230,880 cigarettes made in Moldova were seized at the Romanian checkpoint Oancea at the end of last week. The smugglers were trying to introduce tobacco in Romania to sell it for a higher price, which is usually four times bigger in the EU member...
Romanian oil refinery exploded: six casualties reported
April 06, 2012Six people have been injured today afternoon after an oil refinery exploded in Brazi, a town in the Southeastern part of Romania. Among the wounded are Austrian citizens. The victims are conscious and have been taken to the hospital, Marina Dinu, the...
Russia – the most trusted partner for Moldovans
March 30, 2012The Moldovan society is divided when it comes to friend-countries. According to a recent survey of Geopol Institute, one third of the questioned Moldovans said that their country should follow its path in the direction of Russia and the CIS zone, while...
Moldovans among the most active buyers of tickets for Euro 2012
March 15, 2012The Republic of Moldova, Romania, Switzerland, and the United States are among the top ten countries whose citizens are the most active buyers of tickets for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship matches, informs Interfax news agency from Kiev...
Smugglers at the Moldovan-Romanian border
February 13, 2012Romanian border guardians caught a Moldovan citizen at Galati checkpoint with smuggling cigarettes produced in the Republic of Moldova. The frontier officers withdrew the cigarettes and suppresed his car. The man was fined with 5,000 LEI and got his travel...
