Bucharest
Never-ending ordeal for Romanian cancer patients
Mar 15, 2013 15:13 EDT
"Fighting cancer is a daily battle," says Camelia Dima, whose daughter suffers from a malignant tumour. But in Romania, long waiting lists and a shortage of drugs make the fight even harder.
Romania film festival focuses on Holocaust
Mar 12, 2013 13:43 EDT
The One World international human rights documentary film festival which opens in Bucharest on Tuesday will give special focus to the Holocaust to highlight the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.
Tottenham-Inter clash highlight of Europa last 16
Mar 07, 2013 05:47 EST
They could be forgiven for dreaming of more lucrative adventures in the Champions League come next season, but on Thursday both Tottenham and Chelsea will have their eyes focused on a place in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Tottenham-Inter clash highlight of Europa last 16
Mar 06, 2013 21:32 EST
They could both be forgiven for dreaming of more lucrative adventures in the Champions League come next season, but on Thursday Chelsea and Tottenham will have their eyes focused on a place in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV: experts
Mar 01, 2013 02:57 EST
Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care.
Romania PM dispels UK fears of immigrant 'invasion'
Feb 25, 2013 07:09 EST
Romania's prime minister on Monday dismissed Britain's fears that floods of Romanian immigrants are heading to its shores -- and invited Britons over to his own country for a beer.
Romania busts Israeli human egg-trafficking ring
Feb 19, 2013 10:10 EST
Romanian police on Tuesday busted a human egg-trafficking ring involving Israeli specialists in assisted reproduction, just months after several Israeli doctors were sentenced in a similar case.
Films from Iran, Chile, Romania lead pack in Berlin
Feb 15, 2013 22:37 EST
A Chilean feel-good movie about ageing, a picture made in secret by Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi and a drama about Romania's new rich were the odds-on favourites for prizes Saturday at the Berlin film festival.
Recycled computers offer hope to Romania's needy
Feb 13, 2013 11:55 EST
In Romania, one of the EU's poorest countries, hope to many has come in the form of a computer recycling program that is helping jobless adults and disadvantaged Roma youth beat the odds.
Crash movies at Berlin fest expose young countries' rifts
Feb 11, 2013 14:34 EST
Fatal car crashes lay bare social tensions in two very different countries in upheaval, South Africa and Romania, in new movies in competition at the 63rd Berlin film festival Monday.
Gay rights mostly out of reach in central, eastern Europe
Feb 11, 2013 12:31 EST
Ania and Yga have been inseparable for the last 17 years, living together as a couple in the Polish capital Warsaw but their love is seen as second class in this deeply Roman Catholic country.
Anti-fraud teams raid French firms in horsemeat probe
Feb 11, 2013 08:29 EST
French anti-fraud agents on Monday searched two firms at the centre of a scandal over horsemeat disguised as beef in ready-to-eat frozen meals sold in supermarkets across Europe.
Horsemeat scandal spreads as French retailers pull foods
Feb 11, 2013 03:15 EST
The Europe-wide scandal over horsemeat sold as beef spread as leading French retailers pulled products from their shelves and threats of legal action flew.
Horsemeat scandal spreads as French retailers pull foods
Feb 10, 2013 21:57 EST
The Europe-wide scandal over horsemeat sold as beef spread as leading French retailers pulled products from their shelves and threats of legal action flew.
Romania fears lasting damage to reputation over horsemeat
Feb 10, 2013 14:29 EST
President Traian Basescu said Sunday he feared lasting damage to Romania's reputation if a Romanian meat supplier is found to be at fault over Europe's spiralling horsemeat scandal.
Blood-soaked gangster tale takes US stars to Bucharest
Feb 09, 2013 15:15 EST
A Tarantino-tinged love story plunging US up-and-coming actors Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood into the Bucharest underworld dazzled the Berlin film festival Saturday.
Stray dogs give safety lessons to pedestrians in Romania
Jan 23, 2013 19:22 EST
Stray dogs crossing at crosswalks are being used by the Romanian traffic police in a new safety campaign to convince pedestrians to be more careful.
Romanian recruits stray dogs for road safety lessons
Jan 23, 2013 04:59 EST
Stray dogs seen traversing pedestrian crossings are being used by the Romanian traffic police in a new safety campaign to convince pedestrians to be more careful when crossing the road.
Going for gold on the Paris model circuit
Jan 21, 2013 00:45 EST
With a fellow band of models -- girls as young as 16, wide-eyed at the sight of the world's fashion capital -- Ioana Timoce strides to her first casting appointment of the day.
US expects Romania to avoid 'replay' of political crisis
Dec 15, 2012 12:46 EST
Washington expects strategic ally Romania to stick to its rule of law and IMF commitments in order to avoid a "replay" of the political crisis last summer, the US ambassador to Romania told AFP.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Bucharest București | |||
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  Bucharest
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| Coordinates: 44°25′57″N 26°6′14″E / 44.4325°N 26.10389°E | |||
| Country | Romania | ||
| County | Municipality of Bucharest | ||
| Founded | |||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Sorin Oprescu (Independent) | ||
| Area [1][2] | |||
| - City | 228 km2 (88 sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 285 km2 (110 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 60–90 m (197–295 ft) | ||
| Population (est. January 1, 2009[1])[2][3] | |||
| - City | ▲ 1,944,367 | ||
| - Density | 8,510/km2 (22,040.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 2,000,000 | ||
| - Metro | 2,151,880 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal Code | 0xxxxx | ||
| Area code(s) | +40 x1 | ||
| Twin Cities | |||
| - Amman |  Jordan | ||
| - Ankara |  Turkey | ||
| - Athens |  Greece | ||
| - Atlanta |  United States | ||
| - Beijing |  China | ||
| - Chișinău |  Moldova | ||
| - Damascus |  Syria | ||
| - Montreal |  Canada | ||
| - Nicosia |  Cyprus | ||
| Car Plates | B | ||
| Website | www.pmb.ro | ||
