Read more Romania stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15570/romania.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:49:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71240/german-novelist-herta-mueller-wins-nobel-for-literature.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Nobel Prize in literature was awarded today to Herta Mueller, a Romanian-born German novelist and poet whose work has explored the brutality of life under the Ceausescu dictatorship. Deprived of her job and threatened by the regime, she fled to Germany in 1987. The Land of Green Plums , published...http://www.newser.com/story/71240/german-novelist-herta-mueller-wins-nobel-for-literature.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 6:43:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67915/romanians-boo-madonna-for-defending-gypsies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMadonna spoke up for gypsies during a concert in Romania, leading thousands of audience members to boo her, the AP reports. “I found out that there is a lot of discrimination against gypsies in Eastern Europe and that makes me very sad,” the Romanian Times quotes her as saying.http://www.newser.com/story/67915/romanians-boo-madonna-for-defending-gypsies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 14:28:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66810/how-the-cia-built-its-secret-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen CIA officials decided to build a series of secret prisons, they immediately contacted the chief of the agency's European supply base, a Frankfurt-based logistical whiz. “It was too sensitive to be handled by headquarters,” Kyle “Dusty” Foggo tells the New York Times . He called a contractor buddy, and with...http://www.newser.com/story/66810/how-the-cia-built-its-secret-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 9:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65000/romanians-seek-to-oust-mayor-who-donned-nazi-uniform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Romanian mayor is facing calls to resign after he and his 15-year-old son appeared at a fashion show wearing Nazi uniforms and goose-stepping down the catwalk. Jewish organizations have demanded a criminal investigation, CNN reports. But the mayor had no apologies. "The swastika was very small and I didn't...http://www.newser.com/story/65000/romanians-seek-to-oust-mayor-who-donned-nazi-uniform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 4:44:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62081/racist-attacks-target-romanians-in-belfast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 100 Romanian immigrants in the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast have been moved into a shelter after a series of racist attacks on their homes. A Protestant paramilitary group is suspected of orchestrating the violence, which has included bricks thrown through windows and death threats against a baby....http://www.newser.com/story/62081/racist-attacks-target-romanians-in-belfast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 7:15:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58072/meet-the-first-european.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMeet the first modern European. His face—or hers, as researchers have been unable to determine the sex—was reconstructed by a forensic artist based on a partial skull and jawbone discovered in a Romanian cave. The facial features linked to the 35,000-year-old bones recall the continent's immediate African...http://www.newser.com/story/58072/meet-the-first-european.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 3:09:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55722/russia-sees-red-over-moldovas-twitter-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe escalating crisis in Moldova is threatening to sour Russia's relations with the West once again, reports the Independent . Russia is siding with the Moldovan government in its accusations that the anti-Communist protests—organized by pro-EU youth mobilizing with the help of Twitter updates—are part of a coup attempt...http://www.newser.com/story/55722/russia-sees-red-over-moldovas-twitter-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 4:15:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53997/decriminalize-incest-romania-is-not-alone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the Josef Fritzl case echoes across Europe, Romania is considering a new approach to incest: legalizing it, the AP reports. The Justice Ministry is contemplating the move amid wider legal reforms, arguing that decriminalization would sync its stance with EU members France, Spain, and Portugal. “Not everything that is...http://www.newser.com/story/53997/decriminalize-incest-romania-is-not-alone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Mar 2009 15:26:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52053/no-injuries-as-romanian-plane-crash-lands-on-foam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA plane carrying 51 people made an emergency landing in western Romania today, and all the passengers escaped, after part of the Carpatair flight's landing gear became stuck, the AP reports. The aircraft circled for almost two hours, using up its fuel to avoid a potential fire, officials said, before...http://www.newser.com/story/52053/no-injuries-as-romanian-plane-crash-lands-on-foam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Feb 2009 6:40:32 CST