Communism, capitalism forge throngs in Bucharest
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- No parking spaces. Crippling traffic jams. Sky-high rents. Is this London, Rome, or Athens? No, it's Bucharest, where communism and capitalism have conspired to make it Europe's most crowded capital.
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Hundreds of thousands of young people thronged the streets of Budapest to the sounds of techno music for the city's fifth annual electronic music parade.
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People tell Lia Roberts she has a new glow since her campaign in the factories, farmers markets, churches and hospitals of Romania.
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Pop by the Golden Blitz pub during happy hour, and you just might run into the president of Romania. He'll be the one huddling with a confidant, hamming for the cameras, or dancing a friend around the room. Traian Basescu &#151; unbuttoned, unorthodox, some say unpresidential &#151; is shaking up the political scene in this former communist country accustomed to colorless, aloof leaders.
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BUCHAREST, Jun 27 (IPS) - The third Gay Pride Parade that drew strong  opposition earlier this month underlines the fact that gay rights  are far from being accepted in this country.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu faced off in a tough presidential election on Sunday seen as key for the Balkan country's European Union accession path.
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Romanians return to the polls on Sunday for a run-off election between Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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For more than a week, protestors have filled the streets of Kiev in the Ukraine.
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The European Commission's annual progress report on Romania will make for painful reading in Bucharest when it is unveiled tomorrow.
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The stock market is dropping. Protesters are marching on the capital. Citizens are lighting candles in hopes of divine intervention.
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BUCHAREST, Romania  - Dozens of former fighters in the 1989 uprising that toppled communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu rallied Friday in a central Bucharest square to demand that authorities investigate alleged frauds in last Sunday's parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian  Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu faced off in  a tough presidential election on Sunday seen as key for the  Balkan country's European Union accession path.
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In Internet chat rooms, TV talks shows and cafe conversations, the topic is on everybody's lips: The opening of the files of Romania's dreaded secret police that have been buried since the fall of communism 17 years ago.
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Romania's opposition accused the government on Monday of busing its supporters around the country to vote several times in parliamentary and presidential elections.
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More than 6,000 inmates at 24 prisons around Romania took part in hunger strikes and other protests Sunday to demand amnesty and better living conditions.Comment
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Up to two million people were killed or persecuted by the communists in Romania, an official report says.
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Police used tear gas against protesters who hurled stones at the annual gay rights parade in the Romanian capital Saturday, officials said.