ROMANIA:    Finding Energy to Rescue EU
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BUCHAREST, Jan 29 (IPS) - With the European Union becoming ever more  uncomfortable over its energy dependency on Russia, Romania,  which joined the bloc along with Bulgaria Jan. 1, is paving the  way for a pipeline project considered crucial for Europe's  energy safety.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Bulgaria and Romania were   set to get the green light on Tuesday to join the European   Union in January, rather than a year later, but the executive   European Commission has set unprecedented entry conditions.
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BUCHAREST  - Romanians rang the end of an era as they voted for a president to succeed Ion Iliescu and lead them into the European Union, hoping the change will also spell an end to rampant poverty and graft.
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Bulgaria and Romania were  set to get the green light on Tuesday to join the European  Union in January, rather than a year later, but the executive  European Commission has set unprecedented entry conditions.
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The EU tells Romania and Bulgaria their fight against corruption is not yet showing convincing results.
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Today's review focuses on the European Commission's announcement that Romania and Bulgaria are to be admitted to the EU in 2007
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Sede operativa in Romania con ramificazioni in Europa
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Romania's ruling Social Democrats (PSD) face a struggle to cobble together a majority coalition to push through reforms for EU entry after their hold on power was dented in general elections.
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Romania will hold its first elections to the European Parliament on 25 November, Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced on 22 August, ending months of suspense. via Dod On Line
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BUCHAREST, Jan 15 (IPS) - Following the example of seven other countries from  Central and Eastern Europe that joined the European Union (EU) in  2004, Romania and Bulgaria, the newest members, have sued the  European Commission (EC) for lowering their national caps for  carbon dioxide emissions.
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The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Romania investigates a tip-off of possible electoral fraud in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections.
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The European Union may not be very good at creating jobs and producing goods people want to buy, but when it comes to setting up high level working groups and churning out reports, it is a world leader.
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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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Romania faced weeks of uncertainty on  Monday after inconclusive general elections in the poor Balkan  country, already struggling to stay on track to join the  European Union.  Partial results showed the ruling ex-communist Social Democrats  (PSD) of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a whisker ahead of the  opposition centrists in Sunday's election but well short of a  majority in parliament.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the Romanians who would like to work abroad - and the UK's plans to stop some of them coming.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 28 (IPS) - A simple architectural solution could ease housing  and environmental problems in Romania and beyond.
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BUDAPEST, Aug 28 (IPS) - Many European politicians look desperately for  alternatives to Russian gas, but while concerns over excessive  dependency on one source are legitimate, many have missed the  point that in the big energy game economic considerations weigh  more heavily than political ideology.