Romania
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8 February 2012PresseuropRomânia libera, Jurnalul Naţional, Adevărul, Revista 22
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7 February 2012
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Romania
A spy in government
7 February 2012PresseuropAdevărul -
Romania
Baconschi, first head to roll
25 January 2012PresseuropAdevărul -
Editorial
The price of austerity
20 January 20122Presseurop -
19 January 20122România libera Bucharest
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Romania
Raed Arafat: A reluctant rebel
18 January 2012Qmagazine Bucharest -
16 January 20121PresseuropAdevărul
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13 January 201216Die Tageszeitung Berlin
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Romania
Revolution? What revolution?
21 December 20119Jurnalul Naţional Bucharest -
Romania
Secret CIA prison in Bucharest
8 December 20111PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Press review
Who will follow Merkel and Sarkozy?
6 December 201121Presseurop -
Austria
Credit crunch comes to the East
24 November 2011PresseuropDie Presse -
Debate
The crisis and three Europes
14 November 20119România libera Bucharest -
10 November 20113PresseuropTimpul
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Romania-Greece
Orthodox church at the gates of purgatory
9 November 20115România libera Bucharest -
European Union
Idea of non-eurozone gains support
2 November 20112PresseuropAdevărul -
River transport
The Danube is running dry
26 October 2011NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
Romania
Băsescu snubs ex-king’s speech
26 October 2011PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Romania
Just how many Roma are there?
20 October 2011PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Immigration
Europeans up sticks
14 October 20113Adevărul Bucharest -
13 October 2011PresseuropPresseurop
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Romania
Panic in Giurgiu city
12 October 20111PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Austria | Czech Republic
Banks battening down the hatches
11 October 2011PresseuropDie Presse -
10 October 20111PresseuropRomânia libera
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Romania
Nokia ducks out, thanks to Apple
30 September 2011PresseuropAdevărul -
Editorial
Shifting borders
23 September 2011Presseurop -
Bulgaria | Romania
Congratulations, you failed the Schengen test
22 September 20113De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
22 September 2011PresseuropJurnalul Naţional
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Romania-Netherlands
Bucharest triggers War of the Tulips
19 September 20119Adevărul Bucharest -
Romania
Gold fever hits Bucharest
15 September 20111Revista 22 Bucharest -
Economic crisis
Youthful members of the full-time precariat
15 September 20114Polityka Warsaw -
12 September 20111Evenimentul zilei Bucharest
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12 September 2011PresseuropJurnalul Naţional
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8 September 20111Le Monde Paris
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Schengen Zone
The millionaires of Europe’s eastern frontier
5 September 20112The New York Times New York -
28 August 201117Evenimentul zilei Bucharest
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Romania
TB is alive and well
25 August 2011PresseuropRomânia libera -
Romania
The totalitarian tourist trail
18 August 2011PresseuropRomânia libera -
10 August 20111PresseuropLa Razón
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9 August 20111PresseuropAdevărul
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5 August 20113PresseuropNezavissimaïa Gazeta
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3 August 2011PresseuropRomânia libera
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2 August 20111PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna
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29 July 2011PresseuropRevista 22
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4 July 20111PresseuropEvenimentul zilei
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A town in Europe
Sibiu – could almost be Bavaria
14 June 2011Adevărul Bucharest -
Schengen Area
Sofia and Bucharest kept waiting
10 June 20112PresseuropTrud -
E.coli panic
Madrid accuses Brussels of stinginess
8 June 20111PresseuropLa Razón -
3 June 20116România libera Bucharest
In appointing the head of the secret service to lead the government, President Băsescu is attempting to avoid early general elections. But, as the Romanian press points out, the controversial Mr Ungureanu is perhaps not the politician that is best equipped to put an end to protests against austerity and the country’s political class. 
Thousands of people from all walks of life have been demonstrating all week in Bucharest as well as all over the country against both austerity measures and a political system gangrened by corruption. It is about time that the government took their complaints seriously, warns Romanian sociologist Mircea Kivu. 
The revolt currently shaking Bucharest is inspired by Raed Arafat, a doctor of Palestinian origin who protested against the privatisation of the country's health system. 
In Ceausescu's times thousands of Romanians, drawn by high wages, flocked to the coalfields of the Jiu Valley. Today many of the mines in the valley are closed and the miners have been left to fend for themselves. Many are sliding into criminality.
For most people in post-communist Europe, December is the month to commemorate the fall of the communist regimes. In Romania, the fall has become a story that a society living in a world of cheap illusions tells itself. 
At a 5 December meeting in Paris, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy agreed on a plan to save the euro from catastrophe, which they will be asking the EU’s 27 member states to approve at a summit on 8-9 December. The European press, however, thinks they’re not out of the woods yet. 
The EU may well soon be split up between the performers, the lame, and the laggards, worries Romanian political scientist Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. And let’s not count on a fake European identity to bring everyone together. 
In Bucharest and in Athens, the exacerbation of the economic crisis has undermined public tolerance for the privileges enjoyed by the Orthodox Church. If things do not change, warns România Liberă, the organisation runs the risk of paying a heavy cultural tribute. 
The Danube, Europe's second longest river, is one of the most poorly navigable rivers on the continent. Despite the EU’s Danube Strategy, the summer drought has resulted in even lower water levels, resulting in an enormous traffic jam. 
The crisis is forcing more and more Europeans to emigrate. For young people in Mediterranean countries, as well as for those in Eastern Europe, it's the north of the continent where salvation lies. 
The citizens of Romania and Bulgaria should be delighted by the rejection of Schengen membership applications submitted by Bucharest and Sofia, which have been vetoed by the Netherlands. Dutch daily De Volkskrant argues that it will be the spur they need to step up the fight against corruption and organised crime. 
Upset by the Dutch refusal to accept Romania into the Schengen area, the Romanian authorities have decided on strict border controls for tulips. A reaction that's a trifle excessive, but justified, writes an angry editorialist. 
As the economic crisis drives up the value of gold on world markets, the Romanian state intends to hitch a ride by reopening the mine fields at Roşia Montană in association with a Canadian firm. So far, the project has dug up more controversy than gold. 
The crisis has accelerated the emergence of a new social class in Europe. Dubbed "the precariat" by sociologists, it is made up of young people with no prospect of a decent job or a reasonable standard of living. 
In Tichileşti, in the Danube delta, 19 patients continue to live in Europe’s last leper colony. Evenimentul Zilei reports from a location that was long kept secret by Romanian authorities. 
Romania’s only nuclear power station has been operating here, close to the Black Sea, since 1996. Now the construction of a nearby facility to store radioactive waste has added to the concerns of local people, who are worried about the consequences of a possible nuclear disaster. 
Despite billions invested in hi-tech surveillance equipment, the borders of Romania and Bulgaria remain some of Europe’s most porous. Sumptuous villas built by customs officers might provide a clue as to why. A report. 
Although many commentators have called for it to be established, the United States of Europe remains a chimera, which is incompatible with the history and plurality of cultures on our continent, argues Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu. 
Persecuted during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Sibiu has since bandaged its wounds and today it has become one of Romania’s leading cultural cities — a metamorphosis hailed by the editor in chief of Adevărul. 
The Hungarian minority region in Romania is to open an office in Brussels. Bucharest sees the move as a Hungarian provocation, the daily Romania Libera as merely an example of European regions wanting more money and more autonomy.