IMF steps up pressure on Romanian government prior to election
In their latest report the International Monetary Fund and European Union call upon the Romanian government to continue its brutal “structural reforms.”
•Diana Toma, Markus Salzmann
Roger Jordan
Discrimination of Roma in Europe intensifies
In Romania itself and throughout Europe, Roma confront increasing discrimination.
•Diana Toma
Former Romanian PM suffers gunshot wound hours after prison sentencing
The jail sentence of former premier Adrian Nastase on charges of corruption must be considered in relation to the ongoing political crisis in Romania.
•Diana Toma, Markus Salzmann
The appalling situation of Romania’s institutionalized children: From Ceausescu to today
Cases in Romania of the inhumane treatment of children left abandoned in hospitals or simply thrown in the trash by their own parents are becoming increasingly frequent.
•Diana Toma
Demonstrations spread in Romania against austerity policies
Last weekend Romania witnessed some of the biggest and most violent confrontations between demonstrators and the state since the overthrow of the country’s Stalinist regime over two decades ago.
•Diana Toma, Stefan Steinberg
Romanian unemployment climbs as companies move abroad
Unemployment is rising in Romania following the decision by a number of major companies to shift their operations abroad.
•Diana Toma
900 miners sacked in Romania
The sacking of 900 miners in Romania is the beginning of a new offensive by the right-wing government led Premier Emil Boc.
•Diana Toma
Romania: Nokia trade unions in the pocket of management
While the rights of workers are ignored, the contract agreed by Romanian trade unions provides considerable favors for the union bureaucracy.
•Diana Toma
Romania: Closure of Nokia plant leaves 2,200 jobless
Nokia, which closed down a plant in Bochum, Germany, in 2008 and switched production to a Romanian location, has just announced it is closing the Romanian factory.
•Diana Toma, Markus Salzmann
The interests behind Romania’s Roşia Montana project
The Roşia Montana gold mining project marks a new stage in the process of privatization of a substantial economic sector, which subordinates workers and the environment to harsher conditions of exploitation.
•Diana Toma, Marc Wells
The plight of the Roma in Romania
Especially hard hit in Romania is the Roma minority, which already faces discriminatory treatment and suffers from extreme poverty.
•Diana Toma
Border scandal exposes Romanian union corruption
A series of scandals in Romania have revealed the union leaders’ immense wealth and their connections to the ruling class.
•Diana Toma
The consequences of privatization for the Romanian working class
During the past 20 years almost all major industries in Romania, including factories, research centers and coalmines, have been closed down.
•Diana Toma
Man attempts suicide in Romanian parliament
On December 23, a session of the Romanian parliament was forced to recess when a 40-year-old man tried to commit suicide by jumping from the balcony.
•Diana Toma
Romania 2010: A year filled with social unrest and unprecedented cuts
The year 2010 was marked by social unrest, protests and demonstrations against the Romanian government of Emil Boc and its “laws of misery”.
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Political crisis in Moldova intensifies after election
Moldova’s third election in two years failed to deliver any party the number of seats required to elect the president.
•Diana Toma, Markus Salzmann
Moldova before the elections
The Moldovan elections to be held on November 28 are the third elections the country has held in less than two years.
•Diana Toma, Mark Salzman
Thousands demonstrate in Bucharest against social cuts
Over 10,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Bucharest on Wednesday to protest against the Romanian government’s austerity policies.
•Diana Toma, Markus Salzmann
Austerity measures intensify social crisis in Romania
The latest austerity measures introduced by the Romanian government will invariably intensify the social crisis in a country already ranked as one of the poorest in Europe.
•Diana Toma
Romania’s health service on brink of collapse
Cuts prepared by Prime Minister Emil Boc and the IMF will have a disastrous impact on Romania’s already devastated health care system.
•Diana Toma