Tuesday, January 16, 2007

UKIP in (Map of bucharest) Romania 21/12/06

BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell shadows the leader of the UK Independence Party on a trip to Romania.
Big celebrations are being held in the capitals of Romania and Bulgaria after the two countries became members of the European Union at midnight (9am AEDT).
A youth celebrates as he holds EU and Romanian flags at a New Year celebration party in Piata Universitatii Square in Bucharest.
Happy New Year to one and all. It's hard to believe that 2006 is coming to an end. It has been a good year.
Source: Reuters By Radu Marinas BUCHAREST, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Romanian President Traian Basescu opened the way on Monday for the prosecution of crimes committed by the country's former communist dictatorship by ...
Within the corridors of the United Nations, President Laurent Gbagbo is seen, at least privately, as the main obstacle to resolving Cote d'Ivoire's four-year long political crisis.
Mr Bryza, the year 2006 will be remembered by the frequent bilateral trips of Azerbaijani and American officials, the highest level of which was the President of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyevs visit to Washington in April, and, later, in December, the visit of our first lady.
It is tempting to join the revelers in Bucharest and Sofia who seem to believe that European Union membership promises untold riches. The eight former communist states that joined in 2004 have done pretty well. Bulgaria and Romania are already growing strongly; E.U. money will help. Yet the Balkan pair differ from their predecessors. Bulgaria's GDP per head in 2005 was only $3,480 and Romania's ...
Since early December, the places available for the Christmas holiday in the Romanian agro-tourism boarding houses were alomst occupied.