Mine Project Launches Protest Movement By Luke Dale-Harris The Rosia Montana mine in Romania is currently one of Europe’s most controversial projects. Plans by Bucharest to push through approval for the large-scale mining that would eliminate an entire town have… Read More ›
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‘Mass deletion of data’ on former Bank of Cyprus execs’ computers
By George PsyllidesPublished on April 5, 2013 DELETION of data allegedly took place on computers belonging to senior Bank of Cyprus (BoC) executives, according to the leaked findings of a probe into the circumstances that forced the island’s biggest lenders… Read More ›
Germany won’t let Bulgaria and Romania join Schengen zone
Sunday, 03 March 2013 Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has told Der Spiegel magazine that Germany would not allow Romania or Bulgaria to join the European open-border Schengen zone. Often called the Schengen zone, the area incorporates 22 EU member… Read More ›
Horse meat found in British supermarkets ‘may be donkey’
John Lichfield Sunday, 10 February 2013 A law banning horses from Romanian roads may be responsible for the surge in the fraudulent sale of horse meat on the European beef market, a French politician said today. Horse-drawn carts were… Read More ›
British spooked by Bulgaria and Romania’s migration
Thursday, 17 January 2013 About 50,000 people from Romania and Bulgaria will come to the UK every year when restrictions are lifted next year, think tank Migration Watch suggests. It predicts this level annually in the first five years after… Read More ›