Bucharest  - The Romanian authorities aided by colleagues from the US and several EU states have broken up a 17-person drug and cigarette smuggling gang, the Romanian border police said Monday.

Bucharest  - Romanian prosecutors Monday filed corruption charges against former Agriculture Minister Traian Decebal Remes.

Bucharest  - Romania's central bank Tuesday raised its key lending rate to 9.75 per cent from 9.5 per cent, seeking to fight inflation with the fifth consecutive hike since October.

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Bucharest - Romanian anti-graft prosecutors Friday asked

Bucharest  -  Romanian steelworkers striking for more pay from ArcelorMittal returned to work Wednesday after a court ordered them to suspend their two-day-old walkout, news reports said.