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...estimated 800,000 illegal immigrants who can prove at least six months' employment and evidence of residence in Spain for at least six months. The move is expected to increase social security payments and generate new tax revenues for Spain, which has a thriving underground economy. Youth to Power ROMANIA The youthful Cabinet of new Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu - with six Ministers under 40 - was sworn in in Bucharest. The youngest nominee, 29-year-old former primary-school teacher Cristina Pirvulescu, was dropped as the candidate for Minister for European Integration after failing to identify the governing body...
...surprise second-round victory of Traian Basescu in Romania's presidential election marks a clear break for a country that hopes to enter the E.U. in 2007. Fifteen years after a revolution brought Romania's communist era to a bloody close, Basescu is the first President to come to power promising to take on the country's entrenched communist-era bureaucracy. Coincidentally, his party colors were the same orange that stirred revolution next door in Ukraine. That may have boosted his chances against ex-Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, the left-wing candidate. Crowds greeted his election with cries of "Down...
...foreign student from Romania, Pacurar recalls that everyone around her related to each other easily, “forming small communities...
...international student. I don’t hail from Romania or Zimbabwe, or even from California. I’m from Manhattan, Noo Yawk, a mere four-hour, $15 bus ride (and it used to be less before those Chinatown buses outrageously raised their prices) away...
...Military Might BOSNIA The E.U.'s defense force, EUFOR, took over NATO's peacekeeping duties at a formal handover ceremony in Sarajevo. It is EUFOR's biggest mission since its formation last year. More Fraud? ROMANIA The government denied allegations of fraud in the Nov. 28 presidential and parliamentary elections. The ruling Social Democratic Party won the most votes, but not an outright majority. Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and the center-right Justice and Truth Alliance's Traian Basescu face a runoff vote for President on Dec. 12. Neighborhood Dispute DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kigali denied reports that its troops...