ART HEIST TRIAL HELD UP OVER LAWYER’S SNEAKERS
Lawyer Catalin Dancu stands in court in Bucharest wearing his sneakers Tuesday Sept 10 2013. A judge fined Dancu 5,000 lei ($1482 ) Tuesday for flouting dress regulations and for…
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EX PRISON GUARD CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE
By ALISON MUTLER FILE This is a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo of retired Lt. Col. Alexandru Visinescu, 87, as he looks at journalists outside his home in Bucharest.…
ROMANIAN PRINCE WHO DIED IN JAIL IS BEATIFIED
ALISON MUTLER Catholic nuns attend a vigil at the Sth Joseph Catholic Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Friday evening, Aug. 30, 2013. Catholic worshipers celebrate the upcoming Aug. 31, beatification of…
3-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR EX-ROMANIAN DIPLOMAT
FILE – A Jan. 12, 2011 file picture shows former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu at a court room in Bucharest, Romania. A Romanian court on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, handed…
US REASSURES POLAND OVER MISSILE DEFENSE CHANGES
By VANESSA GERA Wendy Sherman, left, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, and Boguslaw Winid, Polish undersecretary of State for Security Policy, attend at a news conference in Warsaw,…
MISSILE PLAN CHANGES MAY PROVIDE OPENING FOR TALKS
By DESMOND BUTLER Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to…