Romania's former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase may be released from prison sooner than expected, after a prison parole board accepted a request for a hearing to take place, Romanian news agency Romania-Insider.com reported. ...

One of the Romanian President Traian Basescu's security personnel has accused a Russian radio station of acting to influence Romanian politics, current affairs website Romania-Insider.com reported, quoting press wire Mediafax. ...

Romania's governing Social Liberal Union (USL) swept the board on Sunday, as exit polls showed an absolute win for the center-left coalition government, Romanian news website HotNews.ro reported. ...

Polish businessman Jaroslaw Pawluk, CEO of Track Tec group, announced his intention to focus on Polish and/or Romanian railway companies, Polish daily Puls Biznesu wrote Sept. 20. ...

Protests against the Traian Basescu led government have swept across some 60 Romanian cities this week, as citizens who are angry with the government's austerity measures and the proposed new health policy took to the streets, the Romanian media reported. ...