The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Monday, the selection of ‘Biomass’ as the subject of its seventh Earth Explorer mission. The planned satellite will measure, to great accuracy, biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests.

Oslo - Per Sandberg, a Norwegian member of parliament has caused a stir in France by calling for his country’s borders to be closed to what he termed ‘organised groups’ of Roma, Bulgarians and French who, Sandberg considers, are ‘notoriously criminal’.

Awareness advocates around the world are in full swing today when it comes to raising awareness of Ankylosing Spondylitis. Today, May 4th, is World AS Day.

A frightened burglar in Romania was arrested recently after he called the police for help. He had heard strange noises in the house he was stealing from.

In response to the March 2013 decision to postpone Romania and Bulgaria entry in the visa-free Schengen zone under the threat of a German veto, a young group of people has decided to launch a solidarity initiative with Romanian and Bulgarian citizens.

What has been perhaps the most significant factor in the European Debt Crisis for the currencies markets has not been the actual event itself, but the reaction of global central bankers..

On Monday, a full ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals came into force in the European Union. The complete ban was welcomed by animal rights groups but some in the cosmetics industry remain unconvinced.

A new initiative aiming to tackle the multifarious problems regarding educational provisions for Roma minority and to promote Roma school desegregation in several European countries was recently launched.

Bucharest - Romania's organized crime unit has broken up a human egg cell trafficking ring which provided illegally obtained eggs for Israeli citizens travelling to a clinic in Bucharest for artificial insemination.

Lost amongst the Europe-wide furore concerning the discovery of horsemeat in processed foods, on February 14 the European Union quietly announced a partial lifting of the ban on animal proteins in feedstuffs.

Berlin - "Child's Pose," a Romanian film about a mother's determination to protect her irresponsible son from going to jail after he accidentally hits and kills a child while driving, won the Golden Bear for best picture at the Berlin Film Festival Saturday.

The scandal involving horsemeat in foodstuffs and ready-made meals was portrayed by the UK government as a fraud involving criminal gangs outside the UK but yesterday, events took a new turn as food inspectors and police raided two UK based meat plants.

Nairobi - Kenya is among 54 nations mentioned to have taken part in CIA operations that involved torture of suspected terrorists in the years subsequent to the 9/11 bombings on the US, Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based human rights group, has said.

With the UK worried about mass immigration by Eastern Europeans and the introduction of the ‘Life in the United Kingdom’ citizenship test, at first Romania was a little insulted. Then a newspaper in the country decided to have a little fun.

The European Space Agency has released details of space missions scheduled in 2013 and developments in prospect with current orbiters and satellites.

On December 9, the opponents of the Rosia Montana gold mining project, which would be conducted by a Canadian corporation, Gabriel Resources Ltd., won a highly important victory.

Hate speech targeting minorities, immigrants, religious and other groups is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon within Europe, both in the online as well as offline spheres.

On what has become the largest online sales shopping day of the year, this year's Cyber Monday has seen more than 100 websites shut down by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.

Turns out the Prince of Wales (Prince Charles), may be descended from Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Tepes, more popularly known as Count Dracula, and Romania is cashing in on the news.

On Monday, the Romanian Ministry of Culture presented the list of monuments that it would like to see included in the UNESCO Heritage Sites.