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Following protests against austerity and corruption that created social and political tension in Romania, Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on February 6.
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Bucharest -
A week ago Romanians took to the streets in support of Raed Arafat, who quit his deputy health minister position after disagreements with President Basescu over a new healthcare plan that would see most of the emergency ambulance system become private.
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Budapest -
Hungary has seen the largest demonstration since the end of Communism, comprising civil society groups, as well as the Roma minority and Hungarians from former Hungarian lands in neighbouring countries.
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People in several cities recently went onto the streets to hand out gifts they had purchased and wrapped to strangers they felt might appreciate them.
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Geneva -
Originally meant to be built in Waxahachie, Texas, under the nickname of Desertron, Switzerland-France's CERN states it has seen "tantalizing hints" of the elusive Higgs boson, also called the "God particle," in two of their experiments.
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Vancouver -
Fortune telling traditions associated with Saint Andrew's Day are still very popular in Eastern Europe. Many Canadians of East European descent brought their celebrations along with them to Canada.
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A shocking video clip shows a Romanian man running onto the soccer pitch and punching a player in the head, and then is swarmed by the player's teammates before police haul him off the field.
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In the short term, both the US dollar and US Treasury bonds may actually benefit from the downgrade of the US debt and react to panic buying.
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The Czech Republic has issued licenses to export shackles, electric shock weapons and chemical sprays to 6 countries whose police and security forces are known offenders against human rights and have made use of precisely such items to torture detainees.
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Iasi -
"Ceramics Fair Cucuteni 5000" is an annual event held in Iasi for the past 28 years, but the pottery making tradition in Romania dates back thousands of years to a mysterious people archaeologists named "Cucuteni".
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