Topic: Romania

The Year That Changed the World

Two decades later, a journalist remembers the rapid crumbling of European communism.

After the fall of the wall: Middle Europe reemerges – sort of

The connections of the old Habsburg Empire have reappeared, post cold war, but regional identity has not.

How a picnic led to the fall of the Berlin Wall

Twenty years ago today, Hungary decided to test its allies' mood by opening its border, allowing thousands of East Germans to escape.

Bogus ATMs discovered at Vegas hacker conference

Young Moldovan voters get the last tweet

Youth-driven effort to unseat Moldova's Communist Party succeeds in its second attempt.

Will Nabucco pipeline deal free Europe from Russian gas?

The EU and Turkey signed a $11 billion gas pipeline deal that should give Europe more supply options.

Opinion: What's the tipping point for revolution?

The similarities – and differences – between East Germany in 1989 and Iran in 2009 are striking.

Résumé-building vacations for the out-of-work

Conservatives gain in European parliament vote

A record low turnout of only 43 percent of 375 million eligible voters pointed to skepticism about a more integrated Europe.

Opinion: EU's 'death' is greatly exaggerated

As the Continent's voters elect a new parliament, some of them trust the EU more than their own national leaders.

Opinion: A fallen wall, a renewed Germany, a united Europe

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, harmony between Germany and the rest of Europe at last seems natural and durable.

The Monitor's View: Russia goes after election monitors

Moldova's April 5 vote is the lastest example of Moscow's attempt to weaken the king of impartial election observers.

Georgia protests revive charges of foreign meddling

Embattled President Saakashvili has accused Russians of financing a popular movement to oust him.

Moldovans erupt in protest after decades of silence

Thousands of young Moldovans stormed through the capital to protest alleged fraud in elections won by the Communist Party.

Euro for Eastern Europe? Not so fast.

The European Central Bank quashed speculation Monday that failing eastern economies might adopt the currency in response to the financial crisis.

In Iraq, British forces hand over control of Basra to the US

American forces will seek to disprove the perception that they are more heavy-handed than the British.

World

Some in Eastern Europe ask: What economic crisis?

Ahead of G-20 summit, Czech and Polish leaders say their banks have no toxic debt and auto factories are humming.

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World

Eastern Europe’s fall puts Continent on edge

Latvia’s collapse and the sinking East is hurting Western banks, and the ideals of unity.

World

Sunday's vote: A return to Fortress Switzerland?

A vote Sunday could end Switzerland's brief experiment with open borders.

Iceland: Not an EU member? Could have fooled me.

Gas dispute with Russia boosts European interest in alternative pipeline

The Nabucco pipeline, scheduled to start construction in 2010, would ship gas from the Caspian region and the Middle East.