Rafa hopes Latics loss was a ‘blip’

Rafael Benitez wants Liverpool to approach the Europa League last-16 first-leg in Lille as if it was their „most important game of the season”. Considering the state of the current campaign, the Spaniard’s comments have more than a ring of truth to them. After Monday’s diabolical performance in the 1-0 defeat to Wigan – described […]

Kazakhstan signs cooperation deal with Japan

Japan and Kazakhstan have signed an agreement to cooperate in the peaceful uses of nuclear atomic. Meanwhile, Romania’s president has said the country is open to cooperation with Kazakhstan, including in nuclear energy. The agreement was signed on 2 March in Tokyo by Akylbek Kamaldinov, Kazakhstan’s ambassador in Japan, and Katsuya Okada, Japan’s minister of […]

Europa League Preview: Lille – Liverpool

facing off for the first time ever in competitive play. The French outfit do, however, have plenty of experience against English opposition – namely Manchester United – against whom they have played six times with a record of one win, three draws and two losses. Les Dogues’ home record in Europe is impressive; they have […]

ROUMANIE • L’OTAN ouvre un centre de formation d’espions dans les Carpates

„Les espions de l’OTAN partiront desormais en mission apres avoir ete instruits a Oradea, dans l’Ouest roumain”, ecrit le quotidien bucarestois Romania Libera. Le Centre d’excellence en espionnage et contre-espionnage a ete inaugure le 16 mars par le president de la Roumanie, Traian Basescu. Des centaines de militaires, venus en particulier de Hongrie, de Slovenie, […]

Kucinich will vote for health care bill, says he’s bothered by ‘the attempt to de-legitimatize Obama’s presidency.’

In recent weeks, it has become clear that the vote in the House of Representatives for the Senate’s health care bill will be very close. The lone progressive holdout on the bill had been Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who had previously announced his intention to vote against the bill because it lacks both a strong […]

Romania to host three US missile batteries

BUCHAREST, March 5, 2010 (AFP) – Romania is to host three batteries of interceptor missiles as part of a planned US defence shield in Europe that has upset Russia, President Traian Basescu said on Friday. „This is not a secret. There will be three batteries of eight missiles each,” Basescu said during a resentation of […]

UK flight bomb terror

17. 03. 10. – 15:00 Terrified passengers had to evacuate a packed budget airline jet heading for Britain today (Wednesday) after a chilling terror bomb threat in mid-air. The Wizz Air plane carrying 165 passengers was forced to turn around on its way to Luton and return to Timisoara airport in Romania just 15 minutes […]

One More For CONAN

‘. Plus: Tara talks to team ‘ ‘ at SXSW! ‘ ‘ poster debuts! Hemsworths battle over ‘ ‘ and more! Turning up with puppy dog eyes and sad sunflower, it’s your Comics2Film 10.3.17! ‘ and chatted up actors Aaron Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and director Matthew Vaugn on the red carpet. One interesting item […]

Champions League – Rankings: Chelsea falter

‘s recent defeats have seen leap above them in our European Power Rankings, as Bordeaux reclaim top spot. Defeat at Internazionale in the Champions League last Wednesday was followed by a resounding 4-2 home defeat to for the West London side, who now drop three places to fifth in our form guide for all the […]

Wizz Air jet bound for Luton returns after scare

A plane bound for was forced to return to Romania today after someone phoned in an anonymous bomb threat 15 minutes into the flight. None of the 165 passengers aboard the no-frills flight were in any danger, but the terror scare underscores how seriously airlines continue to take any security threats. An anonymous phone call […]