Euro-2012 de football: Francais et Roumains ne se quittent plus
L’equipe de France va retrouver une vieille connaissance lors des eliminatoires de l’Euro-2012 avec la Roumanie, qui sera son principal adversaire dans un groupe D largement a sa portee (Bosnie, Belarus, Albanie, Luxembourg). Michel Platini avait espere samedi que les Bleus puissent retrouver l’Eire, histoire de crever definitivement l’abces apres la faute de main de […]
La Roumanie accueillera une partie du bouclier antimissile americain
La Roumanie accueillera des „intercepteurs terrestres de missiles balistiques et de moyenne portee” du bouclier americain. Le president roumain Traian Basescu a annonce jeudi 4 fevrier que la Roumanie va accueillir des intercepteurs de missiles balistiques, deployes dans le cadre du nouveau projet de bouclier antimissile americain. „La Roumanie a officiellement ete invitee par le […]
Herzliya Dispatch II
The 2010 Herzliya Conference in Israel ended with a whimper on Wednesday evening. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivering the 2010 Herzliya Lecture, stunned the audience of Israeli and international security experts by using his prime time platform to speak about almost every issue except Israel’s security. Netanyahu’s speech focused on the need for Israel […]
Monopoly revolution
Monopoly, sans doute le jeu de societe capitaliste le plus connu de l’histoire (apres le jeu de l’oie), s’est refait une beaute pour souffler sa 75eme bougie, et quelle metamorphose ! Du plateau carre il passe a une forme circulaire, les faux billets de banque ont ete remplaces par des cartes de credit avec une […]
Early Torres return rebuffed by Rafa
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has dismissed speculation star striker Fernando Torres could return to action next week. Torres has been out since suffering a knee injury in the shock FA Cup loss to Reading last month. The Spaniard is reportedly making good progress in his recovery but Benitez insists any claims he could feature at […]
Early Torres return rebuffed by Rafa
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has dismissed speculation star striker Fernando Torres could return to action next week. Torres has been out since suffering a knee injury in the shock FA Cup loss to Reading last month. The Spaniard is reportedly making good progress in his recovery but Benitez insists any claims he could feature at […]
Barb Wire Border between Romania and Moldova to be Dismantled
17 February 2010 The new pro-European government in Moldova starts an initiative to dismantle 360-kilometrea of barbed-wire fences set up in the wake of World War II to separate the country from Romania. Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has signed an order to remove a 60-year-old communist-era barbed wire along the Prut River, separating his […]
Torres comes back for Reds
Striker Fernando Torres made his first start for Liverpool since January 13 as manager Rafael Benitez named an attacking line-up for the visit of Blackburn to Anfield. The Spain international made his comeback from a knee operation as a substitute in last weekend’s goalless draw at Manchester City but was not used in the Europa […]
Hundreds of lorries locked at Romanian-Bulgarian border as cold spell bites
The extreme weather in the region has triggered enormous traffic congestion including hundreds of lorries being stranded on either side of the Romanian-Bulgarian border between the frontier towns of Rousse and Giurgiu, Dnevnik daily reported on February 8 2010. Snow drifts in parts of northeastern Bulgaria and southern Romania have reached 1.5-2 metres and police […]
Island of dwarf dinosaurs really did exist
An island of „dwarf dinosaurs” which was only a theory for 100 years really did exist, scientists announced today. The idea of the small prehistoric beasts on Hateg Island, Romania, was proposed 100 years ago by the colourful Baron Franz Nopcsa, whose family owned estates in the area. He found that many dinosaur remains on […]
