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NATO races to counter Russia’s threat in Europe’s weak spot

BUCHAREST: It didn’t take long after Russia attacked Ukraine for French Colonel Clement Torrent to get his orders: He had six months to build a base for 1,000 soldiers on NATO’s eastern frontier.

Bangkok Post

Thousands march in Bucharest LGBTQ pride parade

Thousands of Romanians joined an LGBTQ pride march in Bucharest on Saturday ahead of planned legislation that could potentially endanger future parades and fuel discrimination.

Reuters

NATO's eastern nations want better protection from alliance

Nine NATO nations on the alliance’s eastern flank have held talks in Romania ahead of a key NATO summit later this month

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A woman abroad feels an unwelcome gaze in new film 'Watcher'

In the haunting and sophisticated new thriller “Watcher,” Maika Monroe plays an American woman who is feeling uneasy in her new hometown of Bucharest

The Independent UK

Chess: Carlsen goes head to head with Ding Liren as world top two meet

China’s Ding is the new favourite for next month’s Candidates after Alireza Firouzja, 18, failed in Bucharest, and the 29-year-old will play the world No 1 at least once during the Chessable Masters

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen wins Titled Tuesday while Alireza Firouzja is erratic

The world champion scored 10/11 online in Chess.com’s weekly masters open, using 1 b2-b3 as White and 1...b7-b6 as Black in all games, while the 18-year-old talent has been uneven against the elite at Bucharest

The Guardian - UK

Mayor, owners jailed for deadly Romania nightclub fire

A Bucharest court handed down prison sentences on Thursday to a mayor of a district in the capital and the owners of a nightclub where a 2015 fire killed 65 people in what became a symbol of corruption in Romania.

Reuters

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Jill Biden meets Ukrainian refugee mothers and teachers in Romania

Sitting in a classroom in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, U.S. first lady Jill Biden met a group of Ukrainian refugee mothers and educators on Saturday, praising the women for their strength and resilience.

Reuters

Romanian mum-of-three on her journey from Bucharest to a new life in Belfast

"I came here with no friends or relatives as a tourist and ended up becoming a local person."

Belfast Live

Kuwait Sends Second Batch of Aid to Ukrainian Refugees

Kuwait sent on Tuesday the second batch of humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees. A plane carrying 40 tons of food and medical aid left Kuwait’s Abdullah al-Mubarak Air Base to Bucharest, Romania. Vice chairman of the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Organization Anwar al-Hasawi said the aid comes in line with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Car rams into gates of Russian embassy before driver kills himself in fireball

Video showed the car on fire wedged in the gates of the Russian embassy in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, but local police have not yet revealed details about the man who was driving

Daily Mirror

Man dies crashing car into Russian embassy in Romanian capital

A driver died ramming his car into the gate of the Russian embassy in Bucharest early on Wednesday, police in the Romanian capital said in a statement.

Reuters

For Chinese evacuated from Ukraine, safety costs a pretty penny

Chinese nationals fleeing the war-torn country have had bills exceeding $5,000 for charter flights and quarantine.

Al Jazeera

Dynamo Kyiv’s Mircea Lucescu: ‘My dream is to see Ukraine smile again’

The manager talks about the first morning of the war, helping players across the border to Romania and his dream to lead his club again

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Ukrainian mothers who can't travel far wait out war in Romania

Maria had just bought a three-room apartment in Kyiv before Russia invaded Ukraine. Now she is in the Romanian capital Bucharest, rummaging for tiny socks for her four-month old daughter in a crate of free clothes for refugees.

The New Daily

War in Ukraine: Stories from a Bucharest refugee shelter

'What does our future look like?' Angelina had an hour to pack up her life and leave Ukraine. She and her son are safe in Romania. But what comes next?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tom Odell Sings for Ukrainian Refugees at Romanian Station

Tom Odell sang his hit "Another Love", which has become a symbol of Ukraine's resilience on social media, to refugees passing through Bucharest's main railway station on Friday. The British singer-songwriter performed the piano ballad about fighting for someone you love, which has been used on TikTok videos including one…

Reuters

Tom Odell sings for Ukrainian refugees at Romanian station

Tom Odell sang his hit "Another Love", which has become a symbol of Ukraine's resilience on social media, to refugees passing through Bucharest's main railway station on Friday.

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Ukraine war: Indian students overcome adversity to reach Romania

Indians fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine describe their journey to safety and how they were received in Romania.

The Times of India

Organised for some Operation Ganga flights to land at airport close to Ukraine-Romania: Scindia

NEW DELHI: Union aviation minister J M Scindia has organised landing of some evacuation flights at an airport in a town close to the Ukraine-Romania border so that a significant number of Indian students are saved the almost 7-hour drive to capital Bucharest.

The Hindu

Scindia says 6 flights to bring back over 1,200 Indians from Bucharest on Wednesday

Scindia, who is in Bucharest, on Wednesday held a meeting with heads of Indian companies that work in Romania to decentralise evacuation operations for Indians stranded in Ukraine

Reuters

Indian couple fleeing Ukraine cross from 'cruelty to hospitality'

Harsh Panwar and his girlfriend Reva Shrivastava slept soundly for the first time in a week at a shelter in a wedding venue near the Romanian capital Bucharest, after fleeing Ukraine to the sound of sirens warning of Russian air strikes.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt to Evacuate Nationals Escaping Ukraine

In the wake of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and upon directives from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, an EgyptAir plane flew on Tuesday afternoon to Bucharest to evacuate Egyptian nationals who fled the conflict in Ukraine to Romania, the government announced. Cabinet Spokesman Ambassador Nader Saad said the cabinet issued the…

The Hindu

Ukraine crisis: More students to arrive in Kerala today

The students were evacuated from Ukraine via Budapest in Hungary and Bucharest in Romania.

The Hindu

Special flight carrying 218 Indian nationals from Bucharest lands in New Delhi

The ninth flight of ‘Operation Ganga’ carrying 218 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine reached the national capital from Bucharest on Tuesday.

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