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• George Michael On Way To Uk Hospital
  George Michael was released from Vienna’s AKH hospital this morning (Thurs) reports local media. [...]
• TV on Android phones at Orange
  Users of Android phones and Orange telecom network can access 17 TV channels on their mobile phones, starting today (Thurs). [...]
• Stradivarius violin player in hospital in Bucharest
  Stradivarius violin player Edvin Marton ended up in hospital after falling and hurting the back of his head while in a hotel in Bucharest, it was reve [...]
• GEORGE MICHAEL: CHRISTMAS IN HOSPITAL
  George Michael may not be allowed home for Christmas as the stricken star battles to recover from pneumonia in Vienna, Austria. [...]
• Right Clubber
  The bodyguard of Austria's far right Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache is to be quizzed by police after he allegedly beat a man senseless f [...]
• Happy F***ing Christmas
  Villagers in the Austrian town of F***ing have given up trying to live down their name and are cashing in with a range of Xmas cards that have become [...]
• Standing Room Only
  Every night is a sell out performance at this extraordinary theatre in Austria. [...]
• Fashion Victims
  A fashion shop has been rapped by union bosses in Vienna, Austria, for playing music so loud is could drown out a pneumatic drill doing roadworks. [...]
• Wee Slip
  Caught short driver Josef Ente watched in horror as he relieved himself behind a bush during a family outing, and saw his brand new Mercedes with his [...]
• Flat Out
  Thieves stole 175 massive 52-inch flat screen TVs worth nearly 200,000 GBP from a truck in Melk, Austria, while the driver was having a coffee at a [...]
• Old Banger
  Driver Horst Zwenig has been jailed by judges in Carinthia, Austria, after he adapted his old banger to run on cooking oil from a fried sausage shop i [...]
• Hitler Not All Bad Says Teen Survey
  A shocking official study into teenage views in Austria shows that more than one in 10 support Adolf Hitler and claim he wasn't all bad. [...]
• Golden Oldie
  An 85-year-old woman worth more than 1 million GBP has been put on 10 GBP a day pocket money by her bankers because they say she's giving away too muc [...]
• Fritzl: Real Life Horror Film
  Incest monster Josef Fritzl's reign of terror in a secret dungeon is to be made into a film after movie makers in Italy bought the rights to his real [...]
• Christmas Tweet For Star George
  Singer George Michael could be home for Christmas after making a good recovery from severe pneumonia, his boyfriend has revealed on Twitter. [...]
• Death Trap
  A 71-year-old farmer died when she plunged through a barn loft trap door and was crushed by bales of hay that fell down after her, say police in Spitt [...]
• Record price for Romanian painting
  A Romanian painting set a new local record with the price it was auctioned off for, auction house Artmark said today (Thurs). [...]
• Some 100mn Euros new National Library, finalised after 25 ye
  Romania's new National Library was inaugurated today (Thurs) in Bucharest, as 100 million Euros worth of construction work has been finalised. [...]
• Half of Romanians have never used internet
  More than half of Romanians aged 16 to 74 have never used the internet and less than one third of Romanian households have access to the internet via [...]
• Hunting Trip
  Cak-handed hunter Mario Bucher, 47, shot himself in the thigh when he tripped over a tree trunk in woods in Allhau, Austria, and landed on his rifle. [...]
• Dead Meat
  Two hunters suffocated to death after using a camping stove inside a lodge in Breitenstein, Austria, to cook their prey. [...]
• Eurovision singer dead after jumping from 6th floor
  Romanian singer Malina Olinescu, 37, committed suicide by jumping from the 6th floor of a building, Bucharest police said today (Mon). [...]
• Tickets for sale for Red Hot Chili Peppers concert
  The tickets to the premiere of the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Bucharest are on sale starting tomorrow (Tues). [...]
• Ticked Off
  Eight British fraudsters who sold forged tickets for a £110-a-head music festival starring The Kills and the Kaiser Chiefs have received suspended 20 [...]
• Light Fall
  Tree surgeon Markus Bauer, 23, who decided to show off his prowess by clambering up a giant Xmas tree in Feldkirchen in Klagenfurt, Austria, after a b [...]
• Sloped Off
  A veteran jail breaker thought to be heading for Ireland has been caught hiding out in the Italian Alps. [...]
• George Michael Skunk Claim
  A gay model who says he once had a fling with stricken star George Michael has claimed the singer's pneumonia could have been triggered by a puff on a [...]
• Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 available in Romania
  The new Galaxy Nexus, using the new Android 4.0 platform, will be available in Romania starting 12 December, Vodafone announced yesterday (Weds). [...]

Government to introduce ‘Robin Hood’ tax on oil companies
Minister of Economy Daniel Chitoiu announced today (Weds) that the government is working on a piece of legislation on introducing a supplementary tax on the exceptional incomes of the oil companies that should be passed by the year end and implemented as of 2013.

Education Minister stepps down amid plagiarism accusations
Ioan Mang, the education minister appointed only two weeks ago together with the new cabinet of Social Liberal Union (USL) leader Victor Ponta, resigned Tuesday (yesterday) night.

Brancusi’s son doesn’t want his father remains to be moved to Romania
John Moore, the only child of sculpture Constantin Brancusi, reacted to Romania’s intention to repatriate the remains of his father, saying his last will was to be buried in Paris at Montparnasse, Libertatea newspaper informs today (Weds).

Romania back in recession, growth to resume in H2
Romania officially entered recession today, following the figures published by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) that show a decrease of the GDP for two consecutive quarters (Q).

Police head sacked over underground boss runaway row
The head of the Romanian Police Liviu Popa (picture) was sacked today (Tues) by Home Affairs Minister Ioan Rus, the ministry informs.

UK Ambassador Harris says new Cabinet took right decisions so far
The UK Ambassaodr in Romania, Martin Harris says Victor Ponta’s new government got off on the right foot by making clear that its economic policy will continue to be framed within the programme agreed between Romania and the EU, World Bank, and IMF.

Carmen Sylvas x-rayed hand to be auctioned
A x-ray of the left hand of Romanian Queen Elisabeta will be auctioned in Bucharest by Artmark auction house, Libertatea newspaper informs today (Tue).

Rising handbal player hangs herself because of family quarels
A rising star of the Romanian handball was found hanged on Sunday (yesterday) in her family apartment in Drobeta Turnu Severin (South West), Romania TV news channel informs today.

Triumphant welcome in Bucharest for the national gymnastic team
The national team of gymnasts returned home today at noon from the European Championship held on Saturday and Sunday in Brussels, and was welcomed by a numerous crowd at the Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest.

Sorin Oprescu to win in a landslide, poll suggests
An opinion poll released today (Mon) makes the current Mayor Sorin Oprescu favourite for the Bucharest municipal elections, Realitatea TV news channel informs.