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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Bucharest

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife? Full story

Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs

VASLUI, Romania (Reuters) - Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself. Full story

Romanian artist takes his art on the street

Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the street dogs who are his companions and also inspire his work. Full story

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Hungary returns to growth but Czech downturn deepens

World grapples with rise in cyber crime

Analysis: From the fringe of Europe, Romania and Bulgaria seek EU acceptance

From hackers to security experts, the Balkan IT sector is booming

Romania moves toward closure on compensating communism's victims

Netherlands tops child well-being in industrialized world: UNICEF

Romania's ethnic Hungarians march to demand more autonomy

Dutch police arrest Romanian woman in connection with art heist

Germany to prevent Bulgaria, Romania entering Schengen: magazine

Romania believes rival nation behind "MiniDuke" cyber attack

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  Deadly helicopter crash in Romania

Firefighters use snow to help douse the flames of a downed helicopter that killed two people and injured three others when it crashed in Romania. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Hacking Goes Mobile

Mobile attacks are up 400 percent, reports CNBC's Jon Fortt. One third of the hack attacks originated in Romania.

  Tossing tons of a world record salad

Volunteers in Romania toss up a Guinness World Record setting salad that weighed in at 21 tons. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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