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White supremacists once again can easily access Stormfront.org, the internet's oldest-operating hate site, after its sudden disappearance last month. (Associated Press/File)

Guccifer, hacker who exposed Hillary Clinton private email server, returns to native Romania

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Dinamo Bucharest hires Adrian Mutu as general manager

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Former boxer Mike Tyson plays with the gavel used by the President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies while visiting the giant palace built by late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, which houses the Romanian Parliament, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Tyson arrived in Romania to promote an energy drink. (Mihai Poziumschi, Agerpres via AP)

Romania: ex-boxer Mike Tyson calls for order

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In this Tuesday, June 7, 2011, file photo, a U.S. Navy officer, name not available, stands on the weapons control deck of the USS Monterey as screens display the Black Sea region, in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania. A U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats is moving into higher gear this week, with a site in the village of Deveselu, Romania, becoming operational on Thursday, May 12, 2016, and officials breaking ground at a separate site in Poland a day later. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

U.S. missile defense site opens in Romania; Russia sees threat

By Alison Mutler - Associated Press

Romanian government leader Nicolae Ceausescu receives applause at the last convention of communist party in November 1989. At left is his wife, Elena. (Associated Press)

Nicolae Ceausescu’s legacy reconsidered amid nostalgia for communism in Romania

By Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, students listen to Sorin Rosca Stanescu, center, during a class lecture at the Diplomatic Academy in Bucharest, Romania. Romania’s crackdown on corruption and fraud in recent years has created a sudden and unexpected literary boom, as prisoners publish hundreds of non-fiction books on subjects as varied as soccer, real estate, God and gemstones. (AP Photo)

Romania probes hundreds of books written by prisoners

By Alison Mutler - Associated Press

In this handout photograph from the US Navy, US service members deployed to the Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, groups center and right, bow their heads with members of the Romanian Military, left, during a religious moment of the establishment and assumption of command ceremony in Deveselu, Romania, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. The NSF Deveselu Base, established more than 20 years ago, will be part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System. The US Navy has taken control of a new missile defense base in southern Romania, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield which Russia strongly opposes.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy / LT j.g. Alexander Perrien, Handout)

L. TODD WOOD: NATO activates missile defense base in Romania; Russia objects

By L. Todd Wood

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta speaks during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania, in this Feb. 11, 2013, file photo. Ponta announced the resignation of his government Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romanian government resigns following protests

By Alison Mutler - Associated Press

Illustration on developing Romania's tourist industry by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

JOHN THOMSON: Ongoing flux in East-Central Europe

By John R. Thomson

About 3,000 Romanian doctors emigrate every year to work abroad, where they get better salaries and working conditions. (Associated Press)

Romania considers legalized bribery to keep doctors

By Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

Halep advances but Petkovic shocked in Guangzhou Open

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sanctuary: Bucharest, Romania's oldest mosque, opened in 1906, may be joined by a new worship space, although the plan is facing backlash against Turkish immigration and concerns over terrorism. (Vlad Odobescu/Special to The Washington Times)

Bucharest, Romania’s Turkey-funded mosque sparks anti-Muslim backlash, terror fears

By Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized a string of provocative moves from the Arctic to the Black Sea in recent months in an attempt to intimidate NATO allies along the border for the old Soviet Union, including Hungary, Romania and Latvia, and boost allies of Moscow living in those countries. (Associated Press)

Russia recruits U.S. allies in Eastern Europe by raising doubts about security commitment

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In a photo provided by Boston College and made in October, 2013, History Professor Emeritus, Radu Florescu, speaks during a book-signing on campus at Boston College for his new book, &quot;Dracula's Bloodline: A Florescu Family Saga.&quot; Romanian-born historian and philanthropist Radu Florescu, who wrote a book linking Count Dracula to the 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler, has died at 88. (AP Photo/Lee Pellegrini, Boston College)

Romanian historian who debunked Dracula myth dies

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a boat, inspects the missile cruiser Moskva during a navy parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, May 9, 2014. Putin extolled the return of Crimea to Russia before tens of thousands Friday during his first trip to Black Sea peninsula since its annexation. The triumphant visit was quickly condemned by Ukraine and NATO. (AP Photo / Ivan Sekretarev) ** FILE **

NATO, facing assertive Russia, ponders what to do

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

Romanian Navy conducts Black Sea drills

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