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In this Oct. 2019 handout photo provided by NGO Agent Green, Arthur, a 17 year-old bear, is seen in the Covasna county, Romania. Romanian police will investigate a case involving Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein, an Austrian prince who is reported to have &quot;wrongly&quot; killed the massive male bear in a trophy hunt on a visit to the country's Carpathian Mountains in March, 2021. (Agent Green via AP)

Romania investigates case of bear killed by Austrian prince

By STEPHEN MCGRATH - Associated Press

A small boy carries discarded ceramic tiles for his family's home during a raid of the National Environmental Guard through scrape littered back yards in Vidra, Romania, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Many people in the Roma community in SIntesti scrape a dangerous living by illegally setting fire to whatever they can find that contains metal, from computers to tires and electrical cables.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

In Romania, ‘modern slaves’ burn noxious trash for a living

By STEPHEN McGRATH - Associated Press

Germany's Timo Werner misses a scoring chance during the World Cup 2022 group J qualifying soccer match between Germany and North Macedonia in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Thilo Schmuelgen/Pool via AP)

Germany beaten by North Macedonia to end WCup qualifying run

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Zoea Baltag receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 104-year-old Romanian woman received her second vaccine dose against COVID-19, becoming the oldest person in Romania’s capital Bucharest to be fully inoculated against the disease. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanian woman, 104, says vaccine “only way” to end pandemic

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Romania OKs holding Easter celebrations despite virus surge

By STEPHEN MCGRATH - Associated Press

Various initiatives and left-wing groups demonstrate against a demo of right-wing extremists and so-called &quot;Reichsbuerger&quot; in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, March 20, 2021. Right-wing extremists and &quot;Reich citizens&quot; are demonstrating around the Brandenburg Gate today. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

Germany: police clash with protesters against virus measures

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Romania, Greece aim for speedy bilateral travel arrangement

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Anti-vaccination protesters rally outside the parliament building in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Some thousands of anti-vaccination protestors from across Romania converged outside the parliament building protesting against government pandemic control measures as authorities announced new restrictions amid a rise of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

3,000 at Romania anti-vaccination protest amid COVID-19 rise

By STEPHEN McGRATH - Associated Press

Andrei, a 32-year-old Romanian man who has been HIV-positive since he was a baby and began missing his regular medical check-ups when the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. A year ago, Romania reported its first case of COVID-19, prompting the country's strapped medical system to turn its focus to treating COVID-19 patients. As a result, many patients with other conditions — including HIV but also cancer and other illnesses — have either been denied critical care or stopped going to their regular appointments, fearful of becoming infected.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Pandemic leaves many Romanian patients without critical care

By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE AND STEPHEN McGRATH - Associated Press

Romania: Protesters want reprisals for fatal hospital fire

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A little girl gets help from Valeriu Nicolae to learn brushing his teeth correctly as her father watches n Nucsoara, Romania, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. The rights activist has earned praise for his tireless campaign to change for the better the lives of the Balkan country’s poorest and underprivileged residents, particularly the children. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania activist urges people to do something good every day

By VADIM GHIRDA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 A Romanian gendarme leaves after getting a COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania. Across the Balkans and the rest of the nations in the southeastern corner of Europe, a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus is overshadowed by heated political debates or conspiracy theories that threaten to thwart the process. In countries like the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria, skeptics have ranged from former presidents to top athletes and doctors. Nations that once routinely went through mass inoculations under Communist leaders are deeply split over whether to take the vaccines at all. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

An MQ-9A Reaper drone is shown in this undated file photo. (U.S. Air Force photograph) ** FILE **

Air Force establishes Reaper drone base in Romania

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Opposition members of parliament hold leaflets showing prime minister-designate Florin Citu, reading &quot;The Black Book&quot; during a session called to vote on the government team in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Romania's president Klaus Iohannis appointed on Tuesday, the outgoing finance minister as prime minister-designate after three pro-Western center-right groups joined forces to keep out of power a left-leaning populist party that won most votes at a parliamentary election earlier this month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania’s parliament approves new government

By VADIM GHIRDA - Associated Press

Romanian prime minister-designate Florin Citu speaks after his nomination in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Romania's president on Tuesday appointed the outgoing finance minister as prime minister-designate after three pro-Western center-right groups joined forces to keep out of power a left-leaning populist party that won most votes at a parliamentary election earlier this month. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Former banker named PM-designate after Romania election

By VADIM GHIRDA - Associated Press

Basaksehir players kneel in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign before the start of the Champions League group H soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. The match is resuming on Wednesday with a new refereeing team after players from Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir left the field on Tuesday evening and didn't return when the fourth official — Sebastian Coltescu of Romania — was accused of using a racial term to identify Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo before sending him off for his conduct on the sidelines. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Players, officials kneel before PSG wins resumed CL game

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Journalists look at their mobile phones backdropped by large screens showing exit polls in the country's parliamentary elections at the headquarters of the ruling National Liberal Party, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. An exit poll published in Romania Sunday after voting ended in the country's legislative election indicated that the ruling centre-right National Liberal Party, or NLP, was running neck-and-neck with the opposition Social Democrats, the two parties almost evenly splitting around 60% of the vote, trailed by the progressive USR-Plus alliance with around 15 percent. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania’s center-right prime minister resigns after election

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A woman wearing a mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection walks by electoral posters in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Romania will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil

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A man wearing a mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection walks by electoral posters in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Romania will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania: Election expected to usher in ‘European’ generation

By by VADIM GHIRDA and SABINA NIKSIC - Associated Press

The facade of the hospital is blackened by smoke from the ICU unit following a fire in Piatra Neamt, northern Romania, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Romanian officials say a fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients has killed 10 people and critically injured seven others as a blaze spread through the intensive care ward designated for people with COVID-19 patients at the public hospital according to the Emergency Situations Inspectorate.(ZIarPiatraNeamt.ro via AP)

Romania: Fire in COVID-19 intensive care unit kills 10

By VADIM GHIRDA and SABINA NIKSIC - Associated Press