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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday Nov. 27, 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Romania will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Jan. 1, 2019, although President Klaus Iohannis said last month that Romania wasn’t up to the job. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, FILE)

5 things to know about Romania’s EU presidency before Jan. 1

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

A woman held a photograph of a 1989 uprising victim while singing the national anthem along with others during a protest in Bucharest on Saturday. More than 1,000 Romanians have demanded more democracy. (Associated Press)

Romania fights corruption, civil rights accusations

By Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

Honor guard soldiers are silhouetted against a window before the meeting between Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Romanian Premier Viorica Dancila at the Victoria palace in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Amid criticism, Romanian gov’t taxes banks, energy companies

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Opposition members of parliament hold banners against the government of Romanian Premier Viorica Dancila during a parliament session debating a no-confidence vote initiated by opposition parties in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, with banners reading &quot;No emergency decrees&quot; and &quot;Resignation&quot;. The Social Democrat government is facing a no-confidence vote over a contentious judicial overhaul that opposition politicians say has harmed the rule of law and democracy in the European Union country. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania gov’t survives censure vote over judicial overhaul

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Romania to upgrade its armed forces over next decade

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Romania party boss calls rival’s comment on EU post treason

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Ex-Romanian official pleads guilty to US credit card thefts

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In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo a nurse looks on from a window of the Giulesti hospital following a fire that left 5 newborn babies dead. Romanian health authorities on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, temporarily closed the maternity hospital in the capital after over a dozen babies born there recently were diagnosed with a drug-resistant superbug. The Health Ministry said the hospital would stop admissions after the newborns were recently diagnosed with antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romania hospital says 39 babies now diagnosed with superbug

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Kamil Demirkaya, a Turkish journalist who was temporarily detained based on an extradition request from Turkey for &quot;being a member of a criminal, terrorist group&quot;, talks on the phone in front of the Bucharest Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2018. A Turkish journalist suspected of having links to Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric blamed by Turkey for orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, was temporarily detained Wednesday in Romania, authorities said. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Journalist Turkey wants to extradite seeks asylum in Romania

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Romania detains Turkish journalist on Turkey’s request

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

A man clings to a tree trying to get a glimpse of the military parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, as thousands turned out Saturday to celebrate 100 years since Romania became a modern-day state, amid concerns about rule of law and the state of democracy. Crowds braved temperatures of minus 5 Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) to watch troops tanks and military vehicles. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania celebrates 100th birthday amid rule of law concerns

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Romanian president calls for a democratic, European country

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A priest holds the box containing the remains of Holy Hand of St. Andrew, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, a day before the dedication of the national cathedral. The &quot;Salvation of the People&quot; cathedral, still unfinished, has cost, according to the church, 110 million euros ($125 million) and will be consacrated Sunday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Scuffles in Romania at blessing of Orthodox cathedral

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

European Parliament President Antonio Tajani gestures during joint press statements with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila at the Victoria Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania agrees to support EU migration reforms

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Romanian diplomat who fought anti-Semitism dies

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 file photo, the empty space where Henri Matisse' painting &quot;La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune&quot; was hanging, right, is seen next to a painting by Maurice Denis, center, and Pierre Bonnard, left, at Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Romanian prosecutors are investigating if a painting by Pablo Picasso taken from a museum in the Netherlands six years ago has turned up in Romania it was reported on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. Four Romanians were convicted of stealing Picasso's &quot;Tete d'Arlequin&quot; and six other valuable paintings from the Kunsthal gallery. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Painting found in Romania studied as possibly stolen Picasso

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Premier: Romania ready for EU presidency amid EU criticism

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Romania: 10 injured after suspect stabs, drives into people

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Romanian president: Criminals trying to seize justice system

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FILE - This Tuesday July 30, 2013 file photo shows retired Lt. Col. Alexandru Visinescu, 87, former commander of the Ramnicu Sarat prison from 1956 to 1963, looks at journalists as he enters his home in Bucharest, Romania. Romanian authorities say Alexandru Visinescu, a communist-era prison guard serving a 20-year sentence for crimes against humanity, has died in prison at 93 on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romanian ex-prison chief who tortured inmates dies in jail

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press