Romanian MEP draws ire with Holocaust denial

25 October 2012

The Elie Wiesel Holocaust institute called on Romanian prosecutors to launch legal action against a Euro MP for denying the Holocaust. 

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Romania minister says Holocaust remarks were 'wrong'

13 August 2012

Romanian minister Dan Sova said Friday his remarks denying the Holocaust in the Balkan country were "completely wrong", after several rights groups called for his resignation.

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Jews commemorate Jewish victims of WWII sunken ship

27 February 2012

Romania and Jews in Turkey paid homage Friday to 768 Jews who died 70 years ago when the ship on which they were fleeing marshal Ion Antonescu's pro-Nazi regime was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine.

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Romania, Israel to sign cooperation deals at meeting in Jerusalem

24 November 2011

Israel and Romania will sign a number of cooperation agreements during an unprecedented meeting of the two countries' Prime Ministers and cabinet members in Jerusalem on Thursday, the Romanian government said. 

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Odessa massacre survivor urges Romanian apology

21 October 2011

The only known survivor of the October 1941 Odessa massacres of Jews, conducted by the Romanian army on the orders of pro-Nazi marshal Ion Antonescu, called on Bucharest Tuesday to ask for forgiveness for the crimes.

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Roma and Jews commemorate Holocaust in Romania

12 October 2011

Dozens of Romanian Roma and Jews on Tuesday commemorated the start of the Holocaust 70 years ago, laying red carnations in memory of the thousands of victims of the pro-nazi Romanian regime.

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Jewish group urges Romania to change anti-Semitic definition

10 August 2011

A Jewish group on Tuesday urged Romania to change the definition of an anti-Semitic word included in a widely-circulated dictionary, saying it was "an expression of racism in its purest form."  

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Israel-Palestinians: Romania opposes unilateral solution

07 July 2011

"We reaffirmed our country's position that a negotiated solution between the parties, with no unilateral solution, is the only way to ensure real and solid grounds for a lasting peace," said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc after a meeting Wednesday in Bucharest with his visiting Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu. 

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Protecting WWII mass graves is a duty to victims

04 July 2011

Hundreds of Holocaust-era mass graves are scattered around Eastern Europe, scholars said Friday, urging authorities to protect them as they owed it to victims of World War II atrocities.

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WWII anti-Jewish pogrom commemorated in Romania

29 June 2011

Survivors and descendants of Jews killed during the Iasi pogrom in Romania on Tuesday attended ceremonies  marking the 70th anniversary of one of the worst single Holocaust massacres.

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