Hundreds of people dressed up in genuine bearskins and paraded through the streets of Comanesti, in the eastern part of Romania, on Sunday.

Iraqi Ambassador to the Vatican Omar al-Barzanji has officially stood for the presidential nomination.

British fighter jets are scrambled from Romania to investigate Russian planes flying over the Black Sea.

The British air force says its fighter jets have intercepted six Russian bombers over the Black Sea.

Anti-government rallies continue for a second day in Bucharest and other major cities across Romania.

Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest where riot police fired tear gas into the crowd and hundreds needed medical attention.

British jets were scrambled from a base in Romania to intercept a Russia plane near NATO skies.

A Romanian air force MiG-21 Lancer fighter jet has crashed during an airshow in eastern Romania, killing its pilot.

In response to a government rally against anti-graft prosecutors, some 3,000 Romanians gather in Bucharest to protest official corruption.

Thousands of Social Democratic Party (PSD) supporters rallied in Bucharest on Saturday to decry alleged "abuses" by prosecutors against the ruling coalition.