Bulgaria and Romania are now part of the European Union, expanding its membership to 27 states.

Tests on 2,000 birds collected in recent days across Romania show the bird flu virus has been limited to the Danube Delta, the Romanian Agriculture Minister said today.

ROMANIA, desperately unlucky not to reach the European Championship finals in Portugal next month, will provide stiff opposition for Ireland in tonight’s friendly at Lansdowne Road.

A ROMANIAN toddler found abandoned behind a Cornetto ice-cream freezer at a Dublin newsagents on Saturday, was released back into her parents’ care yesterday after an assessment of the case by social workers.