A Romanian plane with 51 people on board made an emergency landing on its belly in western Romania today, officials said. All the occupants escaped safely.

Thousands of Romanians who fled areas flooded by the Danube River are now facing crowded conditions in tent communities and dwindling food supplies, residents and volunteers told reporters.

THOUSANDS of residents have been evacuated from two Danube villages in western Romania and thousands more are under threat as the river hit near-record levels in Romania and Bulgaria.

Thousands of residents have been evacuated from two Danube villages in western Romania and thousands more are under threat as the river hit near-record levels in Romania and Bulgaria today.

Thousands of residents have been evacuated from two flood-hit villages in western Romania as the waters of the River Danube hit near record levels today.

More than 400 Uzbek refugees arrived today in western Romania where they will be temporarily sheltered after fleeing violence in their Central Asian homeland.

A two-year-old survived a nine-story fall down a rubbish chute in an apartment building in western Romania, a doctor said.

A German family-of-four died when an avalanche smashed into their car on an Austrian road.