Romanians

The death of a talented young Romanian who jumped off the dome of London's landmark St Paul's Cathedral has caused widespread shock in the UK.

Lida Dragescu, aged 23, leapt to her death on October 11 from the so-called Whispering Gallery, which runs round the interior of the baroque dome of the Cathedral designed in the 17th century by Christopher Wren.

The number of Romanians and Bulgarians living in the UK has increased by 76 percent over the past two years, the Yahoo News website reported, citing official data released on Wednesday.

A large spike in the number of Romanians and Bulgarians living in the UK since remaining restrictions on rights to work in the UK were lifted in 2014 is likely to further fuel debate in Britain on the vexed question of the free movement of labour.

Romanians living in Italy said they fear another wave of xenophobia after the deputy head of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Luigi di Maio, a member of the Eurosceptic Five Star Movement, claimed in a Facebook post that "Italy has imported 40% of Romania's criminals".

According to the British Prime Minister Theresa May, there are two Greeks among the injured of the Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Westminster, London.

May revealed this information during her speech in the British Parliament, where she also mentioned the ethnicity of the other injured people.

Germany has amended the benefits arrangements for citizens of other EU member stattes, Bulgarians and Romanians included, according to DW.

Nationals of EU countries will only been given benefits after having spent five years in the country, acording to DW.

Few refugees have reached Romania from the Middle East - but that does not stop Madalin Dumitrescu from worrying.

Living in Bucharest with his wife and their four-year-old daughter, he believes the risks of a terrorist attack in Romania are growing thanks to the recent influx of migrants to Europe.

Only a smidgen of satisfaction is seen on Mariana Achim's face, as at least she has a job and the possibility to feed her family.

Achim works as waitress in a restaurant, some ten kilometers away from her house in Avrig, a village in southern Transylvania.

Romania's Interior Ministry on Wednesday started posting updated information on its website about expected waiting times at Romanian checkpoints with Hungary, to curb the frustration of people queuing up to spend their Christmas holidays at home.

Up to half a million Romanians are expected to take part in a three-day pilgrimage to a saint's shrine, which started on Friday.

Believers are lining up in queues stretching for miles to worship the relics of St Parascheva, which lie in the northeastern town of Iasi.

The Romania's Orthodox Church believes the saint's relics perform miracles.