It's been nearly a quarter-century since the world was shocked by the horrible scenes from Romanian orphanages. The worst abuses have been halted... First of two stories The 1989 overthrow and ...

Four-year-old Alina stood in her diaper, her bright eyes looking past the end of her bottle at the American woman who intended to adopt her from a maternity hospital in rural Romania. This is how Mary ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s prime minister on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to allow adoptions by foreigners of about 1,000 Romanian children. About 200 U.S. families and 800 European families ...

BUCHAREST, Romania -- -- Flushed from his game of hide-and-seek, 4-year-old Vasile munches a brownie as his mother recalls the day he entered her life. It was February 2001, and Emily Wilcox and her ...

The Romanian GLBT group ACCEPT and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission expressed opposition April 22 to a proposed amendment to Romania's civil code that would prohibit same-sex ...

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romania has angrily denied that senior officials were part of a well-oiled system encouraging poor parents to abandon their children and feed a lucrative global adoption market.

Spania Bancuta, an abandoned Gypsy child in Bucharest, like thousands of other children in Romania, isn’t eligible for adoption abroad because of a temporary ban on the practice. BUCHAREST, Romania -- ...

The Professional Football League in Romania has teamed up with local shelters for the soccer season Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Stray dogs and soccer players in Romania are ready to play ball! As part ...

Dogs are running with the soccer players! Soccer players in Romania in the Professional Football League (Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal) are joining with the “Fill the gap in your life” campaign by ...

Alex Nicodim/NurPhoto via Getty Stray dogs and soccer players in Romania are ready to play ball! As part of a "Fill the gap in your life" campaign with local shelters and the Professional Football ...