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Andi Bauer, 26, and Lara Booth, 23, were on a five-day expedition through the Carpathian mountains when a brown bear reportedly mauled the male hiker on the leg.

Low voter turnout scuppered the referendum.

The country's constitution currently refers to marriage as a union between "spouses," a gender-neutral term.

Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Romania's capital city, Bucharest, over the weekend following claims of low wages, government corruption and judicial system complaints.  

The group Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism in Romania called the graffiti an act against the "memory of Elie Wiesel, the memory of the Holocaust victims and the souls of the Holocaust survivors."

What Romanian Defense Minister Mihai Fifor called "a misunderstanding," Russian diplomat Pavel Alekseenko called "a spontaneous truth."

"I don't want my people to be used as cannon fodder for some geopolitical games and some battles," Moldovan President Igor Dodon said.

A Navy spokesman told Newsweek the U.S. had successfully held the fort down, but its Romanian allies may be struggling against the livestock invasion.

A recently leaked NATO report said the alliance's existing command structure would "quickly fail" if met with an all-out attack by Russia.

Half of teenagers say they worry about unwittingly sharing online propaganda.

The arrival of new U.S. troops in Poland has Russia pondering deploying additional nuclear-capable Iskander missiles right across the border.

The department approved a possible $3.9 billion missile defense sale.

An outbreak of measles is spreading across Italy and other parts of Europe.

The Russian leader complained of encirclement by Western powers and said Moscow can and will strike back in the case of any foreign attack.

"He's a bad, bad man," Kanter said of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "He's a dictator. He's the Hitler of our century."

Romania's prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi warned against attacks on the judiciary.

President Klaus Iohannis has the power to dismiss the government, but has ruled out early elections at this stage.

Massive demonstrations had met a decree that decriminalized certain corruption offenses.

New legislation reduces the punishment for corruption offences.

The government intends to decriminalize certain abuse of power actions as well as pardon some convicts.

Rejected candidate Sevil Shhaideh seen as close to her party leader, who is barred from the office.

The slogan has been adopted by Latvia for a government scheme aimed at coaxing workers home.

Many Americans in the Rust Belt are from countries that have been victimized by Russia for generations.

Russia regards the Black Sea as its Mare Nostrum ("our sea") and will block any effort to provide for the legitimate defense of NATO members there.

Lawmakers announced that NATO makes Russia view Eastern Europe as a target for retaliation.

The alliance has already agreed on a reinforcement in the Baltic region.

France manager Didier Deschamps suggested he will opt for a formation that favors Dimitri Payet.

Dimitri Payet shines for the home nation with France looking likely to challenge for a third European Championship title.

The host nation kicks off the tournament at the Stade de France following an opening ceremony.

Another exercise in Russian force projection might strengthen the argument for upholding the Western unity on sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine, so it makes sense to pause.