The poor condition of Romanian orphanages and the unregulated environment surrounding the many international adoptions has been a dark spot on Romania's reputation. The European Union has made the ...

First of two stories The 1989 overthrow and execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu provided the first glimpse of a country that had been mostly closed to the outside world — and many of the ...

The Romanian government passed a controversial law Tuesday that will forbid foreigners from adopting any of the country’s 84,000 orphans. The vote had been delayed for more than a month because the ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s government has extended a ban on foreign adoptions of Romanian children until February but plans to introduce new legislation on adoption and child welfare, the prime ...

BUCHAREST -- In early December, Lucian Schepers dusted off his adoption file one more time. He thumbed through the stack of yellowed papers and translated what he could with the help of Google, trying ...

ROMANIA: Romania has announced the lifting of a ban on adoptions of Romanian children by couples outside the country. The move, to be implemented on November 15th, follows concerted pressure by the US ...

Romania has admitted it has sent 105 children for adoption in Italy despite its ban on international adoptions. The ban was introduced in 2001 at the request of the European Union. British MEP ...

British couples will be banned from adopting Romanian children under a law expected to be approved next week. The law, which effectively bans all foreign nationals from adopting, comes despite ...

Romania's parliament has passed a law severely restricting the adoption of Romanian children by foreigners. The law gives priority to Romanian couples and allows international adoption only as a last ...

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 ...