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 ...

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 ...

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 -- 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 ...

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 -- ...

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 (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 -- 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.