The famous "oracle octopus" Paul, at the Oberhausen aquarium, which predicted the winner of the Germany-Spain semifinal at the South Africa World Cup, has become the focus of international media. While Germans, disappointed with the defeat, "have designs against" the octopus and want to see it "roasted," in Spain, Prime Minister Zapatero himself is "worried" about the octopus's fate and says he wants to send a team to protect it and defend it from Germans seeking revenge.

The Romanian Television decided to end collaboration with host Cosmina Pasarin after several photos were published depicting the star in an erotic show in Mamaia.

Sultan Kosen, the tallest man in the world (2.46 meters) might move to Romania soon, if the woman he loves - an inhabitant of the city of Brasov - will accept him as boyfriend. For now, Sultan only saw her picture and was very impressed. After he paid his first visit to Romania last spring, he decided to return and meet the girl face to face, for the first time on Monday, in the “Happy Hour” show on PRO TV.

A bunch of residents of a Slatina block of flats were in for a big surprise on Monday morning, when they discovered they were neighbors with... a 2.5-meter-long snake.