Selecting store via flag shows error, works like a charm through Preview

Dec 16, 2011 14:08 GMT  ·  By

For the past two days now - precisely the time it took Apple to roll out iTunes Match internationally - the Romanian iTunes Store has been acting up.

iTunes shows the following error whenever you try to access the Romanian store:

“Your request could not be completed. The item you’ve requested is not currently available in the Romania store.”

This dialog is generally reserved for content that really isn't accessible in Romania, such as certain iPhone apps that Apple doesn’t distribute here. However, this time around, the above message also gets shown when you try to switch through stores - when you simply click the Romanian flag.

Yet if you call up the iTunes Store through iTunes Preview in a web browser, the system works fine. Strange, to say the least. Whether or not this has anything to do with the sloppy iTunes Match rollout, I sincerely hope Apple deals with this as soon as possible.

Any Romanian users here experiencing the same issue?