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Interior Minister, Carmen Dan (photo), says she has nothing to reproach herself after the violent incidents on Friday night, when the Gendarmerie intervened brutally to disperse the protesters in Victoriei Square. “What I said on Saturday remains valid. Lately, I ...

Romanian authorities must conduct prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations by civilian authorities into the allegations of unnecessary and excessive use of force by the gendarmerie against participants of a protest in Bucharest on 10 August, and bring all those ...

Military prosecutors have registered 63 criminal complaints filed by protesters against the riot police representatives so far. The gendarmes are accused of of abusive intervention during the Diaspora rally on August 10, which left over 400 injured. Two gendarmes were ...

33 of those over 400 people injured following the riot police’s intervention in force during the Diaspora rally on Friday have file criminal complaints against the Gendarmerie. Military prosecutors are probing if the gendarmes who intervened during the protest are ...

Romania 100 Platform, together with other 16 civic organizations have pressed charges to the Prosecutor’s Office against Interior Minister Carmen Dan, and against Bucharest Prefect, Speranta Cliseru, asking prosecutors to start criminal investigations against the two officials over the violent ...

The woman gendarme, beaten by a group of violent people during Friday night protests, will not be discharged from the hospital on Monday, the doctors with the Floreasca Hospital inform. She and her colleague were beaten on Friday night by ...

The United States’ guided-missile destroyer USS Carney has entered the Black Sea for maritime security operations, the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet said in a statement. “The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) entered the Black Sea, Aug. 12, ...

Thousands of protesters have gathered on Sunday, once again in front of the government offices for the third rally in a row. Rallies were organized in cities such as Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Constanta or Sibiu. In Victoriei Square, the gendarmes have ...

The railway traffic is blocked in Dolj County, on the route 900 Caracal- Craiova, near Carcea locality, following the derailment of seven freight wagons. According to Infotrafic Centre, nobody has been injured. The Emergency Inspectorate Situations (ISU) Dolj informs that ...

Following the hearings after the violence in Victoriei Square Friday night, the prosecutors have decided, Saturday night, to remand two men, charging them with outrage and the disturbing of public order. They are to be sent to court for preventive ...