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The Parliament has dismissed Renate Weber from the position of Ombudsman on Wednesday. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has refused to vote and announced they will challenge the vote to the Constitutional Court. The ruling coalition has…

Deputies have adopted on Wednesday the draft bill on disbanding the Special Section for investigating magistrates. The bill has been adopted by 171 votes against 136 and it goes now to the Senate, which is the decision-making chamber in…

President Klaus Iohannis has signed on Wednesday the decree promulgating the law through which special pensions for MPs are removed. The Parliament convened in joint session last Wednesday adopted the bill removing the lawmakers’ special…

The Constitutional Court has rejected the referrals filed by the Government, Ombudsman and the High Court of Cassation and Justice on the law that saves escapists from prison. The Chamber of Deputies passed this controversial law initiated…

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has rejected on Wednesday the Government's referral on the pension rise, stating that the law increasing the pension point by 40 percent is constitutional. The move comes as the Government is…

President Klaus Iohannis has sent back to the lawmakers the law through which the Parliament is establishing the date of general election. The law has been declared constitutional by the Constitutional Court this summer and if the bill…

PNL and USE have embarked on a row on the recent vote by the Parliament on the appointment of SocDem Florin Iordache as the President of the Legislative Council, a lifetime term of office. After both parties had accused each other of…

PM Ludovic Orban has slammed the Constitutional Court's reasoning on ruling that general election due in December can be delayed till March, arguing that the CCR must be changed and cleaned from "politruks" who must be replaced by…

The Constitutional Court has rejected on Thursday the Government's referral and ruled that child allowances must be doubled and not gradually increased, sources from CCR disclosed. Thus, the constitutional judges have decided to dismiss…

The Parliament has voted on Tuesday to increase pensions by 40% through an amendment endorsed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) to the budget rectification law. At the same time, another amendment adopted by  the plenary session also…