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The European Commission and the Council of Europe are concerned about what they see as Romania’s “backtracking” in the fight against corruption. But Bucharest is determined to go ahead with the controversial reforms, Euronews informs,…

Several files have been sent to court after the tragedy occurred in the Colectiv club two years ago, that claimed 64 lives and left more than 140 injured. However, none of these cases were solved, so no one has been found guilty so far.…

The chief prosecutor of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA), Laura Codruta Kovesi said she “could not enter into a dialogue with defendants” while asked about former PM Ponta’s statements that he would have seen PSD chairman…

Two court rulings in two different cities these days prompted to the discharge of five people accused of abuse of office, on the ground that the offense in their cases is not stipulated in the criminal law anymore. The acquittal sentences…

Social Democrat Party chairman Liviu Dragnea was at the Supreme Court on Tuesday for a new hearing in the file where is in tried for instigation to abuse of office, next to his former wife and other former public servants. Liviu Dragnea…

Anti-corruption chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi on Wednesday stated that there are many precautionary measures in the Microsoft file, while the prejudice is “very easy to be recovered”. “I cannot comment the final ruling, but what…

Anti-corruption prosecutors informed on Tuesday that they had started the criminal prosecution against the Senate Speaker Calin Popescu Tariceanu, who is charged with false witness and abetment in crime. Tariceanu went to the National…

The General Prosecutor’s Office presented his 2015 activity report on Monday, which revealed that prosecutors across the country concluded almost 650,000 cases last year and sent almost 59,000 people to court. The interim head of the…

The National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) on Monday informed that 188 defendants have been convicted following final court rulings in the last two months of 2015 in the cases investigated by the anti-corruption body. “During…

Judge Geanina Terceanu from the Bucharest Tribunal has been taken on remand by the anti-corruption prosecutors on Thursday night for allegedly taking bribe of EUR 220,000 during 2009-2012 in order to acquit the eight football men convicted…