MPs

​The amounts allocated to elected members of the Parliament increase starting from March 1. The lawmakers secretly increased, a week ago, by 7,500 lei the lump sum received from the Parliament for the monthly expenses with the parliamentary…

The Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO)  published today a follow-up report assessing Romania's progress in implementing the recommendations issued to the country in a 4th round evaluation report adopted in…

The MPs have dismissed Niculae Bădălău from the position of vice-president of the Audit Authority of the Court of Accounts on Monday, after the former Social Democratic lawmaker was arrested on charges of bribery. Bădălău took over his…

The Senate adopted, on Wednesday, the increase in the allowances of dignitaries and the increase of the increments by 25% for civil servants involved in the legislative process. Among the allowances that could be increased are those of…

European governments should increase the transparency and the accountability around lobbying to ensure that members of the public know which actors seek to influence political decisions so that the risk of corrupt practices can be reduced,…

The bill repealing the special pensions of senators and deputies was re-tabled in Parliament on Friday by the USR. Following the scandal prompted by the decision of the Constitutional Court to declare unconstitutional the law eliminating…

The Romanian Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the PSD law by which the special pensions of parliamentarians were eliminated is unconstitutional, according to official sources. With six votes in favor and three against, the…

Controversial senator Diana Șoșoacă, together with three other Romanian MPs, met with the Russian ambassador to Bucharest, Valery Kuzmin, on Thursday, to discuss "Romania's neutrality" amid public discontent and criticism. Russia invaded…

Ciolos Cabinet was rejected in parliament today, after it has secured only 88 votes in favour of those 234 necessary ones, Digi 24 reports. There were 343 senators and deputies attending the plenary session, with a total of 272 votes…

In a report published today, the Council of Europe's anti-corruption body (GRECO) concludes that Romania's level of compliance with its recommendations to prevent corruption in respect of MPs, judges and prosecutors remains globally…