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The head of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Zoltan Balog, would be the one who would have convinced the resigning Hungarian president, Katalin Novak, to pardon a man convicted of complicity in the cover-up of a case in which the director of…

The Legal Committee of the Chamber of Deputies has unanimously rejected the draft bill on amnesty and pardon on Tuesday. The lower chamber of the Parliament is convened in an extraordinary session during August 26-28. PSD and ALDE has…

President Klaus Iohannis has retorted to the recent Constitutional Court's ruling that rejected initiatives to amend the Constitution through which amnesty and pardon for corruption deeds should be banned, arguing that the question asked at…

President Klaus Iohannis is starting the consultations with the political parties represented in Parliament in order to transpose in legislation the results of the referendum on justice held at the same time with the EP elections on May 26.…

President Klaus Iohannis has announced today the two questions that Romanians are called to answer at the referendum on justice due May 26, on the same day with the European elections. The Presidency's spokeswoman Madalina Dobrovolschi…

The plenary sitting of the Parliament has voted the report on the letter sent by President Klaus Iohannis on the referendum being held on May 26, yet the Opposition parties have accused that the document Okayed by the MPs also includes…

President Klaus Iohannis has announced in a press conference on Thursday that he had sent the Parliament a letter regarding the two topics to be subject of consultation at the referendum on justice announced for May 26. The first topic…

In a press conference at Cotroceni presidential palace on Monday, President Klaus Iohannis has launched new accusations against the  Social Democrat Party, saying it is ruling through emergency ordinances and that this procedure must be…

On the same day when Romania has taken over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, on Thursday, the United States has sent a message about the discussions regarding amnesty and pardon, as well as regarding the so-called tax on…

An overwhelming majority of Romanians (91%) are opposing amnesty and pardon for the corruption crimes, says an ISSPOL opinion poll commissioned by Geeks for Democracy NGO. Moreover, a potential emergency ordinance or bill on pardon and…