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The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has ruled on Thursday that there is no need for the Parliament's green light to enforce or extend the state of alert. On the other hand, the constitutional judges established that isolation or…

The Parliament has passed today a bill on the taxation of all special pensions by up to 85%, with the draft being endorsed by all parliamentary parties, but mostly following an agreement sealed between PSD and PNL. There has been an…

The Parliament cannot amend the extension of the state of alert, as the Government has not sent the draft to the two chambers for adoption anymore, but only informed the MPs on the extension of the state of alert. The Executive argued…

The Government has today given the green light today on the extension of the state of alert, following a meeting of the National Committee for Emergency Situations. The state of alert is thus extended as of June 17 for 30 more days. As a…

The Parliament has passed a law initiated by 37 MPs from all parties, which introduces the differentiated minimum wage for employees in Romania , depending on their education. Therefore, an employee with completed higher education and who…

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has ruled on Wednesday that the date of the local and parliamentary elections must be settled by law by the Parliament, not by the Government. CCR has also decided that the extension of the local…

The simple motion against Interior Minister Marcel Vela has been adopted by 65 votes in favour, 25 against and 6 abstentions by the Senate today. The motion's authors asked for the minister Vela's resignation, claiming that "a long…

The coronavirus lockdown is ending in Romania today, two months after its establishment by presidential decree enforced over the coronavirus epidemic. President Klaus Iohannis  had announced on May 4 that the state of emergency would not…

Deputies are debating in the plenary session on Wednesday the provisions of the state of alert to be enforced after May 15 when the state of emergency ends. The Government has drafted a bill, which however, has been substantially amended…

President Klaus Iohannis has launched a tough attack against the Social Democratic Party (PSD) for the tacit adoption in Parliament of the law granting administrative autonomy to the Szeklerland. The head of state accused the Social…