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​UDMR lawmakers will not participate on Wednesday, in the plenary session in which the new leadership of ANRE (National Energy Regulatory Authority) will be voted on. UDMR leaders are upset that they were excluded from the institution's…

The Parliament, in extraordinary session, has voted on Wednesday, by majority of votes that Mugur Isarescu will remain National Bank Governor for the 7th consecutive term. Isarescu has entered the Book of Records since 2009, as the longest…

The Constitutional Court has validated, on Thursday, the results of the referendum on May 26, CCR officials said. The sources say the five challenges regarding the procedures on organizing and conducting the referendum were rejected,…

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) plenary, following the debates on Wednesday, has validated the contest for taking over the position of chief of the Judicial Inspectorate, with Lucian Netejoru winner of another term to lead the…

The Opposition parties have resumed the offensive to dismiss Liviu Dragnea from the position of Chamber of Deputies speaker on Monday. The Opposition representatives are asking for Dragnea's recall in the lower chamber's Standing Bureau,…

An NGO has filed a criminal complaint against Social Democrat leader Florin Iordache, deputy speaker of the Chamber of Deputies for his obscene gesture made in Parliament the past days. "Voice for Democracy and Justice" Association has…

The European Parliament has held Wednesday morning a sitting dedicated to the rule of law in Romania, following the amendments to the laws of justice and the Criminal Codes and the violence during the rally on August 10 in Bucharest. Prime…

The European Parliament conference of group leaders has decided on Thursday to postpone the vote on the resolution regarding Romania until November. Initially, the vote was scheduled to take place during the second European Parliament…

The Senate has passed the draft law amending the law 303/2004 in the magistrates' statute on Tuesday afternoon, with the most important and controversial provisions referring to the magistrates' being held financially responsible for their…

Some 300-400 people have staged a new protest in Victoriei Square in Bucharest on Sunday evening despite the rain, to voice their discontent against the pardon draft law that is to be debated by the Senate’s plenary sitting on Monday.…