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Justice Minister Ana Birchall has announced today she had initiated an emergency ordinance draft to amend the legislation in order to toughen the conditions for the release on parole and to propose higher prison sentences for crimes against…

President Klaus Iohannis said in a press conference on Wednesday, the first public outing of the head of state after the release of the GRECO reports, that the PSD-ALDE Government had received a new "red card” , this time from GRECO.…

The lawyer of Sorina’s adoptive family, the 8-year-old girl from Mehedinti taken by special forces from the foster carers, has filed a complaint against prosecutor Mihaiela Moraru-Iorga and against Prosecutor General Bogdan Licu for the way…

The National Integrity Agency (ANI) has notified prosecutors to check the wealth of Baia Mare mayor, Catalin Chereches, as the integrity inspectors have found out the mayor cannot justify RON 2.7 million of his incomes. ANI has found out…

The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body (GRECO) warned on Tuesday that public perceptions of low levels of corruption in certain countries may lead to underestimating the need for measures to combat corrupt practices. GRECO also…

The Venice Commission has issued on Monday a report about the reforms implemented in Romania’s judicial system, pointing to emergency ordinances and to the establishment of the Special Section for Investigating Magistrates. The Venice…

The lack of legislative predictability and the repeated attacks of the politicians are revealed among the main vulnerabilities in the latest 2018 report by the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM). The report also says that, as against…

Fashion designer Răzvan Ciobanu, dead on the second day of Easter in a terrible accident, was buried on Thursday. The fashion designer was buried in the Bucharest Progress Cemetery. Along with relatives were close friends of the designer,…

The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) decided to continue the protest against GEO 7, with prosecutors wearing a white armlet until March 22. DIICOT asked the Ombudsman to notify the Constitutional Court…

A new protest rally has been announced on Sunday under the slogan ‘Repeal the Ordinance!’ The protest starts in Victoriei Square at 18.00h and is to be followed by a march to the Justice Ministry. “At 19.00h we start the march to the…