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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…

EC Vice-President Frans Timmermans has posted on his Facebook page on Friday a picture and a message for his Romanian friends on ‘Martisor’ Day. "Happy #Martisor to my Romanian friends!” reads the post which accompanies the photo…

The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has announced the activity will be halted every day, during 8.00-12.00h, as of Tuesday until March 8. Only the emergencies will be solved. The decision comes in…

PSD treasurer Mircea Draghici, investigated by prosecutors for the way the party has spent the money received from the state budget, will no longer run for the position of chief of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP), the…

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has announced late on Tuesday that the Government has approved the emergency ordinance amending the justice laws, arguing the amendment proposals would have come upon the suggestion of the Superior Council of…