Social/Politics
EC Calls For Greater Efficiency In Trying Offenses Against EU's Financial Interests
The European Commission says that, given the importance of public procurement to Romania's economy, special efforts are needed to ensure that court cases concerning offenses against the Euro...
EC Report Notes Romanian High Court Of Justice Sped Up High-Level Corruption Trials
The European Commission's interim report on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), released Wednesday, notes that the Romanian High Court of Justice has sped up high-level corrupt...
EC Justice Report Points To Criminal Investigations Involving Romanian High Magistrates
The European Commission notes in its interim report on Romania’s progress in the justice sector that a series of recent criminal investigations involving magistrates raised public concern re...
EC Says Romania Must Focus On Rebalancing Resources Between Courts
Romania must focus more on rebalancing resources between courts to ensure a clear implementation of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code, EC spokesman Mark Gray said Wednesday,...
New Government Might Lower Social Security Contributions
The governing program of the Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Designate Mihai Razvan Ungureanu will include wage raises, to be achieved either directly or by lowering social security contr...
Romanian Ex-Prime Minister Emil Boc Announces Party’s Minister Nominees
Romanian ruling Democratic Liberal Party leader Emil Boc on Wednesday announced the ministers nominated by the party for the new Cabinet.
ZF’s List Of Suitable Minister Candidates
As the government changes and the business sector demands competent ministers, ZF has come up with a list of three potential ministers for nine ministries: the Economy Ministry, the Finance...
Ungureanu: From Salon Conversation To Secret Service And To The Lion’s Cage Of Politics
Less than a year ago, in May 2011, when he was asked on TV if he would accept the job of prime minister, the head of Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), Mihai Razvan-Ungureanu, gav...
Boc Drags All Democrat-Liberal Ministers Down. Ungureanu To Present A Cabinet Of "Juniors"
The entire team of prime minister Emil Boc has been replaced by “juniors”. The designated prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu will have to work with a young team, the youngest minister bei...