JUSTICE

Deputy Prime Minister Dan Barna on Wednesday discussed with European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova, focusing mainly on the future Rule of law Report on Romania and Romania’s progress towards closing the process of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM). “Both parties share the goal of bringing CVM monitoring to…

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The Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, stressed on Friday that he cannot intervene in the “August 10” case and that it would be very grave for this to happen, adding that the answers regarding the signing off of this case should come from the judiciary. “According to the law, the…

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President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday asked Minister of Justice Stelian Ion to “urgently” explain to the public how the “August 10” case file ended up being closed. “I call on the Minister of Justice to urgently explain to the public how the case file concerning the events of August 10,…

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The Bucharest Tribunal has Tuesday rejected the request by the DIICOT (Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crimes and Terrorism) to reopen the criminal investigation against the former heads of the Gendarmerie in the “10 August” criminal case, in a definitive move. Technically, through this decision, the case will be…

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President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday stated that reanalyzing justice laws cannot be postponed, while also underscoring the need for extensive debates in Parliament on this topic. “In 2020, the citizens unequivocally expressed, by vote, their option for reforms and strengthening the principles of the rule of law. In this context,…

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The Bucharest Tribunal has Tuesday rejected the request by the DIICOT (Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crimes and Terrorism) to reopen the criminal investigation against the former heads of the Gendarmerie in the “10 August” criminal case, in a definitive move. Technically, through this decision, the case will be…

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Beatrice Rancea, the manager of the Romanian National Opera in Iasi, who is facing criminal proceedings in a case file regarding financial irregularities found at the Opera House, with a damage of 5 million lei, has been placed under judicial control, according to DIICOT (Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and…

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Ioana Basescu (photo L), daughter of former President Traian Basescu, was sentenced on Tuesday by the Bucharest Court of Appeal (CAB) to five years in prison for incitement to embezzlement and money laundering as part of a court case looking into the funding of Traian Băsescu’s presidential election campaign in…

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Chief Prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Crin Bologa said on Thursday that, as the draft budget for 2021 looks like, the National Anticorruption Directorate cannot carry out its activity “under good conditions.” “Regarding the budget, we asked for an amount that would allow us to carry out the…

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The Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, on Thursday stated that the fact that “some people” are still opposing the idea of dismantling the Section for investigating criminal offences within the judiciary (SIIJ) “shows that attempts to weaken the DNA continue.” “We want to put an end to the period in…

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