Romania’s parliament voted on April 24 to adopt a raft of controversial changes to the country’s penal code which opponents claim will severely handicap the...
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Romania’s justice minister Tudorel Toader resigned on April 18, a day after the ruling PSD-ALDE coalition withdrew political support for the embattled minister. Mr...
Romania’s government survived a vote of no-confidence on December 20, when just 161 MPs voted to remove the administration of prime minister Viorica Dancilă...
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) crashed on December 19 over fears that the country’s government is about to slap punitive taxes on companies operating in a...
Romania’s finance minister, Eugen Teodorovici, has come in for fierce criticism following for suggesting that the rights of Romanians to live and work abroad be...
Less than two months before Romania assumes the rotating presidency of the European Council, the country’s EU affairs minister, Victor Negrescu, has resigned. Mr...
Romania’s government passed emergency legislation this week which threatens to bring the country’s fight against corruption to a grinding halt. The emergency...
Using tear gas and water cannon Romanian police violently put down a peaceful protest in the capital Bucharest on August 10, the largest so far in a long-running series...
Romania’s parliament voted on June 6 to create an investment and development fund which will see the Romanian state’s shareholdings in 33 companies merged...
The National Bank of Romania (BNR) increased its policy rate by 25bp to 2.50 per cent on May 7, in line with the expectations of analysts and the market consensus...
As widely expected, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis confirmed on April 16 that he would not be firing Laura Codruta Kovesi, the boss of the Romanian anti-corruption...
Former Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos announced on March 30 the creation of a new political party, Romania Impreuna (Romania Together). The announcement comes...
