Victor Ponta has decided to step down as leader of the Social Democratic Party.
Even though this year is not an election year, stakes have never been higher in Romanian politics.
Some 30,000 people took to the streets in Chisinau on Sunday, calling for the resignation of the government, which they accuse of lack of action in cracking down on corruption.
The investigations of the Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors continue to unveil the scope of corruption in Romania,
The High Court of Cassation and Justice has started the trial of former Tourism Minister Elena Udrea.
A “map of local corruption published by the Clean Romania Coalition and the Academic Society points to the most corrupt areas in Romania.
After the changes operated on Tuesday on Parliament's Rules of Procedure, any request from the National Anti-Corruption Directorate for approval of prosecution, detention or pre-trial arrest of MPS will be solved on the basis of a simple majority vote.
Romanian MPs are resigning in droves after anti-corruption prosecutors have started investigation in a series of corruption cases.
The decision whether to arrest the former Social Democrat Minister Dan Sova as part of an investigation into corruption is hanging on the Constitutional Court's ruling on a controversial vote in Parliament.
The investigations into a former Constitutional Court judge and the MPs refusal to lift the immunity of one of their own are the latest episodes in the fight against corruption in Romania.
Organised crime is a rising threat in the EU, according to Europol director Rob Wainwright.
The National Anti-Corruption Directorates actions continue to make headlines in the Romanian media, as its prosecutors have for some time now prosecuted, tried and sent to court big names in politics and administration.
The fight against corruption brings to justice other major names in Romania, and the facts presented in those cases have brought to light incredible details.
