The executive committee of the Social Democratic Party wants the amendments to the criminal codes to be passed by emergency decree
Romanian justice minister Tudorel Toader has announced the draft amending the Criminal Codes will be sent for public debate/ The former head of the National Health Insurance House Lucian Duta has been subject to judicial restrictions pending trial
The first censure motion filed by the National Liberal Party and the Save Romania Union against the sitting coalition Government made up of the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats was rejected by the Romanian Parliament
The Higher Council of the Magistracy in Romania unanimously decided to challenge at the Constitutional Court the emergency ordinance amending the criminal codes
UPDATE: Thousands of people took to the streets in Bucharest and other major cities across the country, in token of protest against the adoption by the government of emergency ordinances amending the Criminal Codes
The Romanian government issues an emergency ordinance amending the Criminal Code
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The Romanian government is today adopting the 2017 draft budget, which is to be later submitted to Parliament for debate/ The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked in Romania, too
The the Romanian Justice Ministry will hold a public debate on the highly controversial draft emergency orders that grant collective pardon and amend the criminal codes.
