The Social Democratic Government of Romania has been toppled by a no-confidence vote in Parliament that was brought by the opposition and passed with 238 votes in favour and four... read more →
Former Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Kövesi has obtained the support of a “sufficient majority” of Member States to take charge of the future European Public Prosecutor's Office, according to media... read more →
Romania’s Constitutional Court has struck down draft amendments to the criminal code that would have shut down numerous corruption cases. According to the Court the amendments adopted in April do... read more →
Governance and corruption are Romania's biggest problems identified by a report by the Legatum Institute, which looks at the path from poverty to prosperity, based on data from the International... read more →
The leader of Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after the Romanian High Court upheld his conviction for corruption.... read more →
A Romanian County Council has awarded a company under investigation for EU-funds fraud with links to Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea, a 13 million Lei contract for the modernisation of... read more →
A former Romanian mayor from the governing Social Democrat party has been detained in Madagascar, where he fled and sought political asylum to avoid corruption charges in 2017. Romanian police... read more →
A former Romanian MEP has been charged with corruption after he allegedly filed around €50,000 in fake travel reimbursement requests to the European Parliament. Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) said... read more →
A former Romanian MEP has been charged with corruption after he allegedly filed around €50,000 in fake travel reimbursement requests to the European Parliament. Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) said... read more →
The embassies of 12 Western countries have released a joint statement calling on the Romanian government to refrain from bringing in judicial reforms that would weaken the rule of law... read more →