Romanian MPs have again bailed out another colleague from possible taking into custody and preventive arrest, dealing another blow to the anti-corruption fight in Romania.
A new case of corruption involving the misappropriation of 6 million euros of European funds has come to light in Romania.
Romanias President, Klaus Iohannis, is currently on a working visit to the German State of Bavaria/ The painting The Sunflowers in 1937 by Adrian Ghenie, a prominent representative of the new wave of Romanian visual art, sold for 4 million Euros
Criticised for years and placed under close monitoring from Brussels for its high corruption, in 2016, Romania has for the third year in a row received a positive report under the European Commissions Cooperation and Verification Mechanism.
Romania has no gas supply difficulties as cold snap boosts consumption; over 40 migrants drowned off Greece;
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The gross minimum monthly wage in Romania is to go up to 276 euros on 1 May 2016 after talks between the government and trade unions and employers associations
Moodys has improved Romanias rating from stable to positive/ The state budget bill for 2016 is being debated by the relevant parliamentary committees, with a final vote being expected in a plenary session of Parliament, next Wednesday.
Moodys has improved Romanias rating from stable to positive/ The Romanian Parliaments specialist committees continue debates on the state draft budget for 2016, with a final vote being expected on Wednesday
Romania's Supreme Defence Council convenes in a meeting chaired by President Klaus Iohannis/ The country's trade deficit deepened in the first ten months of the year