Changes to the justice system, proposed by Minister Tudorel Toader, have prompted protests and criticism.
Bucharest strongly condemns Manchester attack; Senate passes unified pay scale bill
Growing scepticism about the pardons bill being a solution to prison overcrowding in Romania
Romania ranked 46 out of 180 in press freedom index published by Reporters without Borders
Once it has been discussed and endorsed in Parliament, the unified pay scale law will take effect on July 1.
Romania commemorates 27 years since the anti-communist revolution of 1989