Romanian authorities continue evacuations from Libya and 86 more Romanian citizens reached capital Bucharest Monday night. read more...

National Liberal Party (PNL, opposition) president Crin Antonescu said on Monday that the replacement of President Traian Basescu and of the Government was not "unrealistic" and that it is the target of the Social Liberal Union - the alliance of PNL with fellow opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD). read more...

A Romanian C-130 HERCULES aircraft left Bucharest Monday on its third mission to evacuate Romanian citizens from Libya, while another plane, a C-27 SPARTAN already in Malta, will leave for Tripoli later in the afternoon, according to the Defense Ministry. read more...

Romanian Hungarian Democratic (UDMR) Senator Gyorgy Frunda said in an online talk with HotNews.ro readers on Monday that he considered himself as a representative of the opposition within UDMR, a political group which elected a new leader in a congress this weekend. UDMR's newly elected president Kelemen Hunor wants his party to remain a part of the coalition government led by Democratic Liberals (PDL). read more...

Romanian ruling coalition parties will most likely sign a collaboration protocol on Wednesday, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday. read more...

Romania’s Culture Minister Kelemen Hunor won the election for president of the Hungarian minority party UDMR Saturday, garnering 371 votes from the 555 party delegates at the party’s congress meeting. read more...

The outgoing leader of Romania’s Hungarian minority party UDMR said Saturday territorial autonomy for ethnic Hungarians has remained one of his unmet objectives and should be the party’s top priority in the coming years. read more...

The head of Romania's fiscal authority ANAF Sorin Blejnar has been accused by the head of Ploiesti customs office Cornel Costea, who was arrested under bribe taking charges this week, of being the "queen" in a pyramid scheme of officials sharing the money from custom office bribes. read more...

Cornel Costea, head of the customs office in Ploiesti, southern Romania, who has been placed under 29-day preventive arrest for corruption on Friday morning, confessed to taking bribes. read more...

The Bucharest Court ruled Friday morning to place Cornel Costea, head of the customs office in Ploiesti, southern Romania, under 29-day preventive arrest for alleged bribe taking. read more...

Romania’s Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament to adopt new labor legislation next week, Prime Minster Emil Boc said on public television Thursday evening. read more...

Romania’s National Anticorruption Department indicted 402 people holding public office or management positions last year, including a former prime minister, three former ministers and three lawmakers. read more...

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors and police raided Thursday the Ploiesti customs, in southern Romania, checking local import-export firms and customs workers suspected of bribe taking. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday the Interior Ministry’s reorganization must start with the evaluation of the institution’s central and local chiefs. read more...

Romanian opposition social democrats and liberals will submit a no-confidence motion against the Government if the latter decides to pass the new Labor Code into legislation through a confidence vote in Parliament, Social Democratic Party leader Victor Ponta said Tuesday. read more...

The Bucharest Court of Appeals has issued 29-day preventive arrest warrants for 15 of the 30 border police officers from Albita customs in eastern Romania detained Monday on charges of bribe taking and cigarette smuggling. read more...

Romanian unionists are calling for a general strike to start on the day President Basescu receives the draft Labor Code and Social Dialogue Code, and will organize local protests starting with February 28. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu told a news conference Monday that, if the country fails to make progress in solving high-level corruption cases, the report on justice the European Commission will release this summer will be negative. read more...

Fifty-three border police officers, including the head of the local border police, from the Albita border crossing point in eastern Romania were taken in for questioning Monday following raids at the customs point and suspects’ homes. read more...

Romanian authorities raided Monday morning homes and offices of border police and customs workers in Albita customs, eastern Romania, where dozens are suspected of bribe taking and cigarette smuggling. read more...