Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday signed the decree releasing Peter Eckstein Kovacs from his duties as presidential adviser, the president’s office said in a press release. read more...

Romania's new Civil Code, regarding property and non-property relationships between individuals, is to enter force on October 1. read more...

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc this week might put forward a proposition to set up a Ministry for European Funds, democrat liberal MP Sulfina Barbu told Mediafax. read more...

Under-Secretary of State and Vice-President of the National Agency for the Restitution of Property (ANPR) Remus Baciu is charged with taking over EUR 300,000 bribe to expedite the processing of certain claims. read more...

The President stated yesterday during a visit at Rosia Montana that the Rosia Montana mining project has been buried since 1997 because of the politicians’ cowardice. “The cowardice of politicians that wanted no headaches is one of the serious reasons why this project has laid buried since 1997. Had the project started in 1997 the hike in the price of gold would have found us in the midst of carrying it out. The politician has to take the right decision eventually,” the President stated, being quoted by Mediafax. read more...

A car was held up Tuesday morning on the Bucharest-Pitesti highway in southern Romania by three masked individuals, who took, at gunpoint, 22.7 kilos of jewels and the car keys, then drove off toward Pitesti, the Police said. read more...

Romanian plans to open for public its newly rebuilt National Arena stadium with a friendly match against a major team were dealt a heavy blow as the Argentinian Football Federation announced the match against Romania, due to take place on August 10, was cancelled. read more...

Romanian news agency Agerpres, quoted by Evenimentul Zilei newspaper, reports that Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin warned on Sunday about the risk of fascism emergence in Europe considering the Norway attacks. read more...

Romanian member of the European Parliament Adrian Severin, whose immunity has been lifted by the EP on June 23, is subject of a criminal inquiry under suspicion of bribe taking and traffic of influence by Romanian anti-graft department (DNA) prosecutors, according to a DNA press release. Severin showed up at the DNA on Friday morning, telling news agency Mediafax it was a "preliminary talk" with prosecutors" and he would not elaborate during the procedure. read more...

A train machinist reportedly stopping the train to smuggle diesel and gendarmes allegedly watching TV while on duty allowed dozens of warheads to be stolen from a train in Romania this weekend, according to media reports on Monday. News emerged on Sunday that four boxes carrying 16 warheads each were stolen from a train carrying military equipment from Romania to Bulgaria the day before, an incident currently investigated by military prosecutors. read more...

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice on Thursday, in the case of the wealth of former minister Dan Ioan Popescu and his wife, ordered the seizure of more than 4 million lei (EUR950,000). read more...

Prime minister Emil Boc said on Thursday that Environment minister Laszlo Borbely stays as a member of the Romanian Government as no official inquiry has been launched against him, news agency Agerpres reports. His statement comes as suspicions of Borbely's involvement in a traffic of influence case emerged earlier this week. read more...

The Ambassador of France to Bucharest, Henri Paul, has told in an interview with news agency Mediafax that he had the "same feeling" as the US Ambassador when French business people came to him and told him about corruption in Romania. read more...

Romanian anti-graft prosecutors will call for approval to investigate Environment minister Laszlo Borbely under suspicion of traffic of influence, Romanian public TV TVR reported on Tuesday. read more...

Romania's Government has approved a bill introducing extended confiscation, an act that will be sent to the Parliament for adoption. read more...

Romanian businessman Costica Constanda on Wednesday won a civil trial started against the Bucharest city hall regarding a land swap contract, and the mayoralty will pay the businessman damage claims amounting to a record EUR165 million. read more...

The abdication of King Michael was a tragic episode in our history, Romania’s Foreign Affairs minister Teodor Baconschi said in a Hotnews.ro – RFI talk show with Dan Tapalaga. Baconschi said that any historical evaluation should normally be done in an urban climate. read more...

President Basescu addresses the Parliament on matters of internal politics, news agency Agerpres informs. The chief of state said that he believed it was necessary to address the Parliament to underline some o the elements proposed for the revision of the Constitution. read more...

US Ambassador to Bucharest, H.E. Mark Gitenstein explained in a statement for HotNews.ro his reasons for criticizing, the other days, the decision of the Constitutional Court on the project revising the Constitution proposed by President Basescu. Romania offers opportunities but as long as there is corruption and no rule of law, American investors will not invest in Romania, Gitenstein said for HotNews.ro. read more...

Anything is possible, Hungarian Democrat leader Kelemen Hunor said when he was asked whether his party might exit the governing coalition if an agreement on the two parties is not reached over the territorial reorganization issue. We do not accept the 8 region proposal and we are seeking a middle ground but we did not find it yet, Hunor said. read more...