The Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Monday adopted the articles of a bill whereby mayors will be elected in a single round of elections, unless none of the candidates receives the majority of votes. read more...

Romania's Senate on Monday rejected the bill allowing the Government to issue ordinances during the parliamentary break. read more...

District 5 court judges rejected on Monday the action of President Basescu through which he requested moral damages to deputy Mugurel Surupaceanu for his statements made on the use of light drugs, news agency Agerpres reads. read more...

Higher Court of Justice magistrates decided on Friday to sentence ex Liberal deputy Dan Ilie Morega for three years of prison for acts of corruption, news agency Agerpres reads. read more...

US Embassy to Bucharest will be closed on May 30 to mark the Memorial Day, dedicated to American soldiers who were killed in battle for their country, the diplomatic mission of the United States in Romania informs. read more...

Romania made nice progress, Ole Schroder German Interior ministry State Secretary said about the trial involving customs officers in an interview for Hotnews.ro but avoided to say whether October 1 is a realist term for Romania to join Schengen. read more...

Romania’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party has assembled Saturday for its national convention to elect new leaders. read more...

A CURS survey conducted for the Institute for Popular Studies in May 11-13 2011 shows that PM Emil Boc is preferred by PDL supporters for the highest position of the party (57%) in the detriment of his main counter candidate Vasile Blaga credited with 34% or Theodor Paleologu 5%. read more...

The government approved on Wednesday a decision interdicting the installation of overground urban networks on the public domain including telecommunications, water, energy, thermal networks. read more...

Romania will be the first country in the world where the land-based SM-3 (Standard Missile 3) interceptor missile system will be deployed, the agency coordinating US missile defense says. read more...

The employees of the Romanian Interior Ministry will soon go through integrity tests, given by undercover officers, said chief-commissioner Gabriel Constantin of the ministry's General Anticorruption Department (DGA) in a press conference on Wednesday. read more...

Romania caporal Catalin Ionel Marinescu, part of the Battalion 26 Infantry Neagoe Basarab passed away on Tuesday, May 10 around 6 AM in Kabul province, Afghanistan a press release of the Romanian Defense ministry reads. read more...

Anti graft prosecutors indicted Democratic Liberal Deputy Monica Iacob Ridzi, former Youth minister in the events related to the Youth Day organized on May 2, 2009 at Costinesti, South East Romania. read more...

The anti-missile shield will be placed in Romania at Deveselu, in Olt County, South Romania, President Traian Basescu announced on Tuesday after a meeting of the National Defense Council on Monday night. read more...

PM Boc and the government’s General Secretariat, in collaboration with the Finance ministry needs to take measures to reactive the Committee of strategic planning, under the coordination of the Prime Minister by the end of 2011 according to a World Bank analysis mentioned in the National Reform Program 2011 – 2013 recently adopted by the executive, news agency Agerpres reports. read more...

Ioan Tarnu, the Romanian Intelligence Service Alba Iulia chief and Liviu Schiau, sub commissioner at the organized crime brigade were retained on Monday by anti graft prosecutors for supporting a criminal network that was dealing with the theft of machines in EU states, the institution informs. read more...

Romania’s National Defense Ministry announced that three Romanian soldiers were injured on Sunday morning in Afghanistan after their tank was attacked with an explosive device. read more...

Romania's Government wants to increase the central tourism authority's role on the Black Sea coast and reduce the coastal building line (the area where building is prohibited) to 50-150 meters from 100-300 meters, according to a draft emergency ordinance by the Tourism Ministry. read more...

Media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu and Ion Ilie Cezar will be temporary arrested for 29 days after the Bucharest Court admitted on Friday the recourse of prosecutors to the decision of District 5 Court to trial the two without their arrest for blackmailing Realitatea TV manager Sebastian Ghita, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs. The decision was officially confirmed by the Bucharest Court. read more...

Romanian businessman Dinel Nutu, formerly known as Staicu, was brought Thursday to the Bors customs point by Hungarian police officers and handed over to Romanian authorities, said a police press release. read more...