Bucharest Tribunal

The request of the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) to reopen the investigation into the 'August 10' rally case will not reach the Bucharest Tribunal directly, but will be delayed at least a month at the Supreme Court for the resolution of an appeal for a referral request to the Constitutional Court.

The leadership of the Romanian Tennis Federation was recognized in court after winning at the Court of Appeal the lawsuit filed by the representative of the Pamira Sibiu club, Marius Vecerdea, challenging the election of Ion Tiriac to the FRT presidency.

Former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Valeriu Zgonea was convicted on Monday by the Bucharest Tribunal to three years imprisonment for the crime of influence peddling, in a case in which he stood accused by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) of intervening to appoint the daughter of a local social-democrat councilor in Buzau to an important public position.

The Bucharest Tribunal has suspended the building permit issued by Bucharest general mayor, Gabriela Firea, for the construction of a four-storey compound on the green space at 45 Kiseleff Blvd., an area known as the Bucharest "Versailles Gardens", independent deputy Nicusor Dan, who is also running for city mayor, announced on Friday.

Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban announced on 24 October 2019 the composition of the Cabinet he will submit to Parliament vote. Catalin Marian Predoiu was picked for the Justice Minister office. National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy Catalin Marian Predoiu was born on 27 August 1968 in Buzau, according to www.cdep.ro.

The Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has requested the aid of the Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI, US) to conduct a genetic examination that would determine the genetic profile (DNA) in the Luiza Melencu case, but also to establish the psychological/behavioural profile of Gheorghe Dinca, the suspect in the Caracal crimes' case.

The General Council of 'Unitatea' - Metro Free Trade Union (USLM) decided on Tuesday to postpone the launch of the general strike until after a first meeting with the new Transport Minister, informs USLM.

Bucharest, Aug 14 /Agerpres/ - The man who stole the gun off the woman gendarme injured in the protests of Friday night in Victory Square in Bucharest was identified and taken for hearings, a detainment ordinance in his name being issued, while investigations continue to find the stolen gun and to identify the other participants in the aggression, the Bucharest Police announced.

Prosecutors and police officers are conducting today 75 domiciliary visits in Bucharest City and the counties of Ilfov, Timis, Calarasi, Buzau, Teleorman, Bacau, Prahova and Ialomita and enforcing 58 summons in a 3-million-euro fraud from tax evasion and money laundering.

Photo credit: (c) Radu TUTA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The Tribunal of Bucharest rejected on Monday the National Liberal Party's request to change its statute; the modification allowed the election of presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis as party chair.

The court decision is not final; it can be challenged at the Bucharest court of Appeals.