National Authority for Property Restitution

Long Buried War Crimes Convictions Dog Romanian Restitution

Seven years after his mother, Magda, died, Szabó, an ethnic Hungarian, finds himself locked in a legal battle over the property she left him and his brother, property she won back from the Romanian state in the early 2000s decades after it was stripped from her father in the immediate aftermath of World War Two.

Virgil-Daniel Popescu, picked for Minister of Economy, Energy, Business Environment and Tourism (bio)

On October 24, 2019, Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban unveiled the composition of the Cabinet that he will submit to the Parliament for a vote. Virgil-Daniel Popescu has been picked for the position of Minister of Economy, Energy, Business Environment and Tourism. He was born on April 25, 1968, in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinti County.

Former UDMR deputy Marko Attila under preventive custody in absence (official)

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Wednesday decided to put former UDMR (Hungarian Democrat Union of Romania) deputy Marko Attila under 30-day preventive custody in absence, as he is being accused in the ANRP (National Authority for Property Restitution) criminal file, a ICCJ minute reads.The Supreme Court admitted the DNA anti-corruption prosecutor's proposal for preventive arre

Former ANI chief Horia Georgescu brought to the ICCJ

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Tuesday is to check on the legality of preventive measures in the ANRP (National Authority for Property Restitution) case with the former chief of the National Integrity Agency (ANI) Horia Georgescu and MPs Catalin Theodor Nicolescu and Marko Attila-Gabor involved.

Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Former ANI head Horia Georgescu, placed under preventive arrest

Magistrates from the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Tuesday night decided to place the former head of the National Agency for Integrity (ANI), Horia Georgescu, currently investigated for abuse of office in the National Authority for Property Restitution (ANRP) case, under preventive arrest for 30 days.

Photo (c) Silviu MATEI /AGERPRES PHOTO

Traian Basescu: Elena Udrea notified me of ANRP irregularities

Former President Traian Basescu stated that Elena Udrea had notified him of the irregularities happening at the National Authority for Property Restitution (ANRP) and that he assumed the task of informing structures able to collect information and evidence.

Photo credit: (c) Mihai POZIUMSCHI / AGERPRES PHOTO

Romania's Top Prosecutor Facing Corruption Probe

Alina Bica was detained on Friday for having allegedly approved a dubious payment made by the government in 2011 to compensate a businessman whose property had been seized under the Communist regime.

Bica, 40, is currently the Chief Prosecutor with the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, DIICOT.