Catalin Chereches

The National Council Against Discrimination, a state watchdog, said on Tuesday that it is investigating Dorin Florea, the mayor of the northern city of Targu Mures, after he called for Roma parents to have their income and education checked before they have a child.

Sibiu, Iasi, Brasov, Baia Mare, Constanta, Targu Mures, Bistrita, Galati are among the cities where people took to the streets on Saturday evening to express their discontent with the Government, with the fact that last year's incidents at the protests have not been elucidated and with the measures taken in the judiciary.

The mayors of 11 of Romanian counties who were re-elected in the local polls on June 5 have either been accused of or are under investigation for corruption.

Baia Mare Mayor Catalin Chereches declared it was an honour for his northeastern Romania city to host the World Peace Forum 2015 over May 7-10; it is the first edition of the annual event of the Nobel Prize winning organization to be hosted in a Southeastern European country.