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PM Orban says late September - early October good time to hold local elections

Late September - early October could be a good time for organising the local elections, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Thursday at Mioveni, Arges County. "According to our current reckonings, late September - early October could be a good time to organise the elections.

Gov't to take all possible measures to minimise any risk of school children getting infected

The government will take all measures to reduce "to the maximum" any risk of the students who will take the National Assessment or Baccalaureate exams this year getting infected with COVID-19, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Thursday.

PM Orban on court decision on emergency fines: It shocks me, it is patently political

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban declared himself "shocked" on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court's decision to accept an Ombudsman's notification of a government emergency ordinance regulating fines issued under in state of emergency for the enforcement of the coronavirus lockdown.

PSD's Romascanu says President Iohannis continues to blame PSD instead of considering Romanians' concerns

President Klaus Iohannis continues to blame the Social Democratic Party (PSD), his "forever scapegoat," instead of thinking about the problems facing Romanians and what needs to be done together with the government to revive the economy, PSD spokesman Lucian Romascanu said Tuesday. "Another press statement from President Iohannis ended a few minutes ago.

Justice Ministry to propose stripping former minister Toader of Venice Commission membership

The Justice Ministry announced on Tuesday that it will propose to the government stripping former Justice Minister Tudorel Toader of Venice Commission membership following the implications of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgement against Romania in a case that involved the dismissal from office of former chief prosecutor with the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Co

IntMin Vela says travel declarations not needed after May 15, unless cases exploding

Interior Minister Marcel Vela said on Monday that bona fide declarations for people's movement during the COVID-19 are singled out for being discarded after May 15, when a state of alert will be declared except for quarantined areas, however we are still two weeks away, and the cases of infection with the novel coronavirus have to be on a downward path for that to happen.

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