Dan Tapalaga

Political analysts have criticised moves in Romania to make wiretappings carried out by the secret services usable once again as evidence in corruption cases.

The moves comes as Romania is to receive billions of euros from the EU funds, which are seen as likely to boost the temptation of corruption and embezzlement.

A week after the previous government was ousted, President Klaus Iohannis said on Monday that he has put forward Dacian Ciolos of the Save Romania Union, USR, as his choice for the next premier.

Romania's opposition on Tuesday scored an important parliamentary victory when MPs backed its nomination of ex-premier Mihai Razvan Ungureanu as the next director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, SIE.

Spokeswoman for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Gabriela Firea on Thursday said he wants to raise some red flags over the implication the family of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis in child trafficking, mentioning press reports to the point.