Nastase

Pro-Romania national leader Victor Ponta, a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament, tells AGERPRES in an interview that replacing Liviu Dragnea as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies is a priority for the party he leads. "A priority is replacing Mr Dragnea from the Chamber of Deputies (...) Actually, Achilles' heel is there if you want to be successful.

The Court of Appeals of Bucharest added six months to the four-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in two cases; the court ruled on Tuesday that Nastase must serve an overall prison term of four and a half years.