Peter Eckstein-Kovacs
USR asks Senate to speed up Ombudsman appointment; proposes Peter Eckstein-Kovacs, endorsed by PNL and PMP
Save Romania Union (USR) Senators' leader Adrian Wiener asked Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu on Thursday to initiate the procedures for the Ombudsman appointment, USR's proposal for this office, also endorsed by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the People's Movement Party (PMP), being Peter Eckstein-Kovacs.
Anti-Communist dissident Cornea laid to rest in Cluj-Napoca in military funeral
Hundreds of people attended the military funeral in Cluj-Napoca on Monday of well-known anti-Communist dissident Doina Cornea, in the foyer of the University House near the headquarters of the Babes-Bolyai University, where she used to teach years ago.
More than 400 people, including former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu and poet Ana Blandiana, attended the event.