Robert Cazanciuc

The lower Deputies' Chamber at a plenary sitting on Monday passed a 153 to 110 vote to approve the request made by the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) to start the criminal prosecution of independent deputy Valerian Vreme, Chamber Secretary Ion Marcel Ciolacu announced.

The vote was secret, with Vreme being the only deputy to address the debates.

The Chamber of Deputies rejected the simple motion of censure headed 'PSD [ruling Social Democratic Party] is allergic to justice', initiated by the Liberal and Democrat Liberal deputies.

The Tuesday's vote was 217 against the motion, 89 in favour of it, and four abstentions.

The Chamber of Deputies Secretary Niculae Mircovici announced this legislative body's agenda for next week, including a censure motion titled 'PSD [ruling Social Democratic Party] is allergic to Justice' and draft laws on a 5 percent cut to employers' social contributions and on fiscal amnesty for retirees.

Premier Victor Ponta attends today at the 'St. George the New' Church in downtown Bucharest the religious commemorative ceremony marking 300 years since the martyr death of Prince Constantin Brancoveanu (1654 - 1714) and his four sons.

Romania's Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) has decided that, depending on the NATO's final decision, Romania will contribute some 200 troops and 50 police and gendarme officers to the training, counselling and assistance mission in Afghanistan.

PDL (Democratic Liberal Party) and PNL (the National Liberal Party) on Wednesday will submit to the Deputies Chamber a simple motion about the political interference in the justice system, in which they especially refer to the Duicu case [Adrian Duicu, chief of the Mehedinti County Council, accused of corruption], PDL chairman, Vasile Blaga said in the end of the meeting of the St

Anyone buying a prepay card in Romania in future will have to submit their personal data, their name and ID number respectively, according to a bill adopted on Thursday by the Romanian government.

The aim is to allow Romania's intelligence services to identify prepay card holders, if a judge decides it is necessary.