Victor Ponta

Romanian Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea survived a no-confidence vote in the party's Executive Committee on Friday, after several top members of the faction leadership asked for his resignation as party chief because of his graft record that lead to low scores in opinion polls.

Victims of the Bucharest rock club fire that killed 65 people and injured hundreds in October 2015 expressed outrage on Monday, as a court in the Romanian capital failed to assign a new judge to the case following the retirement of the previous judge.

Former Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and current Ambassador of Romania to the US George Maior announced that he asked the parliamentary committee on the oversight of SRI's activity to "seriously reflect on the multiple allegations tossed out about illegal interceptions, covert officers, incompatibilities, pressure put on justice," and seek evidence and hear others,

Leader of the Pro Romania Party Victor Ponta announced on Saturday evening he agrees to the pensions being increased as of 1 January 2019, adding that he will file an amendment in this respect when the new pension draft law is debated in Parliament.

Bucharest, Aug 14 /Agerpres / - A request for the Chamber of Deputies to convene for an extraordinary session August 20-24 was submitted Tuesday to Parliament, floor leader of the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) Raluca Turcan said Tuesday.

Romania's Social Democrat-led government survived a no-confidence motion on Wednesday - but faced more turbulence outside parliament, where thousands of anti-corruption protesters gathered to demand Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's resignation.

Romania's former prime minister, Victor Ponta, is returning to the front lines of the country's political scene after being acquitted of corruption charges at the beginning of May. His new faction, Pro Romania, has also started recruiting prominent Social Democrat MPs, much to the concern of the ruling party leadership.

Recent Romanian Supreme Court rulings that acquitted several high-ranking politicians in some of the country's most notorious graft cases risk damaging prosecutors' credibility - at a time when they are battling political moves to limit their independence, analysts warn.

Romania's Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted former Social Democrat Prime Minister Victor Ponta of corruption in one of the country's most high-profile graft trials and after postponing a ruling five times. The ruling can be appealed.

Bucharest, March 25 /Agerpres / - Romania needs a national strategy for 5G communications, and we hope to come up in autumn with this document, which, in the end, has to be approved under a government decision, Chairman of the National Communications Management and Regulatory Authority (ANCOM) Sorin Grindeanu tells AGERPRES in an interview.