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PDL local leader under DNA investigation
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Mediafax quoted judicial sources as saying that prosecutors at the Timisoara National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) yesterday searched the home of Iancu Simion, mayor of the town of Otelu Rosu ad-interim president of the Caras-Severin organization of the Democrat Liberal Party (PDL) after Sorin Frunzaverde left the party, and that of Romica...
Atlassib boss sentenced to one and a half years in jail
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High Court judges have sentenced businessman Ilie Carabulea to one and a half years in jail in the Apostu case. The sentence is executory. Thus, millionaire Ilie Carabulea, one of the richest people in Sibiu, was sentenced for bribery. Carabulea was involved in the case alongside Florin Apostu, former top prosecutor with the Sibiu Prosecutor’s O...
Coalition put to major test in Parliament today
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The opposition was yesterday just four votes short of passing the no-confidence vote against the Government. USL was hoping to get the rest until the end of the day.
Crucial day for the Government today. The ‘Stop the indebted Government! Not like this. Never again!’ censure motion introduced by the opposition will be debated and voted on by the com...
Bucharest storm kills one, injures three
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Localities in 17 counties struck by powerful storm, Bucharest hit hardest.
While the storm advisory had been in place across almost all Romania until yesterday morning, it was the capital that took the brunt of the storm Wednesday. According to the summary report by the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU), the strong wind left one...
Filing of candidacies for June 10 local elections has started
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District 3 Mayor Robert Negoita and District 4 Mayor Cristian Popescu Piedone filed their candidacies yesterday. “I won’t conduct a negative campaign, I respect all of my competitors and I’ll allow them to present their projects,” Popescu Piedone stated for Mediafax. Businessman Irinel Columbeanu had a “surprise,” his candidacy for the Bucharest Ci...
