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Romania reshuffles cabinet as graft woes and power struggle rumble on
- Europe
- October 16, 2017, 16:28
Romanian premier Mihai Tudose has pushed ahead with a cabinet reshuffle after the latest corruption scandal to rock the government revealed a rumblin(...)

Romania's turbulent ruling party topples its own government
- Europe
- June 21, 2017, 17:00
Romania’s parliament toppled the government of Sorin Grindeanu on Wednesday, backing a no-confidence motion brought by his fellow Social Democrats ami(...)

Romania's power struggle pits ruling party against its own premier
- Europe
- June 18, 2017, 15:00
A turbulent year for Romanian politics has taken another startling turn, with the ruling party asking parliament on Sunday to oust its own government.(...)

Romanians rallying for rule of law derail populist bandwagon
- Europe
- February 15, 2017, 01:00
The populism that is on the charge in the United States and much of Europe, putting pressure on the rule of law and civil society, has hit the buffer(...)

Protests continue as Romania wakes from political slumber
- Europe
- February 12, 2017, 20:07
Radu Dinescu was already in bed when Romanian media broke the news. “When I heard what the government had done I got up, got dressed and came straigh(...)

Romania’s government holds on and calls for an end to protests
- Europe
- February 8, 2017, 16:02
Romania’s government has survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote and urged the country to return to business as usual following its biggest stree(...)

Romania’s president rebukes cabinet but rejects snap election
- Europe
- February 7, 2017, 17:00
Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis has lambasted its government over a crisis that sparked the nation’s biggest protests in a generation, but stopped (...)

Romania scraps corruption decree amid huge protests
- Europe
- February 5, 2017, 18:15
Romania’s government has scrapped an emergency decree to soften anti-corruption legislation, which sparked the country’s biggest protests since its 1(...)

Romanian government refuses to withdraw controversial graft decree
- Europe
- February 2, 2017, 13:43
Romania’s government on Thursday rejected calls to withdraw a decree that critics say marks a major retreat on anti-corruption reforms, standing its g(...)

Romanian magistrates challenge move to decriminalise corruption
- Europe
- February 1, 2017, 13:54
More than 250,000 Romanians demonstrated on Wednesday against a government decree decriminalising some graft offences, seen as the biggest retreat on (...)