Romania’s Prosecutor General Laura Codruta Kovesi protracted Daniel Morar’s term in office at the head of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), till the end of the year.
On August 11, Morar was delegated DNA caretaker for 90 days, and his term runs out on Monday Nov 10. Read the full story

Treasurer of the Chamber of Deputies Gheorghe Albu of the opposition Democratic-Liberal Party (PD-L) read out in a plenary session of Parliament on Tuesday the motion of censure tabled by the PD-L, in the presence of Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu. Read the full story

The government approved the Bill on the 2009 state budget that provides a 6 pct economic growth and a budget deficit of maximum 2 pct, Premier Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced after the government meeting on Tuesday. Read the full story

PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu will propose the setting up of a working group made up of members of political parties, trade unions and specialists from ministries, for drawing up a set of minimal principles to build on them the law on salaries in the state-run sector. Read the full story

President Traian Basescu and PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu, together with Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian and Foreign Affairs Minister Lazar Comanescu attended on Wednesday morning the first working session of the European Council. Read the full story