04.20.2012

Romania's Government has announced it plans to carry out this year's first budget revision in the second semester, during the parliamentary recess, scheduled for July-August 2012. more

04.17.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday signed into law a bill introducing extended confiscation of wealth, the Presidency said in a press release. more

04.09.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday signed into law a bill that amends the referendum law and allows for the President of Romania to be impeached only with the votes of the majority of more

04.06.2012

Romanians who live abroad and want to adopt children from Romania will be able to open adoption procedures starting April 7, when the new law regulating international adoptions takes effect. more

03.28.2012

Romania's Constitutional Court on Wednesday overruled the lustration law, which applies a five-year restriction on certain rights to people who filled various positions during the former communist more

03.28.2012

Lawyer Gabriel Zbarcea, managing partner of Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii, says there can no longer be any spectacular increase in the revenue of law firms once a certain level is reached, in the absence more

03.27.2012

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted a bill introducing extended confiscation of wealth. more

03.27.2012

Romanian authorities must draw up a bill on reforming the healthcare sector by the end of June, Tonny Lybek, International Monetary Fund resident representative in Romania and Bulgaria, said Tuesday. more

03.21.2012

Seven of the largest law firms on the local market posted revenue growth last year, as a result of a slight improvement of the business environment and of the increase in revenue they made from more

03.16.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday signed into law a bill which bans picnicking outside authorized picnic sites. more

03.16.2012

The Romanian Government approved the new energy bill in an extraordinary meeting Friday, in the absence of Deputy Prime Minister Marko Bela and Environment Minister Kelemen Hunor. more

03.15.2012

Bostina si Asociatii on Thursday said it posted a turnover of EUR33.4 million for 2011, a record among Romanian law firms, with one third of revenue coming from litigation and foreclosures. more

03.08.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday signed into law a bill for he prevention and fight against domestic violence, the president’s office said in a statement. more

02.28.2012

Romania’s Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted with 172 pros and one con the bill eliminating the statute of limitations for murder. more

02.28.2012

The Romanian Lower House’ committees for legal matters and human rights on Tuesday amended the lustration law to restrict for five years certain rights of people who filled various positions during more

02.14.2012

Romania's Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted the articles of a bill amending the law against domestic violence, which says the victim may ask in court for a protection and restraining order more

01.23.2012

Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely on Monday proposed that the application of the pollution tax upon the first sale of cars registered in Romania before January 1, 2007 be suspended for more

01.21.2012

Romania’s Transport Ministry wants to amend the transport infrastructure legislation to step up road construction, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Saturday. more

01.19.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu told diplomats Thursday that completing the law reforming the country’s healthcare system is a top priority for this year. more

01.17.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday passed the law regarding the disciplinary liability of magistrates, said the Presidency. more

01.16.2012

Romania’s health minister will set up a team tasked with drafting a new healthcare bill, with input from social partners, associations of patients and doctors, Prime Minister Emil Boc told a news more

01.16.2012

The tensions generated by the reform of the health system reached maximum highs, with people taking to the streets, but there is still a need to clarify the lack of transparency in the spending of more

01.13.2012

Romanian Health Minister Ladislau Ritli has pulled the healthcare bill out of public debate, on the request of Prime Minister Emil Boc, the Government announced Friday. more

01.11.2012

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled illegal a recent law allowing local authorities to euthanize stray dogs after consulting citizens through local referendums. more

01.10.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu has asked the Parliament to reject a bill amending the gas law, whereby domestic production of natural gas is used on the internal market exclusively, until import more