High Court of Cassation

The former president of Romania, Ion Iliescu, faces trial once again in the case of the 1989 Romanian Revolution, which overthrew the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu after military prosecutors re-sent the case file to the court.

Serbian Parliament passed bills amending the constitution and constitutional law, following January's referendum on the changes.
The Parliament session was held at 5 p.m. and the Act amending the Constitution of Serbia and the Constitutional Law for implementing the Act amending the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia were passed.

According to a disputed official toll, deemed overly conservative by many, six people died and over 500 were injured between June 13 and 15, 1990 in what became known as the "mineriad", as the security forces and mineworkers embarked on a joint repressive spree, with the workers acting as paramilitaries to strike fear into government critics and dissidents.

MEP Laurentiu Rebega, at the time of the deeds Vice-President of the Prahova County Council, was prosecuted by the anti-corruption prosecutors in a case in which he is accused, among other things, of incitement to defraud with European funds and money laundering, the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) informs on Thursday.

President Klaus Iohannis told young magistrates on Tuesday that they chose to practice their profession "at a time when the act of justice is publicly questioned precisely by those who are called to answer before the law."

"You have chosen a job that, perhaps more than any other, is closely linked to the democratic path of the state," he said in a speech at the Cotroceni Palace.

With less than one year before crucial local and parliamentary elections, members of the ruling centre-left Social Democratic Party, PSD, overwhelmingly voted for Dragnea as the party's new leader on Sunday.

"I have submitted my resignation to protect my honour. Otherwise, I know I am not guilty of anything, and in the end this has to be proved," Dragnea said on Saturday.

He added he would also step down as the executive chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD.

Bulgaria's Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov will discuss anti-corruption policies with his Romanian counterpart  Robert-Marius Cazanciuc and other key officials tasked with fighting graft on Friday.