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This is for the first time in the past 31 years that a motion of censure is being denied, USR PLUS (Save Romania Union - Freedom, Unity, Solidarity Party) spokesman Ionut Mosteanu said on Monday, at the end of the meeting of the joint Standing Bureaus of the two Chambers. "The PSD (Social Democratic Party) and PNL (National Liberal Party) have boycotted this meeting.

The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ludovic Orban, on Wednesday stated that the way in which the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections is calculated was "transparent," all data are known and cannot be changed in any way, adding that "the Minister of Health must take care of the health of the citizens." He was asked about the statement made by the Minister of Health, Vlad Voiculescu, accordin

Romania's centre-right-dominated parliament on Wednesday voted to dismantle the so-called Special Court for the Investigation of Magistrates. The law will now go to the Senate, where the ruling coalition also has a majority.

Romania's anti-corruption prosecutors on Thursday opened criminal proceedings against former strongman Liviu Dragnea, who is suspected of influence peddling to secure his presence at Donald's Trump's inauguration as US President on January 20, 2017.

The country will navigate this storm brought about by the pandemic with a new parliament that emerged from the December 6 general election - whose results were a major disappointment for many mostly young reformist voters with centre or centre-right pro-EU views. 

The ruling National Liberal Party, PNL, the centrist USR PLUS alliance and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, UDMR, sealed a deal on Monday night to form a coalition government that is expected to be approved by parliament in the coming days.

Romania's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled legislation adopted by parliament last June that effectively banned gender studies in the educational system.

Doctor Alexandru Rafila was voted by the National Political Council to be proposed by the Social Democrats for Prime Minister. "Today, in the National Political Council, we put to vote so that on Monday we go to Cotroceni [Presidential Palace] with Professor Alexandru Rafila, the PSD's [the Social Democratic Party] proposal for the position of Prime Minister.

The ruling centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, went to the polls with its leader and then-prime minister, Ludovic Orban, as their choice to head the new government. 

But the PNL's unexpected defeat on Sunday at the hands of the opposition Social Democratic Party, PSD, which won 29 per cent of the votes, 4 more per cent than the PNL, left Orban in a precarious position. 

Romania's Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca was named interim prime minister on Monday evening after Ludovic Orban resigned over his ruling centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL's poor showing in Sunday's parliamentary election.

The PNL was widely considered the front-runner at the polls, but was defeated by the opposition Social Democratic Party, PSD.