Dan Voiculescu

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Wednesday that the private sector, slandered by some politicians "tributary to communist, authoritarian reflexes," deserves to be appreciated because it fills the need of the community which the current government ignores.

The European Commission (EC) has never interfered in the management of some individual cases (of corruption) of Romania and the questions included in the letter of October 2012, addressed to the Romanian Ministry of Justice, were meant to help prepare the technical mission of November 2012 without the EU executive requesting information on the cases substance, EC President Jean-Claude Juncker s

Romania's prime minister Viorica Dancila sent a letter to European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker asking him for clarifications on an alleged interference by the EC in the justice process in Romania.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Wednesday sent a letter to President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, asking him to clarify "the de facto and de jure aspects" related to a letter of the EC from October 2012, sent to the Romanian Justice Ministry in which "concrete, direct" demands can be found regarding certain criminal cases and certain people under criminal investigation for

Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Wednesday defended the decision to evict the influential private TV company Antena Group from its premises as legal and said it had nothing to do with attempts to stop it broadcasting.

Romania's Justice Minister, Raluca Pruna, on Thursday said the country will scrap the article that cuts convicts' jail sentences by 30 days for every "scientific work" that they publish.

The move is aimed at putting an end to the sudden and unexpected literary boom in the country's prisons.

A group of 15 Romanian senators has initiated a bill aimed at amending the controversial law that allows prisoners who publish books to have their jail terms cut.

"Many politicians, businessmen and ex-football players only discovered their literary skills after they were jailed for corruption and have benefited from loopholes in the law ... this must end," MP Valeriu Todirascu said.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Friday that if he becomes the president of Romania, he will not pardon any person involved in high-profile corruption cases.

Businessman Dinu Patriciu has died in London, where he was receiving medical care after the liver transplant procedure he underwent a year and a half ago in Milan, Italy. Medical sources have stated for AGERPRES that most probably, "his death came as a consequence of post-transplant complications".

A Romanian appeal court on Friday jailed the businessman and politician Dan Voiculescu for ten years for involvement in the fraudulent sale of a state institution, money laundering and influence peddling.