Ovidiu Raetchi

Interior Minister Carmen Dan on Tuesday went before the Chamber of Deputies' Defence Committee for hearings.

Romanian government officials came under heavy criticism from the opposition and civil society organisations on Tuesday for dodging accountability over the security forces' use of violence against anti-corruption protesters on August 10.

The clashes left 452 wounded, including journalists and a group of Israeli tourists who happened to be in the area.

A bill submitted by Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party, PSD, requires non-governmental organizations to declare their sources of funding every six months or face dissolution, causing great concern among civic activists and opposition party politicians in Bucharest.