Monica Macovei

Democratic Party's (PSD) presidential candidate Viorica Dancila stated on Tuesday that she never took justice by assault, but she in fact "corrected" things, when the Justice Ministers tried to intervene in the justice system. "I won't take responsibility for this. Because you have never seen Prime Minister Dancila taking justice by assault. I have never taken justice by assault.

AGERPRES special correspondent to Brussels Oana Ghita reports: The philosopher and essayist Mihai Sora said on Tuesday at the European Parliament, where he officially received the European Citizen's 2018 Award, that he had always known "that the generous and the genius side of Europe will be right."

Mihai Sora's speech, in French, was read by his wife, Luiza.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said she wants a much better relationship with the leaders of the EU institutions, a "fair and transparent" one, where the information is taken from the Government so that to avoid the debates in the European Parliament on Romania's problems based on "misinformation" made by some Romanians in Brussels, mentioning Monica Macovei in the context.

The 240-page book called 'Robbers of Democracy', which was distributed free with the Telegraph daily newspaper, part of the Balkan Media Company linked to controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski, has caused anger among those accused of being "foreign mercenaries".

Monica Macovei, considered to be the face of the fight against corruption in Romania, said that she's ready to visit Bulgaria and help Bulgarian President-elect Rumen Radev, sharing here experience fighting against corruption, in an interview with private TV station BIT.

In an article published on Friday, Politico.eu notes the divergent paths Bulgaria and Romania have taken in their efforts to fight corruption, with Bucharest making progress and Sofia lagging behind.

The articles focuses on the role of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), which has made a deep impact in a country known for public malfeasance and mismanagement.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Sunday, after the meeting of the ruling coalition leaders, said he will challenge the prosecutor's order in his case.

The architect of the Romanian judicial reform, Monica Macovei is visiting Bulgaria to participate in a discussion forum on anti-corruption policies, as reported by the Bulgarian National Radio.

The event is organized by the newly-created civil initiative ''Justice for Everyone''.

The new National Liberal Party (made up of the former PNL - the National Liberal Party and the former PDL - Democratic Liberal Party) would collect the most votes, if parliamentary elections were to be held in Romania next Sunday, says a poll conducted by the CSCI and sent to AGERPRES.

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Romania's Permanent Electoral Authority, AEP, has confiscated 291,000 lei (65,000 euro) from Monica Macovei, a member of the European Parliament, which came in small donations for her failed 2014 presidential campaign, much of it via PayPal.