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Romanian Constitutional Court Rules On No-Confidence Motion Legitimacy Monday

12:53, 09 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court will rule Monday on the legitimacy of the opposition submitting a no-confidence motion in Parliament after the rejection of a similar motion, initiated by the same lawmakers, just last month.

Romanian Liberals Challenge Constitutionality Of Unitary Pay Law

15:11, 26 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberal lawmakers, in opposition, submitted Saturday a challenge to the Constitutional Court on the unitary pay law for which the government took responsibility in Parliament on September 15.

Romanian Govt Regulates Antifraud Dept Reorganization To Comply With Constitutional Court Ruling

14:08, 01 Sept. 2009
The Romanian government passed an emergency decree regulating the restructuring process of the country’s Antifraud Department and the Government’s control body to eliminate provisions which the Constitutional Court ruled illegal.

Romanian Supreme Court Suspends Trial Of Ex Transp Min, Sends Case To Constitutional Court

13:42, 17 Iul. 2009
Romania’s Supreme Court decided Friday to suspend the trial of former transport minister Miron Mitrea on corruption charges and send the case to the Constitutional Court, which is to analyze several exceptions that were raised in this trial.

Romanian Constitutional Court Ruling On Defense Council May Favor Liberals – Sources

17:15, 07 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court may rule on June 17 that the decree granting the Senate chairman the statute of vice-president of the country’s Supreme Defense Council is unconstitutional, sources within the liberal Party, which challenged the decree, said Sunday.

Romanian Decree Blocking Teachers’ 50% Pay Raise Deemed Unconstitutional – Court

16:20, 02 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court decided Tuesday that the provisions of Government Emergency Ordinance 151/2008 regarding wage hikes for teachers, which blocked the 50% pay raise for teachers, are unconstitutional.

Romanian Public Servants’ Statute Unconstitutional – Court

12:06, 06 Mai 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the law amending the statute of public servants is unconstitutional.

Romanian Liberals Won’t Challenge State Budget Law At Constitutional Court

14:07, 23 Feb. 2009
Romanian opposition leader, Liberal Party head Calin Tariceanu, said Monday after a party meeting that liberals won’t contest the state budget law at the Constitutional Court because that would delay its execution.

Romanian High Court Of Justice Suspends Trial Of Ex Ministers, Sends File To Const Court

16:44, 10 Feb. 2009
The trial in which Romanian former ministers Decebal Traian Remes and Ioan Muresan are indicted on corruption charges was suspended and the file was sent to the Constitutional Court, as the High Court of Justice admitted their lawyers’ request to this purpose.

Romanian Rompetrol Case Could Be Sent To Constitutional Court

15:03, 04 Feb. 2009
Attorneys in the case of Dinu Patriciu, the chief executive of Dutch-registered oil company Rompetrol, requested Wednesday the suspension of trial and the file might be sent to the Constitutional Court to clear certain aspects in the Criminal Procedure Code and Capital Market Law.

Romania Pension-Wage Decree Restricts Right To Labor, Pension- Constitutional Court

15:14, 16 Ian. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court said the interdictions and obligations imposed by Government Emergency Ordinance 230/2008 restricts both the right to pension, stipulated at article 47, section (2) of the Constitution of Romania, and the right to labor stipulated at article 41 of the fundamental law.

Romanian Const Court Upholds Amendments To Nationalized Houses Law

14:08, 14 Ian. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled with majority of votes that the amendments to the Law on nationalized houses are constitutional, rejecting a presidential notification in the matter.

Romanian Govt Argues Decree Banning Cumulated Public Sector Pension, Wage Is Constitutional

12:31, 09 Ian. 2009
The decree suspending pension payments for pensioners working in the public sector complies with a Constitutional Court decision that states lawmakers can outlaw the cumulation of both pension and salary if the measure is applied indiscriminately, the Romanian government said.

Romanian Constitutional Court Deems Amendments To Nationalized Houses Law Constitutional

15:23, 10 Dec. 2008
The Romanian Constitutional Court Wednesday decided the amendments to the Nationalized Houses Law are constitutional, and rejected the litigation signed by 63 lawmakers belonging to the Democratic Liberal Party and by other 55 lawmakers.

Romanian Const Court Deems Unconstitutional The Referendum – Elections Law

16:26, 12 Nov. 2008
Romania's Constitutional Court accepted Wednesday president Traian Basescu’s notification on the law stipulating that referendums can be held in parallel with the presidential, parliamentary or European Parliament elections.

Romanian Const Court Delays Ruling On Wage Delay After Govt Annuls Decree

14:18, 11 Nov. 2008
Romania’s Constitutional Court postponed for Wednesday a decision on the legality of the government’s decree postponing a 50% raise in teachers’ wages, as the government said it has issued a new one overriding it.

Romanian Govt Notifies Constitutional Court On Annulment Of Act Delaying Teachers’ Pay Raise

11:55, 11 Nov. 2008
The Romanian government notified the Constitutional Court Tuesday that it repealed Monday the emergency ordinance postponing until April next year the enforcement of the law raising teachers’ wages by 50%, and the decision was sent to be published in the Official Gazette.

Romanian Constitutional Court To Discuss Teachers’ Wage Law Oct 15

15:33, 10 Oct. 2008
Romania’s Constitutional Court will debate on October 15 the government’s notification on the law raising teachers’ wages by 50%.

Romanian Govt Decides To Take Teachers’ Wage Hike To Constitutional Court

14:32, 04 Oct. 2008
The Romanian Government decided to inform the Constitutional Court on a possible conflict between the Government and Parliament sparked by the adoption of the law stipulating a 50% hike in teachers’ wages, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Saturday.

Romania’s Court Of Accounts Law Deemed Constitutional

14:46, 01 Oct. 2008
Romania’s Constitutional Court unanimously decided Wednesday that the Law 94/1992 on the organization and functioning of the Court of Accounts is constitutional, rejecting the intimations of several deputies who claimed certain texts of the law sent for promulgation were taken out or introduced.

Romanian Lawmakers’ Prosecution Approval Procedures Deemed Unconstitutional

13:43, 01 Oct. 2008
Romania’s Constitutional Court deemed unconstitutional Wednesday provisions in the regulations of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies regarding the majority needed to approve prosecution of former or acting government members who are lawmakers.

Romanian High Court Suspends Hayssam Trial

12:31, 21 Mai 2008
The case in which the owner of the ship Iman T, Mustafa Tartoussi, is charged with aiding Syrian businessman Omar Hayssam flee from justice, will be sent to the Romanian Constitutional Court with an exception of unconstitutionality raised by the defendants in the High Court of Justice.

Romanian PM Keeps Govt Out Of Dignitary Wealth Law

16:19, 24 Apr. 2008
The problems noticed by the Romanian Constitutional Court regarding the statement and control of dignitary wealth will not be solved through Government Emergency Ordinance, as prime minister Calin Tariceanu said he does not wish to give the impression that such a procedure “whitens” dignitary wealth

Romanian Amended Ministers’ Liability Law Unconstitutional

14:13, 22 Apr. 2008
The Romanian Constitutional Court decided Tuesday the law amending the law on ministers’ liability is unconstitutional, as the variant adopted by the Chamber of Deputies includes significant changes of the draft initiated by the Government and adopted by the Senate.

Romanian Law On Wealth Control Deemed Unconstitutional

13:28, 16 Apr. 2008
Romania’s Constitutional Court deemed unconstitutional Wednesday the law for the statement and screening of the wealth of dignitaries, magistrates, people with positions in management and control and public servants.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Say Minister Liability Law Is Unconstitutional

17:52, 18 Mart. 2008
The leader of the democrat liberal group within the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Cristian Radulescu said the his party notified the Constitutional Court regarding two legislative drafts, namely the amendments brought to the minister liability law and the law on dignitary wealth checking.

Romanian Deputies Reject Ordinance Disbanding Presidential Commission

14:54, 18 Mart. 2008
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday rejected 240 to two votes and six abstentions Ordinance 95/2007 disbanding the presidential commission in charge with analyzing the intimations regarding the crimes committed by ministers, which the Constitutional Court deemed unconstitutional.

Romanian Constitutional Court Says Dignitary Probes Need Parliament OK

20:04, 10 Mart. 2008
The Romanian Public Ministry is obligated to ask the Parliament for approval in the investigation of ministers or former ministers, who are currently members of Parliament, when the dignitaries are targeted within an investigation.

Romanian Rebuffed Justice Min Nominee To Sue Pres

19:22, 15 Feb. 2008
Romanian National Liberal Party vice president Norica Nicolai told MEDIAFAX that she would take legal action against president Traian Basescu, who violated her fundamental constitutional right to accede to a public position through the reasons for rejecting her as justice minister candidate.

Romanian Justice Min Nominee Takes Fight To ECHR

10:05, 08 Feb. 2008
Romanian liberal Senator Norica Nicolai, nominated for the position of justice minister, stated that if the Constitutional Court "maintained Basescu’s reasons regarding immorality" regarding her, she would turn to the European Court for Human Rights.

Court: Romanian Pres Entitled To Refuse Nicolai’s Nomination For Jus Min

16:40, 07 Feb. 2008
The Romanian Constitutional Court on Thursday decided President Traian Basescu was entitled to refuse the nomination of Norica Nicolai as minister of justice and ordered the government to nominate another person for the position.

Romania’s Fin Min To Appeal Senate Decision On VAT Cut For Basic Food-PM

16:42, 06 Feb. 2008
Romania’s Ministry of Economy and Finance is to appeal at the Constitutional Court an act adopted by the Senate regarding a 5% cut in the VAT for basic food, as the decision, if adopted, would trigger lower revenues to the budget and would leave food prices unchanged, Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu said.

Romanians Protest Against Constitutional Court Decision

16:56, 03 Feb. 2008
Over 300 people gathered in Bucharest’s Universitatii Square to protest against the Constitutional Court decision on the unconstitutional functioning of the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives.

Romanian Constitutional Court Says CNSAS Is Not Disbanded

20:03, 01 Feb. 2008
The Romanian Constitutional Court states that the unconstitutional tag placed on the Law governing the Romanian authority for the study of Securitate archives, CNSAS, does not disband the institution, but if the law is not amended within 45 days, its provisions will no longer be effective.

Romanian Communist Hunters Threaten Hunger Strike

16:00, 01 Feb. 2008
Most of the employees within Romania’s communist Securitate archive study authority CNSAS want to go on strike, starting Saturday, protesting against the decision of the Constitutional Court, which dubbed the CNSAS law unconstitutional, said CNSAS member Ticu Dumitrescu.

Romanian Govt Notifies Court On President’s Refusal To Appoint Nicolai Jus Min

17:25, 24 Ian. 2008
The Romanian executive on Thursday notified the Constitutional Court on President Traian Basescu’s refusal to appoint Norica Nicolai minister of justice.

Romanian President Asks Court To Declare Unconstitutional 2 Govt Ordinances

15:40, 09 Ian. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday asked the Constitutional Court to declare unconstitutional two government ordinances that were approved without prior assent from the country’s defense council CSAT, the presidency said in a statement Wednesday .

PM: President’s Reasons To Refuse Justice Min Proposal, Ungrounded – Sources

15:07, 09 Ian. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu told ministers in Wednesday’s cabinet meeting that government legal advisers consider the reasons cited by President Traian Basescu on the proposal of liberal senator Norica Nicolai for justice minister are ungrounded, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt’s Uninominal Vote Sys Law Unconstitutional

13:55, 12 Dec. 2007
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found unconstitutional several articles of the law introducing the uninominal voting system, for which the government assumed responsibility in parliament.

EXCLUSIVE:Romania Court Rules Unconstitutional Law Limiting Right To Defense

16:11, 20 Nov. 2007
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled as unconstitutional the provisions of Law 356/2006 limiting the right of attorneys to participate in criminal investigations conducted by prosecutors.