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Trial Of Romanian Ex-Ministers Seres, Nagy At Supreme Court Delayed Until June 29

10:07, 11 Mai 2009
The trial in which Romania’s former economy minister Codrut Seres and former communications minister Zsolt Nagy are accused of organized crime along four others in a file regarding shady privatizations was put off Monday until June 29, as some of the accused do not have lawyers to represent them.

US Attorney Says Trial Of Mohammad Munaf Is Stalling Because Of Romanian Authorities

14:38, 26 Apr. 2009
An American lawyer said the trial in Iraq of American-Iraqi citizen Mohammad Munaf, who helped kidnap three Romanian journalists in Iraq in 2005, is stalling because Romanian authorities are not responding to requests of Iraqi investigators and Munaf’s defense attorneys.

Bucharest Court To Try Requests For Temporary Release In Kidnapping File Tuesday

11:56, 13 Apr. 2009
Judges of Bucharest District 1 courthouse will try Tuesday the requests for temporary release filed by the lawyers of Steaua football club owner Gigi Becali and his four bodyguards, after the court previously decided to keep them in custody for 29 days on kidnapping charges.

Romania Supreme Court Resumes Debates On Bankrupt Fund File

10:27, 13 Apr. 2009
Romania’s Supreme Court resumed debates Monday on the case involving the country’s former National Investment Fund, or FNI, which went bankrupt in 2000, after judges previously warned they would try the case regardless of the legal status of culprits.

Trial Of Former Romanian Ministers Seres, Nagy Starts May 11 At Supreme Court

16:00, 30 Mart. 2009
The trial in which Romania’s former economy minister Codrut Seres and former communications minister Zsolt Nagy are accused of organized crime along four others in a file concerning strategic privatizations will start on May 11 at the High Court of Justice.

Romanian Ex Ministers Indicted In Strategic Privatization File

11:49, 30 Mart. 2009
Romania’s former economy minister Codrut Seres and former communications minister Zsolt Nagy were indicted Monday by organized crime prosecutors, alongside another four defendants, in a file concerning shady privatization deals.

Romanian Former PM Corruption Trial Postponed For The Second Time

10:45, 24 Mart. 2009
The Romanian Supreme Court decided Tuesday to once more postpone trying the case in which former prime minister Adrian Nastase is charged with corruption for his 2004 presidential election fund-raising campaign.

Court Postpones Custody Trial Of Romanian TV Star Mihaela Radulescu

10:44, 24 Mart. 2009
A Bucharest court adjourned Tuesday for one week the custody trial between Romanian TV star Mihaela Radulescu and her former husband Elan Schwartzenberg, and Radulescu was required to indicate an address for social workers to investigate the case of her son.

Romania Senator Sent To Trial On Corruption Charges

17:12, 05 Mart. 2009
Romanian senator Mitron Mitrea was sent to trial by anticorruption prosecutors in the case where he is charged with obtaining benefits for a home owned by his mother.

Eleven Soldiers Tried In Romanian Weapon Heist Case

16:10, 02 Mart. 2009
Eleven Romanian soldiers were sent to trial, in the weapon heist case at the military base Ciorogarla, under charges of theft, absence without leave and violation of the weapons and ammo regulations.

Romanian Court Puts Off Corruption Trial Of Ex PM For March 24

11:50, 26 Feb. 2009
The trial in which Romania’s former social democrat prime minister Adrian Nastase is charged with corruption regarding fund raising for his presidential election campaign in 2004 was put off for March 24, because several defendants lacked defense.

Imran Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Negligent Homicide Of Romanian Director Cristian Nemescu

15:53, 19 Feb. 2009
The Bucharest court ruled Thursday that British citizen Ali Imran will serve six years in prison after he was found guilty of negligent homicide in the case of the killing of Romanian director Cristian Nemescu.

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 Businessman Dinu Patriciu Wins Trial Against Intelligence Service

15:10, 09 Feb. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals maintained the decision of a lower court which obligated the Romanian Intelligence Services to pay businessman Dinu Patriciu moral damages for illegal tapping.

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.

Austrian Retailer Kika Rejects Romanian Mobexpert Accusations Of Disloyal Competition

12:57, 25 Ian. 2009
Austrian retailer Kika on Saturday rejected the accusations of Romanian furniture maker and retailer Mobexpert which said Kika breached industrial property rights by using one of Mobexpert's copyright-protected slogans.

Court Releases Romanian Communist-Era General Chitac To Allow Surgical Procedures

14:11, 29 Dec. 2008
The Bucharest Military Court on Monday decided to discontinue for a three-month period the 15-year prison sentence of former high-ranking general Mihai Chitac to allow surgical procedures.

Court Allows New Medical Examination For Romanian Ex General Stanculescu

11:59, 29 Dec. 2008
The Bucharest Military Court decided Monday that former high-ranking general Victor Athanasie Stanculescu would undergo a new medical examination at the “Mina Minovici” National Forensic Medicine Institute, after Stanculescu’s lawyers requested a new medical checkup.

Romania’s Electrica Serv Ex-GM Sues Co

11:49, 11 Dec. 2008
Mihai Radulescu, the former general manager of Electrica Serv, the maintenance and service unit of Romanian state-owned power grid Electrica, sued the company for not extending his mandate during the June General Shareholders Meeting.

Romanian Prosecutors Seize RON20M In Fraudulent Privatization Case

19:35, 08 Dec. 2008
Romanian anticorruption prosecutors seized a building and 20 million lei (EUR1 = RON3.8573) from the property of Conservative Party leader Dan Voiculescu, in the case involving the privatization of the Food Research Institute.

Court Sets Date For Jan In Fraudulent Privatization Trial Involving Conservative Leader Dan Voiculescu

11:40, 05 Dec. 2008
The Bucharest court set for Jan 6, 2009 the trial date for the case in which conservative leader and media mogul Dan Voiculescu is accused of abuse of office and money laundering in the privatization of the Food Research Institute (ICA).

Romanian Conservative Leader Indicted In Fraudulent Privatization Case

17:32, 04 Dec. 2008
Romanian media mogul and politician Dan Voiculescu on Thursday was indicted on charges of abuse of office and money laundering in the case regarding the privatization of the Food Research Institute (ICA).

Romania Court Delays Trial on Appeals Of Communist-Era Generals To 15 Yr Jail Term

12:13, 17 Nov. 2008
Romania’s Supreme Court decided Monday to put off until January 26, 2009 the trial of the appeals of former high-ranking generals Athanasie Stanculescu and Mihai Chitac for the annulment of the sentence to 15 years in jail each for their role in killing demonstrators during the 1989 anti-communist revolution.

Court Allows Medical Expertise For Romanian Ex General Stanculescu

13:01, 21 Oct. 2008
The Bucharest Military Court allowed Tuesday the request made by Victor Athanasie Stanculescu for a medical expertise at the National Forensic Medicine Institute, meant to establish of Stanculescu can carry out his 15 year sentence in prison.

Romanian Lottery Wins Appeal In Sports Betting Trial

19:17, 13 Oct. 2008
The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Monday ruled in favor of the Romanian Lottery and overturned a court decision by which the country’s football authority FRF was entitled to 20% of the Lottery gains from sport bets, which amount to EUR5 million.

Court Rules In Favor Of Romania’s Rafo Onesti In Crude Supplier Trial

12:18, 06 Oct. 2008
Brasov Courthouse ruled in favor of Romanian refinery Rafo Onesti in the trial with UK-registered crude oil supplier Glencore Energy, which asked to be registered at the creditors’ table, for a $75 million debt, representing the value of 123,530 tons of crude oil.

Italian Court Begins Hearings In Murder Trial Of Romanian National

11:35, 25 Sept. 2008
A Rome Court on Thursday starts hearings in the trial of Romanian national of Roma origin Nicolae Romulus Mailat, who is accused of murdering a 47-year-old Italian woman in October last year.

Romania’s Fondul Proprietatea To Sue Fin Ministry To Regain 20% Stake In Nuclearelectrica

11:42, 24 Sept. 2008
Romania’s investment fund Fondul Proprietatea intends to sue the Economy and Finance Ministry to regain the remaining stake until 20% in nuclear power operator Nuclearelectrica, after this had been lowered following several share capital hikes made by the nuclear plant.

Bucharest Court Suspends Voiculescu vs CNSAS Trial Pending Constitutionality Verdict

14:11, 18 Sept. 2008
The Bucharest Court decided Thursday to suspend the trial where media mogul and politician Dan Voiculescu challenged a decision issued by the National College for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS), which said he collaborated with the former Securitate.

Romanian Court Postpones Ruling In Mobile Operators Vs. Telecom License Granting Rules

13:57, 09 Sept. 2008
The Bucharest Court of Appeals postponed a ruling Tuesday in the trial where mobile operators challenged the normative act regulating the grant of a national mobile communication license, which hard-line operator Romtelecom secured Monday.

Romanian “Malware” Hackers Remain In Custody For Another 29 Days

17:23, 08 Sept. 2008
The magistrates within the Romanian Pitesti Court of Appeal decided, Monday, to extend by another 29 days the arrest warrants issued for the 20 hackers arrested in the "Malware" case in Ramnicu Valcea.

Microsoft Sues Romanian Co. Over Unauthorized Software Reproduction

17:24, 08 Iul. 2008
U.S. software giant Microsoft has sued Romanian call center and outsourcing operator XL World Iasi for illegal usage of 640 software programs and requested damages of EUR180,226, local police said Tuesday.

Constanta Mayor Wins Trial Against Romanian Anticorruption Department

17:21, 30 Iun. 2008
The Constanta Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the Romanian Anticorruption Department (DNA) must provide more information involving two of its experts who drafted a report based on which Constanta mayor Radu Mazare is prosecuted in connection with the retrocession of certain buildings.

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Indict Ex Agriculture Ministers In Graft Case

13:38, 09 Iun. 2008
Romanian anticorruption prosecutors indicted former agriculture ministers Traian Decebal Remes charged with favoring a firm to win a public procurement auction in exchange for a luxury car, food products and EUR15,000.

Romanian Football Mogul Sues Anticorruption Department Over Bribery Scandal

16:14, 06 Iun. 2008
FC Steaua owner Gigi Becali sued the National Anticorruption Department (DNA) after prosecutor Lucian Papici rejected his request to get back the sum of EUR1.7 million, which had been seized by prosecutors on grounds the money was to be offered as bribe to Universitatea Cluj players.

Romanian Supreme Court Decides Retrial For „Cocaine For VIPs” Case

16:02, 28 Mai 2008
Romania’s Supreme court decided Wednesday to send back to the Court of Appeals for a retrial the file “Cocaine for VIPs”, which involves Ion Alexandru Tiriac, son of businessman Ion Tiriac, who had been cleared of all charges in February.

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 Businessman To Sue Former Associate Over Embezzlement

18:20, 18 Mai 2008
Romanian-French businessman Sever Muresan on Sunday said he intends to sue his former associate, Swiss national Peter Rolf Gemrig, for embezzlement of assets from one his companies.

Romanian Businessman Csibi Istvan Stays In Custody

20:37, 16 Mai 2008
Romanian businessman Csibi Istvan stays in custody after the Bucharest Court of Appeals Friday rejected his appeal against a court’s decision to extend his temporary arrest warrant in the file in which he is charged with economic crimes involving the state budget.

Romanian State To Cover Legal Fees For Low-Income Citizens

16:42, 25 Apr. 2008
People whose net average monthly income per family member is below 500 lei (EUR1=RON3.6055) will receive full state aid to pay attorneys, legal experts and legal executors or will benefit from exemptions, discounts or installments for the payment of legal fees.