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The deputy chairman of Romania’s Liberal Party, Florin Roman, stated on Friday that 188 felons who had their sentences reduced as compensation for poor prison conditions committed violent crimes after their release, quoting data from an official response of the Justice Ministry.

Romanian tax authority ANAF on Monday said it will return value added taxes worth a total 1.61 billion lei (EUR373.9 million) in October, including RON363 million in compensations.

Romania is liable for almost EUR7.5 million in just satisfaction for judgments which remained final in 2010, according to the annual report on the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Former Romanian home owners, whose homes were seized by the Communist regime, will not receive money as compensation for the next two years, but only shares in investement fund Fondul Proprietatea, according to a draft emergency ordinance.

A Romanian Court of Appeals in south-eastern Constanta rejected the annulment appeal filed by Romanian-French businessman Sever Muresan, thus sentencing him to compensation payments of over $100 million and CHF10 million in the Dacia Felix Bank case, said Court representatives Wednesday.

People who deposited money in Romanian savings bank CEC before 1992 for the acquisition of Dacia cars, will receive their money back in one installment, starting with December 21, 2008, economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian said Monday.