criminal code

Romanian President Challenges Criminal Code Amendments at the Constitutional Court

16:38, 10 Mai 2019
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis challenged at the Constitutional Court on Friday two bills passed by the Parliament in April which amend the country’s criminal code and criminal procedure code.

Constitutional Court Admits Challenges Against Criminal Code Amendments

20:16, 25 Oct. 2018
Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that 31 provisions from a bill amending the country’s Criminal Code were unconstitutional, following challenges made by President Klaus Iohannis, opposition parties and the Supreme Court.

Romania’s Constitutional Court Postpones Ruling On Criminal Code Challenges

12:14, 16 Oct. 2018
Romania’s Constitutional Court announced on Tuesday that it postponed for October 24 a ruling on challenges made by President Klaus Iohannis, the Supreme Court and opposition parties against a bill amending the country’s Criminal Code.

Romania’s New Criminal Code To Take Effect In March-June 2013

16:34, 05 Ian. 2012
Romania's new Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code will be implemented in March-June 2013, Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu announced Thursday.

Romanian Parliament Harshens Punishment For Violence Against Police Officers

16:07, 05 Mai 2010
Romania’s Parliament Wednesday adopted an emergency decree amending the Criminal Code and one of the amendments refers to harshening punishment for violence against police officers.

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Criminal, Civil Codes Early June

11:22, 18 Mai 2009
The Romanian government will take responsibility in Parliament for the Criminal and Civil Codes at the beginning of June, democrat liberal vice-president Gheorghe Flutur said Monday after a governing coalition meeting.

Romanian President Replies To Senate Head’s Open Letter

14:28, 12 Mai 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu sent a letter Tuesday to social democrat leader and Senate chairman Mircea Geoana regarding the debates on the legal codes.

Romanian Governing Coalition Wants Criminal, Civil Codes Complete By May 15, Procedure Codes By Fall

11:54, 22 Apr. 2009
Romanian Social Democratic Party vice-president Victor Ponta said Wednesday the country’s governing coalition decided to complete the Criminal and Civil Codes by May 15 and adopt their procedure codes by fall.

Fetus Considered Person At 24 Wks Under New Romanian Crim Code

13:49, 08 Apr. 2009
Romanian lawmakers decided Wednesday to eliminate the article regarding harm to the fetus from the Criminal Code, but another article states that a 24-week old fetus is considered a person.

Euthanasia Punished By 1 To 5 Years Jail Time In Romania

13:04, 08 Apr. 2009
The euthanasia of a patient, on request, will be punishable by one to five years imprisonment, as the members of the Parliament subcommittee analyzing the legal codes reduced the prison terms proposed by the Romanian Ministry of Justice.

Govt Guarantees Freedom Of Press – Romanian PM

12:30, 31 Mart. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc assured the Romanian Press Club (CRP), who had asked for the public debate of the new legal codes, that the Government will take their suggestions into consideration, noting that it will support the media in order to limit the effects of the economic crisis.

Romanian Liberals Call For No-Confidence Vote If Govt Takes Responsibility For Civil, Criminal Codes

15:29, 30 Mart. 2009
The standing office of Romania’s Liberal Party, in opposition, decided unanimously Monday to recommend liberal lawmakers to call for a no-confidence vote in Parliament if the government takes responsibility for the Criminal Code, Civil Code and their respective procedure codes and they become law.

Romanian Liberals Threaten No-Confidence Vote If Govt Takes Responsibility For Civil, Criminal Codes

16:46, 25 Mart. 2009
Romanian liberals, in opposition, threaten to initiate a no-confidence vote in Parliament if the government takes responsibility for the Criminal Code, Civil Code and their respective procedure codes and they become law, liberal lawmaker Eugen Nicolaescu said Wednesday.

New Romanian Criminal Code Redefines Self-Defense

13:47, 24 Mart. 2009
The Romanian Parliament Commission analyzing the Criminal Code set, on Tuesday, the definition of self-defense as the repulsion of the unauthorized night time attempt by a person to enter the home, estate or annexes of another person.

New Romanian Criminal Code Will Forbid Assisted Suicide

14:22, 16 Mart. 2009
The new Romanian Criminal code will again forbid the killing patients, suffering from incurable diseases that cause permanent and harsh suffering, carried out with their explicit, serious, conscious and repeated consent.

Incest Between Consenting Adults No Longer Criminal Act Under Romania’s New Criminal Code

17:36, 13 Mart. 2009
Professor Valerian Cioclei, one of the specialists who worked on developing the new Romanian Criminal Code, explained that incest between consenting adults will no longer be a crime, but that the punishment for the incestuous abuse of minors will be harsher.

Romanian Govt OKs Drafts Of Criminal, Civil Codes

19:30, 25 Feb. 2009
Romanian government on Wednesday approved the Criminal Code draft, as well as the drafts of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Civil Procedure Code, Prime Minister Emil Boc said.

Romanian Govt Might Take Responsibility For Civil, Criminal Codes – Sources

10:04, 18 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government will send the Civil, Criminal and their respective procedure Codes to be debated in Parliament for two months and then plans to take responsibility for their adoption, sources close to the talks told MEDIAFAX late Tuesday.

Romanian Govt Should Assume Responsibility For Criminal, Civil Codes – President

13:37, 08 Ian. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday at the presentation of the 2008 activity report of the High Council of Magistrates that the government needs to assume responsibility for the Criminal Code, the Civil Code and their respective procedure codes.

Romanian Justice Min Announces Completion Of Criminal, Civil Codes

13:18, 11 Nov. 2008
Romanian justice minister Catalin Predoiu said Tuesday the country’s Criminal and Civil Codes, and their respective procedure codes, have been completed.

EU Could Activate Safeguard Clause On Justice In Romania – Official

15:44, 11 Feb. 2008
Romanian EU Commissioner Leonard Orban told a news conference Monday that, in theory, the Union could activate the safeguard clause on Romania in the field of justice, but added he hopes the country registers significant progress in the upcoming months to avoid such measures.

US Ambassador Should Be Expelled, Dubbed Persona Non Grata – Far-Right Official

14:36, 16 Nov. 2007
US Ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman should be expelled and declared persona non grata, said Friday Gheorghe Funar, secretary general of Romania’s far-right Greater Romania Party, or PRM.

US Ambassador Says Romanian Criminal Statutes Are Worrisome

15:05, 15 Nov. 2007
United States Ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman said Thursday that Romania’s proposed amendments to eth criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code are worrisome for the country and friends of the country.

Romania’s Public Ministry Defends Judiciaries’ Prerogatives

17:07, 01 Nov. 2007
In the light of recent amendments to both the criminal procedure code and the criminal code, Romania’s Public Ministry informed Thursday the Ministry of Justice that these amendments simply restrain the prerogatives of the judiciaries affecting their activity.