discrimination

Romanian Doctors May Not Reject Patients Over Ethnicity, Religion, Sexual Orientation

17:06, 28 Dec. 2011
Romanian medical personnel is obligated to provide consultation only to someone previously accepted as a patient, but may not reject a person on grounds of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or other criteria of discrimination prohibited by law, says the new healthcare bill.

Romanian Fmr Tennis Player Ilie Nastase Fined Over Racist Comments

17:28, 20 Dec. 2010
Romanian former tennis player Ilie Nastase was fined 600 lei (EUR1=RON4.2897) Monday by the country’s National Council Against Discrimination for his saying French president Nicolas Sarkozy was right to deport Roma people.

Romanian Foreign Minister Found Guilty Of Discriminatory Statements Against Roma

17:12, 25 Nov. 2010
Romania’s National Council Fighting Discrimination CNCD has found Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Baconschi guilty of discriminatory statements regarding Roma people and crimes involving Roma and gave him a warning, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Romanian PM, Labor Min Accused Of Discriminating Dads In Pension Reform

11:05, 08 Apr. 2010
A Romanian association representing fathers notified the country’s antidiscrimination council on the Government’s plans to allow women with children to retire earlier, which discriminates against dads..

Amnesty International Report Notes CIA Flights Allegations, Discriminated Minorities In Romania

10:15, 28 Mai 2009
Romania continues to have problems observing human rights and fighting discrimination against minorities, Amnesty International said in its annual report released Thursday, which also mentions further allegations that Romania was involved in secret CIA flights.

Romanians Subject To Discrimination By Magyar Auth In C Romania –President

09:52, 12 Feb. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu warned the government on Wednesday that there Romanians are often subject to discrimination in the counties of Harghita and Covasna, central Romania, where the mayors are Hungarians.

Romanian Supreme Court Admits President’s Appeal In Offended Journalist Case

16:53, 15 Mai 2008
The Supreme Court admitted Thursday president Traian Basescu’s appeal in the “stinking gypsy” case, but still considered the words, which Basescu addressed a TV reporter one year ago, are discriminatory.

Romanian Teachers Say No Gift Vouchers For Easter Spells Religious Discrimination

12:04, 16 Apr. 2008
Unions of teachers in Romania’s capital city Bucharest sent an open letter to Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu Wednesday saying the ban on granting gift vouchers creates discrimination on religious criteria.

Romania Still Has Widespread Abuse, Corruption, Discrimination Issues – U.S. Report

11:03, 12 Mart. 2008
Romania still faces abuse, corruption and discrimination issues, although the government has addressed some human rights problems during the year, according to the 2007 U.S. State Department country report on human rights practices.

Human Rights Court Rules Against Romania For Ill-Treatment And Ethnic Discrimination

13:43, 05 Mart. 2008
The European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, ruled against Romania for ill-treatment and racial discrimination, forcing the government to pay EUR15,000 to a boy of Roma origin, beaten by police in 2001, when he was 14.

Bucharest Hosts Protest Against Discrimination

16:04, 10 Nov. 2007
The march against discrimination and for the promotion of tolerance organized Satuday through the center of Romanian capital Bucharest ended without incidents, while the some 50 participants walked for two hours from Constitutiei Square to Alba Iulia Square and back.

Court Rejects President’s Challenge On Discrimination Ruling

16:59, 08 Nov. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu lost, Thursday, the trial against the National Council for the Fight Against Discrimination, or CNCD, since the Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected as unfounded the presidnet’s challenge to the warning rendered by CNCD when Basescu offended a tv reporter.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Min Apologizes For Public Statement

18:11, 06 Nov. 2007
Romanian discrimination watchdog CNCD publicly condemns the statement of foreign affairs minister Adrian Cioroianu, feeling that it generates a degrading, humiliating and offensive atmosphere for certain communities.