investigations

Romanian prosecutors completed investigations in a case regarding illegal hiring within the Interior Ministry (MAI) and indicted Olimpiodor Antonescu, former inspector general of the Romanian Gendarmerie, and Nicolaie Rugina, former deputy inspector general.

The plane crash that took place on July 5 in Tuzla, in the southeastern Romanian county of Constanta, occurred due to some technical problems, and prosecutors will not start criminal investigations into the case, said the Prosecution Offices’ press bureau.

Romanian prosecutors Friday started criminal investigations against neonatologist Adrian Ion Toma on charges of negligence, in the case involving a fire at the Bucharest Giulesti maternity hospital, which resulted in the death of five newborn infants and severe injury of six others.

The president of the Romanian public procurement regulator ANRMAP, Cristina Traila, is expected Tuesday for hearings within the Udrea Committee.

Romanian electronic communications companies are obligated to store, over six months, certain data regarding telephone calls, written messages or e-mails, which could be accessed by the Ministry of Interior, prosecutors, and intelligence structures, on request.

Two people were arrested and other two are probed at large for drug possession following thorough checkups conducted by the officers of the Craiova Department Fighting Organized Crime, southern Romania.