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The draft on the state of alert also provides for the restriction of certain rights and freedoms, as well as in the state of emergency. APADOR-CH says that there must be essential differences between the two states, otherwise it is possible that the new law will also be declared unconstitutional.

The Romanian ombudsman is asking the authorities to give assurances that they will not decide to quarantine people over 65: hundreds of petitions have been received, in which elderly people express their fear.

Labor contracts are often violated by employers in Romania and the penalties for such acts are minor and rarely enforced, but the rights of employees are, for the most part, respected, says a Freedom House report on workers’ rights around the world.

The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a case where two Romanian citizens were detained by police and arrested illegally.

Canadian company Sterling Resources stated Wednesday that the rights of exploitation at the Black Sea blocks XIII Pelican and XV Midia were stipulated in the initial contract signed back in 1992, and the former government has not given the company any additional rights.

The Democratic Union of Magyars in Romania proposed the reduction of the minimum voting age from 18 to 16, and the minimum required age for administration positions from 21 to 20. Both initiatives will be up for public debate during the electoral campaign, said UDMR Executive President Kelemen Hunor