secret police

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday there is a fundamental difference between former secret police Securitate, which served the communist regime, and the current Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

The Bucharest Court of Appeals ruled Friday that former leader of the Conservative Party Dan Voiculescu collaborated with the Secret Police (Securitate) during the communist regime.

Romanian Academy honorary member Constantin Balaceanu-Stolnici quit his activity at the Academy on Tuesday, Academy president Ionel Haiduc told MEDIAFAX.