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Dan Barna: We need to bolster rule of law and keep the fight against corruption on track

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Corruption has been the main challenge for Romania even during accession negotiations leading to membership in 2007. Although Romania’s anti-corruption campaign can be credited...

Contaminated horse meat makes its way across Europe

BELGIUM Theodoros Benakis -
Horse meat imported to Italy from Belgium was laced with dangerous levels of cadmium, a heavy metal that is toxic to humans. Romania was...

Romania’s president to block new penal code overhaul

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Romania’s president has harshly criticised the government’s attempt to overhaul the penal code. Klaus Iohannis described the ruling Social Democrat party as a “dictatorship”...

Romania to investigate communist-era deaths of orphans

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
A Romanian government institute asked prosecutors to investigate the deaths of 340 children at a communist-era orphanage during the 1980s. Romania’s Institute for Investigating the...

EU hooks Black Sea fisheries deal

BULGARIA Theodoros Benakis -
A 10-year deal has been clinched between the European Commission and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. The agreement is to rebuild the...
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