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Romania ratifies EU's fiscal pact [May 22, 2012] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania on Monday ratified the European Union's fiscal treaty after the senate gave its green light, the president of the upper chamber Vasile Blaga said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania ratifies US missile shield agreement [Dec 07, 2011] Bucharest (AFP) Dec 6, 2011 The Romanian parliament on Tuesday ratified an accord to host US missile interceptors on its soil, a day before a meeting of the 28 NATO members in Brussels. The Senate unanimously adopted the draft law ratifying the Romania-US agreement signed in September that would allow the establishment and operation of a US land-based ballistic missile defence system in Romania ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lawmakers of both the ruling coalition and the opposition speak in favour of the anti-missile system. [Dec 06, 2011] The Senate yesterday unanimously approved the draft law for the ratification of the Agreement between the US government and the Romanian government on the deployment of the ballistic missile defence system in Romania, according to Mediafax. [via YahooNews] More >>

Curses! Romanian witch tax foiled [Sep 14, 2010] Romania's Senate has rejected a proposed law that would have taxed witches and fortune tellers. And the politician who pushed the plan said his colleagues caved because many of them feared being cursed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Curses! Romanian witch tax foiled [Sep 13, 2010] Romania's Senate has rejected a proposed law that would have taxed witches and fortune tellers. And the politician who pushed the plan said his colleagues caved because many of them feared being cursed.[...] [via YahooNews] More >>

Curses! Romanian witch tax foiled [Sep 13, 2010] Romania's Senate has rejected a proposed law that would have taxed witches and fortune tellers. And the politician who pushed the plan said his colleagues caved because many of them feared being cursed.[...] [via YahooNews] More >>

Curses! Romanian witch tax foiled [Sep 12, 2010] Curses! Romanian witch tax foiled Romania's Senate has rejected a proposed law that would have taxed witches and fortune tellers. And the politician who pushed the plan said his colleagues caved because many of them feared being cursed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Witch Tax Plans Were Real! [Sep 10, 2010] A Romanian Witch Tax was nearly enacted into law before a group of Romanian senators rejected a proposal to tax witches and fortune tellers. Lawmakers Alin Popoviciu and Cristi Dugulescu of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party drafted a law where witches and fortune tellers would have to produce receipts, and would also be held liable for wrong predictions. Romania's Senate voted down the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania restores old powers of key agency combatting corruption [Aug 25, 2010] Reuters/Bucharest Romanias senate yesterday restored the powers of a European Union-mandated anti-corruption agency which is key to fighting graft in one of the blocs most corrupt members. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian lawmakers approve anticorruption law [Aug 24, 2010] (AP:BUCHAREST, Romania) Romania's Senate on Wednesday voted to approve a law setting up an anticorruption body to monitor and investigate public officials' wealth. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian lawmakers approve anticorruption law [Aug 24, 2010] (AP:BUCHAREST, Romania) Romania's Senate on Wednesday voted to approve a law setting up an anticorruption body to monitor and investigate public officials' wealth. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian lawmakers approve anticorruption law [Aug 24, 2010] Romania's Senate on Wednesday voted to approve a law setting up an anticorruption body to monitor and investigate public officials' wealth. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian anticorruption agency left unchanged [Jul 01, 2010] Lawmakers have rejected proposals to make Romania's anti-corruption agency more efficient in fighting graft. The Senate's vote late Wednesday effectively lessened the National Integrity Agency's powers to monitor public officials' wealth. [via YahooNews] More >>

Lawmakers OK arrest of Romanian senator (AP via Yahoo! Finance) [Mar 24, 2010] Romanian lawmakers have cleared the way for authorities to arrest a senator accused of corruption and abuse of office. The Senate voted 70-40 on Wednesday in favor of allowing prosecutors to request Catalin Voicu's arrest. [via YahooNews] More >>