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G4Media.ro condemns the sanctioning of Realitatea TV on political grounds
G4Media.ro condemns the double standards, the manifestly disproportionate sanction in relation to alleged violations, and the behavior of National Audiovisual Council towards a TV station… Mai departe »
Rheinmetall denounces opaque bidding in a large military contract. The big weapon endowment scandals provoked by PSD
Over the past two years, the PSD-led government has provoked several major scandals related to the endowment of the army, involving billions of euros. The… Mai departe »
The budget of state bankruptcy. Miners Dragnea and Teodorovici are giving the private sector the pick hammer treatment
Promises made to captive voters and projects earmarked for political clients brought PSD face to face with reality: the government has no money for the… Mai departe »
The National Anticorruption Directorate: Coroner’s Report
The time of death of the famous National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) was officially called on October 29, 2018 by a DNA prosecutor talking with the… Mai departe »
Mission Impossible: where will Dancila’s government find the money for all the pension and salary increases, plus billions for barons
With the budget for 2019 left hanging in the air, the debacle created by the PSD in the central administration has reached new heights. Populism… Mai departe »
The emergency decree is coming! Why we cannot wait and see what will appear in the Official Gazette
This time around, Liviu Dragnea has decided to play with his cards on the table. He summoned, overnight, another National Executive Committee (CEX) to push… Mai departe »
They broke one of his fingers
By the action in Parliament on Wednesday, the opposition seems to have aimed for an artistic effect when burning the supreme leader’s effigy. After ramming… Mai departe »
The PSD government is hanging by 11 MPs. This notwithstanding, a dismissal is unlikely
The PSD-ALDE coalition lost its majority in the Chamber of Deputies, keeping a total of 244 MPs, only 11 more than the number needed for… Mai departe »
SOURCES Amnesty and pardon. Tudorel Toader would be willing to put his approval on the decree, on the condition that it be initiated by another ministry.
Sources within the government have told G4Media.ro. that Tudorel Toader would be willing to put his seal of legal approval on the decree for amnesty… Mai departe »
The four dunces in charge of Romania’s economic policy
As far as fiscal policy and the economy are concerned, the PSD relies on four individuals : Darius Vâlcov, Eugen Teodorovici, Ion Ghizdeanu (head of… Mai departe »
Decree 13 reloaded? PSD announces massive giveaways, same as in January 2017
Talk of a new emergency decree on amnesty and pardon is growing by the day. And the PSD’s conduct is a carbon copy of that… Mai departe »
A Centenary-worthy gift for thugs: amnesty and land bondage
Teodorovici, the eternal public sector official, the friend of club owners, and the enemy of private enterprise, has inadvertently leaked PSD’s true thinking regarding members… Mai departe »
The effects of Stanescu’s resignation. How does Dragnea manage to always be two steps ahead?
Paul Stanescu’s resignation from the Ministry of Development, a week after the party’s decision to replace him, has determined the winner in this new Iohannis-… Mai departe »
EXCLUSIVE The real stakes of the government reshuffle: the adoption of the emergency decree on amnesty and pardon. A two-step plan
Liviu Dragnea wants to remove Paul Stănescu from the Government in order to eliminate the last opponents to an emergency decree on amnesty and pardon…. Mai departe »
PSD’s dangerous game: anti-Semitism as political weapon
On Tuesday evening, PSD clocked one of the most dangerous transgressions in its recent history, when Ilan Laufer publicly accused President Klaus Johannis of anti-Semitism…. Mai departe »
ALDE Group Leader in the European Parliament responds to Tariceanu: Dear Călin, let me hear your answer – will you support the full implementation of the recommendations of the Venice Commission? Do not pursue the illiberal path. Not in our name, and certainly not with our name!
On Tuesday, Guy Verhofstadt – leader of the ALDE group in the European Parliament – sent a harsh letter to Calin Popescu Tariceanu, rejecting the… Mai departe »
Why Klaus Iohannis rejected Laufer and Vasilescu, and kept Stanescu
The President rejected two nominations for the Dancila Government’s team, and refused two revocation requests from the same. Most likely, he did this in order… Mai departe »
The PSD’s „hushed” government style: Three cabinets and over 70 ministers changed in less than two years
The PSD won the 2016 parliamentary election with the biggest score the party has ever recorded, and yet, it generated the biggest government-instability in the… Mai departe »
All PSD-ALDE attacks on the EU after the CVM and resolution: From a „punch to national sovereigny” to „when Brâncuşi built statues, they taught homosexuality” and „dear EU, you are a Satanist whore”
The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report on the independence of the judiciary and the anti-corruption fight in Romania, as well as the European Parliament’s… Mai departe »
This is what cowardice and baseness look like in politics
Put cowardice for president Iohannis, and baseness for the others. The latest cowardice: the appointment of Ecaterina Andronescu, Romania’s education grave-digger, and champion at stepping… Mai departe »
How the government countered Brussels’ harshest criticism and political sanctions since joining the EU. The main avenues of misinformation
Dancila’s government, Dragnea, Tariceanu, the PSD and Antena 3, quite the last remaining combatants in the anti-EU trenches, began circulating, on Tuesday, a series of… Mai departe »
EXCLUSIVE Dragnea met „system man” Gabriel Oprea in a restaurant to discuss a possible PSD – UNPR alliance
Liviu Dragnea and Gabriel Oprea met in a restaurant in Bucharest to discuss a possible alliance between PSD and UNPR, sources told G4Media.ro. The meeting… Mai departe »
The harshest Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report on the state of the judiciary in Romania: eight additional recommendations by the European Commission, including the immediate suspension of the implementation of the Justice laws, of the changes to the Criminal Codes, and of the ongoing procedures of appointment and dismissal of the chief-prosecutors
The CVM report on the judiciary and the fight against corruption in Romania, published by the European Commision on Tuesday, is the harshest and most… Mai departe »
The European Parliament has adopted the resolution on the rule of law in Romania: an indictment in 12 points
The European Parliament voted with 473 votes in favor, 151 against, and 40 abstentions, a resolution that severely criticizes the Romanian Government’s and Parliament’s conduct… Mai departe »
EXCLUSIVE: The PSD wants to reimburse from the EU funds the projects of the local barons. A solution to reduce the budget deficit
The PSD wants to reimburse from the European funds the unfinished projects awarded to the local barons via the National Local Development Program (PNDL), a… Mai departe »
New pieces of evidence show that Emergency Decree 13 was written outside the premises of the Government, in Dragnea’s office at the Chamber of Deputies. „Initiativa Romania” is in possession of hitherto unknown details from behind the scenes of the episode that sent the country into a downward spiral
“Initiativa Romania” has discovered that the two emergency decrees prepared by the former Minister of Justice, Florin Iordache, and providing the basis for Emergency Decree… Mai departe »
Voices strongly promoted by Russian propaganda make the prime time agenda on Antena 3 and Romania TV
PSD political figure Liviu Pleşoianu, Daniel Dragomir, former Romanian Information Service (RIS) convicted for corruption in a first instance, journalist Bogdan Duca, and lawyer Dan… Mai departe »
Effects of the Constitutional Court decision regarding the conflict with the High Court on final sentences: Sentenced offenders may appeal for anulment within maximum 30 days
Among the various effects of Wednesday’s Constitutional Court’s ruling in the case of the conflict between the Parliament and the High Court, one counts the… Mai departe »
The Romanian Constitutional Court admits Dăncilă’s referral regarding the five-judge panels from the High Court: There is a conflict between the Parliament and the High Court / All ongoing trials will be resumed
On Thursday, 6 November 2018, the Romanian Constitutional Court (RCC) admitted 7 votes “for” and 2 votes “against” Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă’s referral regarding the… Mai departe »
Draft resolution of the European Parliament on the rule of law in Romania: „deep concern” about undermining the independence of the judiciary, condemns the violent intervention of gendarmes, condemns the political restrictions on media freedom and calls for the restoration of legislation on NGOs
The draft resolution of the European Parliament on the rule of law in Romania, consulted by G4Media.ro, uses extremely harsh formulations when referring to Romanian… Mai departe »
An exemplary execution
In mafia movies, traitors always end-up dying a painful death at the boss’s order, as a way of making a point to other would-be traitors…. Mai departe »
SOURCES A new purging method: the withdrawal of the ORNSSI certificate/ Dozens of senior police officers were left without the certificate authorizing them to access classified information
Dozens of policemen were stripped of the certificate that allowed them access to classified information, and after the withdrawal of the ONRSSI (Office of the… Mai departe »
„13 criminals from Parliament vs. an advertising agency”. The administrator of Papaya Advertising cited by police to give explanations with regards to the video clip „Children of the Referendum” inspired by a dystopia.
13 lawmakers filed a police complaint against the advertising agency Papaya Advertising – maker of several ads with a powerful social message – for making… Mai departe »
The „Reptile”. The brute force behind the struggle for the amnesty and pardon of thugs
The SDP’s “restitutio ad integrum” operation in the judiciary, aiming to bring the latter to a state of submission and obedience to politics, as it… Mai departe »
Survey: Romania, among the countries least influent and relevant in the EU, two months before taking over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union
A survey by the influential think-tank European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) that measures the level of influence Member States have within the European Union… Mai departe »
The Monster
Yesterday, Liviu Dragnea was the only political figure who dared to use politically the commemoration of the “Colectiv” tragedy. The main political benefactor of that… Mai departe »
The protocols’ untold truth
All those who today denounce the collaboration protocols between various institutions of the judiciary and intelligence services are the ones to have laid the foundations… Mai departe »
The decade of the Barons. How did Romania sacrifice its development under SDP rule
2019 looks likely to be another year lost for Romania’s development, just like the Centenary Year, just like the past six years with the SDP… Mai departe »
Dragnea’s plan to get rid of Tudorel Toader
The time has come for Tudorel Toader to be evaluated. After evaluating others, which essentially meant inventing a simple pretext to oust them from a… Mai departe »
Experts: Harmful changes in the Penal Code, operated by SDP-ALDE and passed by the Constitutional Court. Criminal legislation is relaxed, defendants are favored
Even if they are considered to have a negative impact on criminal investigations, some of the legislative changes introduced by the SDP-ALDE Coalition to the… Mai departe »
The big robbery in the forests, encouraged by the Government. Custodians administering the protected areas have been left without power and the theft of wood has already begun. The state took over their work with institutions which are non-functioning and without budget
End of August. At dusk. Márk Nagy János runs along with several colleagues in a hilly area next to the forest in the Tur River… Mai departe »
Why President Iohannis and the PPE want to bury the European Parliament’s resolution on un-democratic excesses in Romania
On Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis said in Strasbourg that it would be „extremely unusual” for the European Parliament to vote on a resolution on a… Mai departe »
How the Anticorruption Directorate got into a coma
The new conditions for a prosecutor to be appointed at the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) are merely the last blows that de facto paralyze the… Mai departe »
A dramatic drop in euro-optimism in Romania: only 49% of the citizens support EU membership, ten points less than in April
The latest Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament shows that only 49% of Romanians (representing10 points fewer on the previous Eurobarometer in April 2018)… Mai departe »
The new law on judicial organization combined with Tudorel Toader’s Government Emergency Plan Risks to Blow Up DNA Activity / A little detail slipped into the law has a potentially destructive effect of corruption files / The SCM is expected to make an interpretive decision
Law 304 on Judicial Organization, promulgated by President Klaus Iohannis on July 20, contains a provision that could send home all the 140 prosecutors working… Mai departe »
Experts: What are the harmful changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure that have passed the Constitutional Court filter, or have not been challenged before the Court
Expert practitioners consulted by G4Media.ro have drawn attention to the fact that the Constitutional Court decision on the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code is… Mai departe »
Everything for Dragnea, short of amnesty and pardon
The good news is that Tudorel Toader did not provide the much dreamt of amnesty and pardon ardently fantasized by Liviu Dragnea. Did he force… Mai departe »
Who is Florin Păsătoiu, the man who used Russian propaganda to launch the fake-news about a bilateral co-operation agreement between Russia and Romania
The recasting of Russian-Romanian relations at the scientific, cultural and diplomatic level through an agreement between the University of Craiova and the Diplomatic Academy of… Mai departe »
The Constitutional Court partially or totally rejected over 60 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code and accepted about 30 / Some of the most important changes for Dragnea, declared unconstitutional
According to a press release issued by the institution, at the end of two days of debates the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected 64 of the… Mai departe »
Defrauding the state budget in 5 steps: Dragnea and Vâlcov’s strategy to get rid of the EU verification nightmare
Liviu Dragnea’s big problem with Tel Drum stems from the alleged fraud of European funds. Since he took over SDP from Victor Ponta, and started… Mai departe »