Traian Basescu's lawyer said her client would keep his MEP's seat despite a court ruling confirming that he had collaborated with the feared secret police in the communist era.
Former head of state risks losing all his ex-presidential privileges after parliament adopts a law saying ex-presidents shown to have collaborated with communist-era secret police should not enjoy such rights.
A Romanian court has upheld the conclusion of the country's official body for the study of the communist secret police – that former president Traian Basescu spied on colleagues and others for the Securitate.
Research institution says documents it has obtained show former president Traian Basescu worked as a young naval officer for the communist secret services – which he has denied.
Moldova has become a political hunting ground for Romanian politicians pursuing European Parliament election votes from hundreds of thousands of Moldovans who also hold Romanian passports.
Traian Basescu, who led the country for a decade, was elected leader of the opposition Popular Movement party and vowed to campaign for the further modernisation of Romania.
The head of the chamber of commerce and a former sports official have both been jailed as Romanian courts toughen their approach to high-level bribery.
Presidential tirade against 90-year-old former monarch reignites arguments about who shoulders most blame for the slaughter of Romanian Jewry in the 1940s.
The Romanian Parliament on Tuesday adopted an amended version of a IMF-required pension law, setting the retirement age at 63 for women and 65 for men and helping keep a bailout loan on track.
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