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Elena Udrea, Dorin Cocos and Alina Bica heard before High Court

August 4, 2015August 4, 2015

by August 4, 2015August 4, 20150573

Ex-Regional Development and Tourism Minister Elena Udrea (photo), her ex-husband, Dorin Cocos, and his son, former Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) head...

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Ex-Minister Elena Udrea released after 72 days in custody

May 7, 2015

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Ex-Minister Elena Udrea has been released from the Targsor Prison and placed on house arrest, as the High Court replaced her preventive arrest with house...

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Gala Bute case: ICCJ Judges decide to extend Elena Udrea’s remand measure with 30 days

Nine O' ClockMarch 23, 2015March 23, 2015

by Nine O' ClockMarch 23, 2015March 23, 20150243

The magistrates of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Monday decided to extend Elena Udrea’s remand measure with 30 days in Gala...

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Traian Basescu praises the state’s capacity to cope with corruption, however he does not exclude abuse and errors in DNA’s case

Nine O' ClockMarch 16, 2015March 16, 2015

by Nine O' ClockMarch 16, 2015March 16, 20150222

Ex-President Traian Basescu has posted a message on Facebook where he mentions the possibility that, in some cases, the prosecutors might have made an abuse,...

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Five defendants in Bute Boxing Gala case one step away from being released

Nine O' ClockMarch 2, 2015

by Nine O' ClockMarch 2, 20150135

Five defendants in the Bute Boxing Gala case could be released when the 30 days of arrest ruled by the Bucharest Court of Appeals expire....

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Elena Udrea to ICCJ judges before arrest: If I made mistakes, I made them as a political person

Nine O' ClockMarch 1, 2015

by Nine O' ClockMarch 1, 20150210

On Wednesday, Elena Udrea was once again arrested for 30 days, in the “Gala Bute” file, for allegedly having committed three accounts of bribe taking,...

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ICCJ published Elena Udrea’s arrest report for Gala Bute: how she used the bribe. Appeal to be tried on March 5

Nine O' ClockMarch 1, 2015March 1, 2015

by Nine O' ClockMarch 1, 2015March 1, 20150166

Elena Udrea’s close friends, defendants in the Gala Bute file, had declared that a certain amount of the money received as a bribe for granting...

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Udrea, first post-arrest reaction: ‘It is a conviction by the media’

February 27, 2015

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On Thursday, a day after being arrested again, Elena Udrea had a message posted on Facebook expressing her position on ‘three mechanisms’ regarding the Gala...

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Parliament vote for Elena Udrea’s arrest causes disruption

February 24, 2015

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The Chamber of Deputies approved on Monday the prosecution of Elena Udrea in the Gala Bute case with 170 votes in favour and 118 opposed,...

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Chamber of Deputies approves arrest of MP Elena Udrea

Nine O' ClockFebruary 10, 2015February 10, 2015

by Nine O' ClockFebruary 10, 2015February 10, 20150181

The Chamber of Deputies approved the arrest of former minister Elena Udrea, MP in several secret votes late on Monday night. Six requests of the...