Parliament votes on new cabinet to end six months of deadlock
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The prime minister-designate, Luca Niculescu, faces an investiture vote today to lead a minority government dominated by the Social Democrats. The cabinet enters the chamber having already endured a familiar cycle of hearings; the proposed justice minister was asked to explain plagiarism allegations, while other nominees faced scrutiny over past criminal convictions and tax evasion.
The economy ministry has asked anti-corruption prosecutors to find out what happened to millions of lei meant for tourist albums that were never delivered. It is a busy morning for the judicial system: an investigation into a mine accident that killed three people remains stalled, reportedly because the vehicle involved belonged to a judge’s husband.
Elsewhere, a microbus collision near Buftea left two people dead and 14 injured. Domestic digital life was briefly interrupted as a major outage at Revolut affected many of the app's five million local users, while in the top flight of football, CFR Cluj coach Marius Șumudică has informed his players that his patience has reached its limit.