Romania drops plans to decriminalise corruption offences
The Romanian government has retracted plans to decriminalise corruption offences following mass protests involving 140,000 demonstrators in the capital city of Bucharest. The decree, supposed to come into effect on February 10, would have decriminalised corruption offences involving sums up to $47,500. The protests witnessed by the country has been the largest since the fall of communism in 1989.