12-02-2017 22:33 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Thousands continue protests against government in Romania

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanians protested in Bucharest and other cities on Sunday against the Social Democrat government that tried to weaken a crackdown on corruption earlier this month. The one-month-old cabinet of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu enraged voters when it quietly approved late on Jan. 31 an emergency decree that would have decriminalised several graft offences. The government was forced to rescind the decree, and its architect, Justice Minister Florin Io
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