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Constitutional Court certifies 1st round of president election; Ponta, Iohannis in runoff
The Constitutional Court of Romania certified on Friday the first round of the presidential elections from Nov. 2 and established that standing in the runoff will be Social Democrat Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Liberal leader Klaus Iohannis.
The second round of voting will be held on Nov. 16, the Court announced.
Candidate Ponta: Social Liberal Union definitely to be restored
Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader, prime minister and presidential candidate Victor Ponta says there's a 'very clear' resolution to restore the Social Liberal Union of PSD with the Liberals.
This decision justifies the nomination of Calin Popescu-Tariceanu as the future prime minister, Ponta said in Suceava (northeastern Romania) on Friday.
South Korea ambassador convinced bilateral relations with Romania to develop even more
The South Korean ambassador to Romania Hyo-Sung Park said during a visit to northwestern Oradea late on Thursday he is very satisfied with the current phase in the bilateral relations and their direction of development and is convinced the cooperation will be enhanced in the future.
Iohannis: I am clearly pro-Euro-Atlantic
Liberal leader Klaus Iohannis, standing in the presidential runoff from Nov. 16 said late on Thursday he is a pro-Euro-Atlantic who guarantees that Romania's good relations with the West and the United States are maintained.
Iohannis: I don't want to divide the society, but bring out the best in it
Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis told a TV show late on Thursday he wants to offer as head of state the guarantee of a Western-type capitalism and to be a link, not a leader who divides the society.
Candidate Ponta repeats invitation to opponent Iohannis to TV debates
Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of his Social Democrat Party (PSD) plus the National Union for Romania's Progress and the Conservative Party, renewed his invitation to opponent Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance to face him in TV debates at news stations; Ponta wrote on his Facebook wall on Thursday night that the absence
CSCI poll: Ponta - 55 per cent, Iohannis - 45 per cent in presidential runoff
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance, Victor Ponta, would win the presidential elections with a 55 per cent score, defeating his opponent, Liberal Klaus Iohannis, who would get 45 per cent in the presidential runoff, shows a CSCI poll conducted on November 5 and sent to AGERPRES
ACL: Iohannis accepts IPP proposal to attend debate with Ponta
Candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) in the November 16 presidential runoff election Klaus Iohannis is accepting the proposal of the Institute for Public Policy (IPP) to attend an electoral debate with runoff candidate of the alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC), ACL reported in
Analyst Wess Mitchell: Romania has a more solid Atlanticist anchor than Hungary
Romania has a more solid Atlanticist anchor than Hungary, and Altanticism, as an organising force, is more powerful in Romania, says Wess Mitchell, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) think tank president.
Iohannis: Ponta is a danger for Romania, for our democracy and economy
The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate for Romania's president told a press conference in Cluj on Thursday that Victor Ponta was a danger for Romania, for the country's democracy and economy.
Analyst Wess Mitchell: Romania is a model of democracy in the region; Orban and Ponta profoundly different
Romanian democracy deserves to be praised for the real and difficult progress it has made, says Wess Mitchell, President and Co-Founder of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
He emphasizes, in an interview granted to news website HotNews.ro, the major difference existing between Victor Ponta and Viktor Orban.
Final results of 1st round of presidential polls: Ponta - 40.44 pct, Iohannis - 30.37 pct
Victor Ponta, endorsed by an alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC), won 40.44 percent (3,836,093 votes) of votes in the November 2 first round of the presidential elections, while the candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL), Klaus Iohannis, won 30.37 percent (2,881,406 votes), accor
Brussels Warns Romania About Rising Deficit
The European Commission said it expected Romania's budget deficit to reach 2.1 per cent of GDP this year, rising to to 2.8 per cent next year, if the government does not increase taxes or cut spending in the meantime.
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Tariceanu says most qualified for prime minister
The Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu sees himself as the most qualified person to become the prime minister of Romania out of those cited by incumbent PM Victor Ponta as his possible successors in the event that he won the Nov. 16 presidential runoff.
Candidate Ponta: Next PM, hopefully Tariceanu, takes over budget surplus
Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of the alliance made up with his Social Democrat Party (PSD) - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party, reminds he began governing on a budget deficit of 4.8 percent of the GDP in 2011, and says his successor will start from a budget surplus over the first 10 months of 2014; he hopes t