Ioana Petrescu

Pro-Romania national leader Victor Ponta, a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament, tells AGERPRES in an interview that replacing Liviu Dragnea as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies is a priority for the party he leads. "A priority is replacing Mr Dragnea from the Chamber of Deputies (...) Actually, Achilles' heel is there if you want to be successful.

The year 2015 can be much better if we start from counteracting the causes that determined Romania's economy to have a much lower growth compared with its potential, National Council for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Romania (CNIPMMR) Chairman Ovidiu Nicolescu told AGERPRES on Monday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday that the approval of the 2015 state budget is 'a huge personal stake' and also a chance for him to prove the already-taken measures were not 'electoral hand-outs'.

Romania can achieve an annual economic growth of 5-6 percent in the medium term, necessary to reach the development level of the West-European countries, provided it continues to take action to maintain the fiscal discipline, Minister of Public Finance Ioana Petrescu said on Tuesday at the EU-South East Europe Summit organized by The Economist, and having AGERPRES as a media partn

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday began his official visit to the United States.

The head of Romanian Government has arrived in New York, where he is to attend the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly.

Ponta had a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday deemed unfair Traian Basescu's attack on "educated young people" wanting to return to Romania to work.

In relation to his talks on Monday with President Traian Basescu on cuts in social security contributions (CAS), Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday said that what generated an understanding problem there was not the term MTO mentioned by Basescu, but the English accent of the President, adding that he knows precisely what Romania's obligations are.

Romania's Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) has decided that, depending on the NATO's final decision, Romania will contribute some 200 troops and 50 police and gendarme officers to the training, counselling and assistance mission in Afghanistan.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday evening began an official visit to Israel.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday announced that the Government has on its agenda an ordinance supporting rescheduling of loans taken out by employed or retired individuals.