Romania

The final results released by the Electoral Bureau on Tuesday confirmed that Romania's Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, won last Sunday's first round of the presidential election with 40.44 per cent of the votes cast.

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Prime Minister Victor Ponta, standing in the presidential runoff from Nov.

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, says many liberals have joined the leader of the new Reformist Liberal Party (PLR) Calin Popescu-Tariceanu.

Presidential candidate of an alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC) Victor Ponta, the winner of the first round of the presidential election, said Tuesday that if he wins the runoff election he will appoint former director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) Tedoro Melescanu his national

Deputy Chair of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Rovana Plumb has hailed the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) having concluded a cooperation protocol for the November 16 presidential runoff election with the Greater Romania Party (PRM), saying that Victor Ponta, the candidate of an alliance of PSD, UNPR and the Conservative Party (PC), says he is honoured to get the v

Turkey has spent over $600 million on a new presidential jet and presidential palace this year, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has revealed, noting that the budget purse strings will be loosened for the facility more next year.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running in the presidential runoff from Nov.

Romania's government on Monday pledged to take steps to make sure that citizens living or working abroad will have no trouble voting in the presidential runoff on November 16.

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Prime Minister Victor Ponta says the 2015-2016 state budget aims at keeping the 16 percent flat tax and cutting the special constructions tax on energy infrastructure from 1.5 percent to 1 percent.

The recent agreement to build two new bridges across the Danube is a major step in improving connections between Bulgaria and Romania, Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu said on Monday.

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