Victor Ponta

First Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL) Teodor Atanasiu said that ACL's proposition is for the debate opposing the contenders in the second round of the presidential election, Klaus Iohannis and Victor Ponta, to take place on Thursday in Parliament, adding that a relevant invitation will be sent to PSD this Monday for the camps to negotiate the terms of the d

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, presidential endorsee of the PSD (Social Democratic Party) - UNPR (National Union for Romania's Progress) - PC (Conservative Party) alliance in the presidential elections, deemed as legitimate the dissatisfaction of Romanians in the diaspora who didn't get a chance to cast their ballot in the first round of the presidential race, but he claimed that th

The campaign promises made by PSD-UNPR-PC presidential candidate Victor Ponta will bring along next year tax and rate hikes, as well as the scrapping of the flat tax, Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL) runner-up Klaus Iohannis said on Sunday evening in Deva city.

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president from the alliance of his Social Democrat Party with the National Union for Romania's Progress and the Conservative party, would get 55 percent of the votes in the runoff next Sunday; his opponent Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance was credited with 45 percent by an opinion poll carried out by SOCIOPOL and b

Christian Liberal Alliance 's (ACL) candidate in the presidential elections Klaus Iohannis on Saturday refused to say either "yes" or "no" to incumbent President Traian Basescu's proposal to participate in a debate against his counter-candidate in the runoff, PSD-UNPR-PC's Victor Ponta, to be hosted at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

What President Traian Basescu wants is not a "real"debate, but a "circus" meant to help Klaus Iohannis "escape a direct confrontation with Victor Ponta," said the PSD (Social Democratic Party) spokesperson Gabriela Firea in a release on Saturday sent to AGERPRES.

KIKINDA - The prime ministers of Serbia and Romania, Aleksandar Vucic and Victor Ponta, ceremonially opened the Nakovo - Lunga border crossing near Kikinda, north-eastern Serbia, on Saturday.

Vucic and Ponta noted the great friendship and the very good relations between the two countries.

The Institute for Public Policies (IPP) has announced it is offering to mediate talks between the campaigns of the two presidential candidates in the November 16 runoff election, supporting any formula agreed upon by the parties so that at least one televised debate may happen in the 2014 presidential campaigning.

First Vice Chairperson of the Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL) Alina Gorghiu said on Friday that if PSD does not want Klaus Iohannis and Victor Ponta to square off in a public debate, a formula will be found to put pressure on the PSD-UNPR-PC candidate to accept it.

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.