Victor Ponta
Ponta: Our objective is getting at least 37.5 pct of votes in first round
Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) candidate in presidential elections, said late on Sunday that the objective of his campaign for the first round is getting at least 37.5 pct of votes, that is the score recorded in the European Parliament elections.
Candidate Calin Popescu Tariceanu: Presidential office is no joke, no place for on-the-job training
In an interview to AGERPRES, Senate Chairman Calin Popescu Tariceanu, an independent presidential candidate in the November 2 presidential election, talks about his project called 'Romania, Europe's Seventh Economic Power,' arguing that the coalescence of the decision makers around a national project is lacking, with the political class being many times out of touch with the publi
Candidate Funar asks Constitutional Court check legality of PM's candidacy, hear the President
Gheorghe Funar, running for president as an independent candidate, asked the Constitutional Court on Thursday to check the legality of Prime Minister Victor Ponta's candidacy. He called the Court to check whether Ponta has breached the Constitution and to hear President Traian Basescu as a witness.
Candidate Funar accuses PSD, UDMR of collusion and treason
Gheorghe Funar, running for president as an independent candidate, accused the Social Democrat Party (PSD) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) - both in the ruling coalition - of having a secret pact.
Romanian National Liberals Name Presidential Candidate
The executive board of the opposition centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday said Klaus Iohannis would run for the party in the presidential elections in early November.
Romanian Opposition Party Elects New Leader
The National Liberal Party, PNL, Romania’s biggest opposition party, elected Klaus Iohannis as its new president on Saturday.
Iohannis, 55, an ethnic German and popular mayor of Transylvanian city of Sibiu, has replaced former parliament speaker Crin Antonescu, and has promised to revive the party’s popularity.
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NATO base in Kandahar under missile attack, present Romanian high officials safely evacuated
The NATO military base in Kandahar - Afghanistan came today under a missile attack, with the Romanian high officials who were at the site, attending the ceremony marking the start of the withdrawal of Romanian troops from Afghanistan, being evacuated and sheltered in bunkers.
Extraordinary Government meeting on Saturday, for draft law ratifying R. Moldova-EU Association Agreement
The Government convenes on Saturday, in an extraordinary meeting to approve the draft law on the ratification of the Association Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the EU and for the approved of an ordinance concerning Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline.
Constitutional Court to discuss PM's notification on Romania's representative at European Council
The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) will adjudicate on July 9 the Prime Minister's notification regarding the constitutional conflict between the Government and the President regarding the Romanian state's representative in the European Council.