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Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president of Romania in Sunday's polls under the banner of the Alliance of the Social Democrats, the National Union for the Progress of Romania and the Conservatives (PSD-UNPR-PC), said early in the day he had voted because 'after ten years of war and destruction', the time of reconstruction has come.

The overall value of the donations received and declared by the political parties, political and pre-election alliances and the independent candidates in the electoral campaign for the president of Romania stood at 7,581,405 lei as of Oct. 30, the Permanent Electoral Authority said in a release to AGERPRES on Friday. (1 euro=4.4 lei)

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the presidential candidate of PSD-UNPR-PC (the Social Democratic Party, the National Union for Romania's Progress, the Conservative Party) said on Friday that the main foreign policy objective he has in view as head of state is to strengthen Romania's importance in the partnership with the U.S. through the role Bucharest plays in the regional policy.

* The political analysts Cristian Parvulescu, Adrian Moraru, Marius Pieleanu, Alfred Bulai and Radu Magdin predict that the PSD-UNPR-PC (the Social Democratic Party, the National Union for Romania's Progress, the Conservative Party) candidate, incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta and the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate, Sibiu mayor Klaus Iohannis will advance to the pr

The political analysts Cristian Parvulescu, Adrian Moraru, Marius Pieleanu, Alfred Bulai and Radu Magdin predict that the PSD-UNPR-PC (the Social Democratic Party, the National Union for Romania's Progress, the Conservative Party) candidate, incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta and the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate, Sibiu mayor Klaus Iohannis will advance to the pres

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate in the presidential elections of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance on Tuesday evening said that Liberal Klaus Iohannis was a 'poor' copy of Traian Basescu and that he had no idea about economic data such as the country's GDP or the budget deficit.

Social Democrat Party (PSD) spokesperson Gabriela Firea said Monday that Prime Minister Victor Ponta, a candidate in the presidential elections, has taken notice of the fact that the Public Policy Institute (IPP) accepted the organisation of an electoral debate with all candidates, a solution that the PSD leader proposed since October 7.

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.

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

Prime Minister Victor Ponta in Targu-Jiu on Wednesday said that he was positive after December 21 the provisions of the Criminal Code would be enforced in the case of the deeds committed by President Traian Basescu.