Ponta

Deputy Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Dan Sova believes Prime Minister Victor Ponta will run in this November's presidential election, and he also believes Ponta to be the best person to lead Romania for the next ten years.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday congratulated the Romanian women's crew that conquered the gold medal in the epee event at the European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg.

A review of a precautionary agreement between Romania and the IMF and the EU has been put off to November, after the government has drafted its 2015 budget, according to Romanian officials.

The Government will send to the Parliament next week the draft law on 5 percent cuts to the social insurance contributions (CAS) from October 1, Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Thursday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, National Education Minister Remus Pricopie, Minister Delegate Mihnea Costoiu and Minister for European Funds Eugen Teodorovici participated late on Wednesday in the opening of the construction works on the Advanced Research for Materials, Products and Innovative Processes Institute - CAMPUS UPB, located on the premises of the Polytechnic University of

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.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Monday that all financial resources obtained from the sale of shares of Electrica company, which may be actually listed on the stock exchange at end-June, will be used to invest in the energy infrastructure connecting Romania to the Republic of Moldova.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta considers that outgoing National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman Crin Antonescu has "killed off USL [Social Liberal Union]".

Ponta added that the Social Democrats are waiting to see the result of the PNL congress, keeping their availability for the restoring of USL in case the Liberals want this as well.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta voiced appreciation on Monday for the fact that the PSD-UNPR-PC electoral alliance has managed to win in the parliamentary by-election "in constituencies that were not PSD's", but showed his disappointment over the fact that Gabriela Szabo, the alliance's candidate in the Ilfov constituency, has not won an MP seat.