Prime Ministers of Romania

Senate President Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) Chairman, told a press conference in Oradea on Friday that the main danger after the elections was that of seeing Basescu's regime perpetuated or revived in a different shape, through the person of Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) representative Klaus Iohannis.

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.

Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader, prime minister and presidential candidate Victor Ponta says there's a 'very clear' resolution to restore the Social Liberal Union of PSD with the Liberals.

This decision justifies the nomination of Calin Popescu-Tariceanu as the future prime minister, Ponta said in Suceava (northeastern Romania) on Friday.

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of his Social Democrat Party (PSD) plus the National Union for Romania's Progress and the Conservative Party, renewed his invitation to opponent Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance to face him in TV debates at news stations; Ponta wrote on his Facebook wall on Thursday night that the absence

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance, Victor Ponta, would win the presidential elections with a 55 per cent score, defeating his opponent, Liberal Klaus Iohannis, who would get 45 per cent in the presidential runoff, shows a CSCI poll conducted on November 5 and sent to AGERPRES

First Deputy Chairman of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu is hailing the recommendation of the national leader of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor to the ethnic Hungarian voters in the November 16 presidential runoff election to vote according to their won beliefs, urging them to vote for ACL's candidate Klaus Iohannis.

The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate for Romania's president told a press conference in Cluj on Thursday that Victor Ponta was a danger for Romania, for the country's democracy and economy.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta commented data released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) by saying that they make possible repeating his commitment the government would not have to raise taxes and could cut the VAT for some types of foodstuff.

Victor Ponta, endorsed by an alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC), won 40.44 percent (3,836,093 votes) of votes in the November 2 first round of the presidential elections, while the candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL), Klaus Iohannis, won 30.37 percent (2,881,406 votes), accor

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, standing for president in the runoff on Nov. 16, told Digi 24 news channel on Wednesday that both as a prime minister and further as president he will remain the greatest supporter of the project aimed at dividing Romania into regions and decentralizing it.