Victor Ponta

Ponta in Chamber: “I regret that not all the people in the Diaspora could vote, I paid the political price”

Nine O' ClockNovember 26, 2014November 26, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 26, 2014November 26, 20140247

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said during the debate in the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday that he regretted the fact that...

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Ponta assumes failure in the presidential elections, says no one else to be blamed

Nine O' ClockNovember 25, 2014November 25, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 25, 2014November 25, 20140196

The leader of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), prime minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday that he assumes failure in the presidential elections and that...

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Will there be a PSD Congress on 20 December 2014?

Nine O' ClockNovember 24, 2014November 25, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 24, 2014November 25, 20140211

The need to call a PSD Congress has been increasingly invoked by party leaders these days this last week since PM Victor Ponta was defeated...

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Usually, there’s no smoke without fire: Has Ponta prepared a government reshuffle?

Nine O' ClockNovember 24, 2014November 24, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 24, 2014November 24, 20140231

Prime Minister Victor Ponta will try to diminish the effects of his defeat in the presidential elections, spilled over also his government, through the easiest...

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The night and day of the long knives in PSD: Voices in the party ask Dragnea’s resignation

Nine O' ClockNovember 17, 2014November 17, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 17, 2014November 17, 20140150

After its failure in the presidential election, PSD is sitting on a gunpowder barrel, with more and more voices demanding a serious analysis of the...

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Tight score in the exit polls: some say Ponta is the winner, others say Iohannis

Nine O' ClockNovember 16, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 16, 20140201

Romanians living in the country, but also from the Diaspora, have left their homes in a massive number on Sunday and headed to the polling...

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Over 18 million Romanians are expected to the Sunday ballot to elect their president: Victor Ponta or Klaus Iohannis?

Nine O' ClockNovember 13, 2014November 13, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 13, 2014November 13, 20140168

18,305,826 Romanians are expected at the ballot box on Sunday to elect the president of Romania. After the first round of November 2, two candidates...

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Italian PM Matteo Renzi’s visit of support for Ponta

Nine O' ClockNovember 13, 2014November 13, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 13, 2014November 13, 20140203

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President in office of the Council of the European Union, landed in Bucharest on Thursday, the visit having been announced...

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Deadlock on reaching compromise between ACL and PSD on TV debates was exceeded: A Ponta-Iohannis debate every night…

Nine O' ClockNovember 12, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 12, 20140184

While until two days before, a debate on TV between the two presidential contenders seemed almost impossible because the two campaign staffs failed to reach...

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Main hot issues debated by Victor Ponta and Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday’s evening electoral show hosted by Realitatea TV

Nine O' ClockNovember 12, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 12, 20140187

Debate on elections in the Diaspora, starting at the number of voting stations in Germany PNL president Klaus Iohannis told PM Victor Ponta on Tuesday,...

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In an unexpected turn of events, Ponta – Iohannis have dueled on Realitatea TV on Tuesday evening

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014

by November 12, 2014November 12, 20140258

After several failures by the two campaign staffs to reach an agreement in organizing a TV broadcasted debate between the two candidates for the highest...

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Iohannis urges Ponta’s resignation as Prime Minister, Ponta answers: “On 21 December!”…

Nine O' ClockNovember 11, 2014November 11, 2014

by Nine O' ClockNovember 11, 2014November 11, 20140219

Victor Ponta indirectly won Monday evening a “confrontation” with Klaus Iohannis. In the 20:00 – 21:30 interval when the Romania TV show was broadcast, Victor...