Victor Ponta

Victor Ponta

• Romanian PM: Patients to pay fee for hospital stay

  Romania's prime minister says hospital patients will pay for treatment as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to reduce spending ... 

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  Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages

  In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists ... 

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  Romanian film director Sergiu Nicolaescu dies

  Sergiu Nicolaescu, a prolific and popular Romanian director known for his historical epics who also served as a Senator, died Thursday. He was 82. 

• Deep freeze, snowstorms hit Romania, Bulgaria

  Authorities declared a state of emergency in northeastern Bulgaria on Thursday as heavy snow and freezing temperatures are causing disruptions in both ... 

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  Romanian PM, president pledge no insults

  Romania's prime minister and president have agreed to set aside their bitter rivalry for the good of the country and to stop insulting each other. 

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  AP Interview: Romanian PM certain of reappointment

  Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta should feel like his political battles will become much easier, after his center-left alliance won a sweeping ... 

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  Center-left gov't controls new Romanian Parliament

  Official results indicate that Romania's center-left alliance won 67 percent of the seats in Parliament during this week's national election. 

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  Romania gov't easily wins parliamentary elections

  Romania's government has swept to victory in a parliamentary election but even that convincing win may not defuse the rancorous rivalry between the ... 

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  Populist emerges in Romania's bitter election

  Media tycoon Dan Diaconescu drives a white Rolls Royce, looks like a used car salesman in his shiny mauve jacket, promises to create thousands of jobs ... 

• Respected doctor named Romanian health minister

  A respected doctor whose opposition to health reforms supported by Romania's president led to weeks of street protests that toppled the government has ... 

• Romanian gov't bans election gifts

  Romania's prime minister says the government will make it illegal for political candidates to hand out gifts to voters, in a bid to end what has ... 

• Failed rescue of Romania chemical co draws protest

  Hundreds of workers have protested at a Romanian chemical plant after the government scrapped the sale of the debt-ridden company, saying the ... 

• French ministers visiting Romania to discuss Roma

  Two French Cabinet ministers are traveling to Romania to meet with government officials to discuss a large number of Roma who are leaving their ... 

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  France loosens job restrictions on Roma

  The French government is making it easier for Roma from Eastern Europe to gain employment and stay in France, amid criticism of police raids that have ... 

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  Court ruling lets Romania president return to post

  Romania's constitutional court ruled Tuesday that a referendum on whether to oust the country's president had failed because the minimum voter ...