05.10.2018

Romania’s Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Victor Ponta and former minister Dan Sova in a case of money laundering, tax evasion and forgery in deeds by private signature. more

11.04.2015

Romanian Prime Minster Victor Ponta has resigned Wednesday, following mass protests in the Romanian capital after a Bucharest nightclub fire left 32 dead and dozens of others critically injured. more

10.19.2015

Romania's ruling coalition may decide to cut several taxes, such as the tax on dividends, as of next year instead of 2017, as stipulated in the country's recently adopted tax code, Prime Minister more

09.23.2015

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta will go to London on Thursday for talks with the representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), together with Finance Minister more

09.17.2015

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday called on Prime Minister Victor Ponta to resign, as his indictment hurts the country's image. more

09.17.2015

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been indicted on charges of accessory to tax evasion and money laundering and 17 counts of forgery, the country's anticorruption department DNA said in a more

09.16.2015

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Wednesday Romania will finish paying its debt to the International Monetary Fund this year and doesn't need any more loans from international financial more

09.02.2015

U.S. oil and gas company ExxonMobil reiterated Wednesday, during talks with Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, its intention to continue investments in exploring for natural gas in the Black Sea. more

08.27.2015

The Republic of Moldova should not depend on a sole energy supplier as the cutback in energy independence implicitly triggers a narrowing of the state’s independence, Romanian Prime Minister Victor more

08.18.2015

Romania's Cabinet will adopt an emergency ordinance next week raising wages in the healthcare sector by 25% starting October 1, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday. more

07.22.2015

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday said the Government will approve this year’s first budget revision next Tuesday, July 28. more

07.08.2015

Victor Ponta, who returned from medical leave in Turkey Wednesday, informed the head of state he will resume his attributions as prime minister starting Thursday. more

06.22.2015

Prime Minister Victor Ponta is on medical leave after knee surgery and proposed that President Klaus Iohannis appoint Gabriel Oprea in the interim. more

06.09.2015

Romania's Chamber of Deputies voted 231 to 120 to not strip Prime Minister Victor Ponta of his immunity so he could face a criminal probe launched by the anticorruption department. more

06.05.2015

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, investigated for corruption, said Friday he will not step down from office. more

06.05.2015

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis has called on Prime Minister Victor Ponta to resign amid accusations of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion put forth by anticorruption prosecutors. Ponta said more

06.05.2015

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is under criminal investigation for forgery, accessory to tax evasion and money laundering, the anticorruption department said Friday. more

06.04.2015

The Romanian government started proceedings to list the Bucharest airport operating company, Aeroporturi Bucuresti, and the initial public offering is expected to be held on both a local and a foreign more

05.20.2015

Prime Minister Victor Ponta has forwarded President Klaus Iohannis a proposition to appoint Sevil Shhaideh minister of regional development and public administration, replacing Liviu Dragnea, who more

04.29.2015

The government can't freeze shelf prices following a VAT cut to 9% on food items but could introduce special measures, such as high taxes, unless retailers adjust their prices to the VAT cut, Prime more

04.24.2015

Energy is the most efficient "weapon" and one of the major means of development, so that Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia should speed up the energy infrastructure projects for providing safe energy at more

04.07.2015

Romania will cut starting June the value added tax rate for all food products, including non-alcoholic drinks and restaurant services, prime minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday. more

04.06.2015

First quarter data show that the collection of state budget revenues exceed the estimated schedule by RON3-3.5 billion, which allows the lowering of the value-added tax this year, Prime Minister more

02.20.2015

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Friday he is considering adopting the new Tax code through a confidence vote in Parliament should the bill be blocked in the legislative process or risk not being more

02.09.2015

Romania’s government failed to agree with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission on several energy issues, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Monday after talks with international more