An ethical commission of the Bucharest University announced on Friday it has found that Romanian PM Victor Ponta's 2003 doctoral thesis included plagiarized text. This is the third verdict in the case, after two other academic bodies analyzed the text and made their own decisions on charges that Ponta was involved in an act of plagiarism: a first said he "copy-pasted" large amounts of text, while a second said he complied with the rules of 2003. The charges were first made public by Nature magazine last month and have since drawn huge media attention. The head of Romanian government has been quoted by Spanish El Pais newspaper as saying he would resign if a commission finds him guilty of plagiarism.
UPDATE PM Ponta reacted to the Bucharest University commission's verdict on Friday by saying the decision was "politically motivated".
Investment executive Nikolaus Bethlen has been driving a family effort to restore rundown, historic properties in and around the village of Criș, in Mureş county, and repurpose them as part of Bethlen Estates Transylvania, a tranquil retreat where the preservation of the area’s heritage takes center stage. The Bethlen family, with a long line of […]
Approximately 30 parliamentarians, members of far-right politician Diana Sosoaca’s party SOS Romania, the equally far-right Young People’s Party, or POT, and unaffiliated members decided on Wednesday, June 18, to form a new sovereignist bloc "Romania First Alliance." The new bloc is guided by “European values,” according to its representatives, despite the fact that their parties, […]
Darryl Nirenberg, a veteran US lobbyist and diplomat, was officially nominated by president Donald Trump for the position of ambassador to Romania on Wednesday, June 18. American President Donald Trump declared back in May that Darryl Nirenberg would be the new US ambassador to Bucharest, saying that he has 40 years of experience and will […]
Brand Management, a Romanian company with over two decades of expertise in offline advertising, announces the official launch of Generatik. This revolutionary digital platform fundamentally transforms how promotional campaigns are carried out in physical spaces. For the first time in Romania, an offline campaign can be planned in 20 minutes instead of 20 days. The […]
A week after the outbreak of violence against Romanian immigrants in Northern Ireland and the homes where they live, Minister Emil Hurezeanu said that these are "outrageous." He spoke about the subject after being asked by journalists at the end of a government meeting, according to
Romania’s major automotive associations have voiced concern after the Government suspended its flagship 2025 scrappage grant scheme, citing fiscal constraints. The Association of Motorcycle Importers and Distributors in Romania (AIDMM) and the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers of Romania (APIA) have criticized the move, calling it a political decision that threatens both industry stability […]
