A criminal investigation has been launched against Romania's prime minister Victor Ponta with anti-corruption prosecutors naming him as a suspect in crimes including forgery, money-laundering ...

Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s coalition won in parliamentary elections held Sunday, an outcome that threatened to worsen a rivalry between the prime minister and the president. By Dan Bilefsky ...

PM Victor Ponta has become the highest ranking Romanian official who has been put under criminal inquiry under corruption-related charges while in office. Ponta was at the National Anti-Corruption ...

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta was indicted on Thursday (17 September) on charges of forgery, money-laundering and being an accessory to tax evasion, piling pressure on a premier also facing ...

Ponta, for his part, is also facing charges of corruption and critics have said he used the surgery to sidestep the probe. Earlier this month, Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate alleged ...

For a man facing potential jail time, Victor Ponta seems at ease. Then again, the 45-year-old former Romanian prime minister is used to setbacks: When a fire killed 60 people at a Bucharest nightclub ...

Klaus Iohannis for him to quit. Asked about Ponta at a joint news conference with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid, Mr Iohannis said: "I stick to the comments I made. I will have an ...

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced his resignation Wednesday, acknowledging “legitimate” public anger over Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 32.

Tony Blair introduced a prospective client, the Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta, to Barack Obama at last week’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela By Edward Malnick 14 December 2013 • 9:50pm ...

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta addresses to media as he leaves the anti-corruption agency, locally known as the DNA, in Bucharest, Romania June 5, 2015. REUTERS/Octav Ganea/Mediafax ...

"Victor Ponta has made a few major strategic mistakes," said Sergiu Miscoiu, an analyst with the CESPRI political think tank. "A major mistake was ostracizing the diaspora." ...