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| Romanian prime minister accused of plagiarism | Romanian prime minister accused of plagiarism |
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| A scientific journal has claimed that Romania's new prime minister has copied large swaths of his doctoral thesis without proper attribution. | A scientific journal has claimed that Romania's new prime minister has copied large swaths of his doctoral thesis without proper attribution. |
| Nature said in a press release it had seen documents that indicated that more than half of Victor Ponta's 432-page thesis on the international criminal court was plagiarised from a work of two Romanian law scholars. | |
| The state news agency, Agerpres, said Ponta denies the allegation and is offering to submit his work to "any kind of test". Ponta accused the Romanian president, Traian Basescu, a bitter political rival, of orchestrating the attack. | The state news agency, Agerpres, said Ponta denies the allegation and is offering to submit his work to "any kind of test". Ponta accused the Romanian president, Traian Basescu, a bitter political rival, of orchestrating the attack. |
| Ponta became prime minister on 7 May after the previous government was ousted after losing a confidence vote. Two of his appointments for education minister stepped down after they were accused of plagiarism. | Ponta became prime minister on 7 May after the previous government was ousted after losing a confidence vote. Two of his appointments for education minister stepped down after they were accused of plagiarism. |
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