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Romanian Prime Minister Accused of Plagiarism

Posted by timothy on from the let's-all-play-gerism! dept.

ananyo writes "In a revelation that could bring down the country's government, Romania's Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, stands accused of copying large sections of his 2003 PhD thesis in law from previous publications, without proper reference. Documents compiled by an anonymous whistle-blower indicate more than half of Ponta's 432-page, Romanian-language thesis on the functioning of the International Criminal Court consists of duplicated text. Last month, the country's education and research minister, computer scientist Ioan Mang, resigned following accusations of plagiarism in at least eight papers." Looks like it's contagious.

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  1. Obama's VP for his second term! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Seems everyone's forgotten Joe Biden is a serial plagiarist....

  2. Ponta isn't the only one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Oddly enough, Germany's minister for science and education, Annette Schavan, also faces allegations that substantial parts of her PhD thesis have been copied without proper attribution. As many as 56 out of 325 pages of her thesis were found to contain instances of plagiarism. Note that this Schavan is the same minister who called an earlier instance of plagiarism by the former German defense minister to be 'embarrassing'.

  3. Who cares? by x0d · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seriously, who does? Why is this on Slashdot? It's not like Romania is relevant in world politics..

  4. An old pal by reub2000 · · Score: 3, Informative

    How could you forget Pal Schmitt? Getting elected is all about lying to the electorate. Who would have thunk they'd have any problems lying when in school?