Romania’s education minister Sorin Cimpeanu has resigned under public pressure after allegations of plagiarism. Cimpeanu stepped down late on Thursday after he was accused of “fraudulently appropriating” part of a university course he had taught. “I have decided to leave my post,” the official wrote on Facebook. The decision has been acknowledged by Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca. The former minister allegedly plagiarised 13 chapters of a course he taught at the University of Agronomy and Veterinarian Medicine. An investigation by news website PressOne found the chapters had been previo…