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A Bucharest court on Friday said Romania's naming of Vasile Blaga as interior minister was invalid because of procedural flaws.

As they confront an election 20 years after their revolution, Romanians find the bitter taste of corruption and privation overwhelming the sweet taste of freedom.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has found itself in the middle of a huge scandal at night of November 26.

Locals hit the polls in big numbers Sunday for the first round of voting. By Paul Ciocoiu for Southeast European Times in Bucharest -- 23/11/09 Voter turnout was higher than expected Sunday .

BUCHAREST: Romania's leftist leader Mircea Geoana saw his chances of winning the December 6 presidential election run-off rise yesterday when his party won the backing of a centrist grouping to jointly form a new government.

The largest of the Balkan countries, Romania has dramatic mountain scenery and a coastline on the Black Sea.

Crin Antonescu, Romanian Liberal party leader, may hold the key to the presidential election run-off next month.

Two decades have passed since the overthrow of communism, but specific events remain subject to scrutiny, even now.

Latest official results show that Romanian President Traian Basescu has won the first round of Sunday's presidential ballot with about 32.5 percent of the vote.

BEIJING: China's Defence Minister has reaffirmed Beijing's defence alliance with Pyongyang, saying the relationship was 'sealed with blood' in the Korean War.

President Traian Basescu has about 33 percent of the vote to Mircea Geoana's 30 percent as ballot count is almost completed 23 November 2009 Vote tallies from Sunday's presidential election in Romania show centrist President Traian Basescu headed for a December 6 run-off against socialist Mircea Geoana.

BUCHAREST: Romanians were voting Sunday in presidential elections dominated by the collapse last month of the country's ruling coalition and the severe impact of economic crisis on the European Union member state.

Bucharest- Incumbent Romanian President Traian Basescu was leading in his bid for a second term in a poll marred by allegations of electoral fraud according to election forecasts, but not by enough to avoid a run-off. According to voter surveys by polling groups INSOMAR, CURS and CCSB, Basescu had garnered 32.8 per cent to 34.1 per cent of the ...

The campaign staffs of the main presidential runners failed yesterday to find a common ground for the organisation of several electoral debates ahead of Sunday's vote.

BUCHAREST: Incumbent President Traian Basescu, who describes himself as a 'fighter', and Social-Democrat diplomat Mircea Geoana are the main contenders in the presidential race in Romania tomorrow.

Romania votes for a new President on Sunday, in the hope that the winner will rejuvenate the country's paralysed government.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Thursday turned down a request from NGOs to suspend a referendum called by President Traian Basescu, scheduled for Sunday, the same date as the presidential elections.

Romanian President Traian Basescu says his country believes that Serbia is "the key to peace in the Balkans". He reiterated Bucharest's support for NATO's expansion to the Western Balkans.

Romanian president Traian Basescu has actively opposed the formation of a government backed by his opponents in parliament.

The 13-year-old boy sees his mother twice a week A- and only by webcam because sheA's joined the waves of Romanians leaving their country to find work in Western Europe.