Ruling party candidate leads in Romanian election amid fraud allegations
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Amid allegations of widescale fraud, the candidate of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) narrowly emerged the leader in the first round of Romania's presidential election, according to partial vote tallies.
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The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Romania investigates a tip-off of possible electoral fraud in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections.
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BUCHAREST  - Romanians went to the polls to elect a president in a second-round run-off vote pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, the favourite, against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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About 18 million Romanian's are eligible to vote in Sunday's national election for a new president and Parliament.
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Echoing events in Ukraine where a populist opposition candidate faced the ruling party's favorite, Romanian voters will decide Sunday whether a sophisticated ex-communist or a scrappy ex-sailor will preside ...
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Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu was winning Romania's presidential runoff in a tight contest, according to partial official results released Monday.
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Ukraine&#39;s prime minister has a slight lead in a hard-fought presidential run-off, but his Western-leaning challenger is alleging fraud.
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Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu claimed victory today in Romaniaâs presidential run-off, pledging to fight corruption and prepare Romania to join the European Union by 2007.
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Exit polls in key Romanian elections are showing a likely win for the ruling Social Democrats. But as in Ukraine, the opposition has demanded an investigation into voting irregularities.
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The opposition party of a Russian-born businessman takes the lead in Lithuania's general election, exit polls say.
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Romania faced weeks of uncertainty on  Monday after inconclusive general elections in the poor Balkan  country, already struggling to stay on track to join the  European Union.  Partial results showed the ruling ex-communist Social Democrats  (PSD) of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a whisker ahead of the  opposition centrists in Sunday's election but well short of a  majority in parliament.
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Rules imposed only last week to limit fraud in the second round of Romania&#39;s presidential election were weakened on Sunday as voters headed to the polls.
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Romania's electoral committee confirmed Monday that centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu won the tight presidential run-off against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
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Romanians are voting in what are expected to be close elections for a new president and parliament. The governing ex-communists are facing a strong challenge from a new centrist opposition alliance.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians Sunday chose a president Sunday, picking between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran embodying the communist past, with both promising to lead the east European country out of poverty and
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The leader of Romania's opposition party demanded Tuesday that the results of weekend presidential and parliamentary elections be annulled because of fraud and that a new vote be held.
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Mayor Traian Basescu was ahead in the Romanian presidential runoff, according to official partial results released Monday.