Romanian court allows Iliescu election comeback
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Romania's constitutional court says it will allow President Ion Iliescu to run in November 28 polls, rejecting protests by opposition parties and rights watchdogs that his candidacy is unconstitutional.
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Ukraine's defeated presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich filed a final appeal with the supreme court over a rerun vote won by liberal rival Viktor Yushchenko, who for his part looked ahead to taking power.
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Romanian President Ion Iliescu on Monday said it is a natural duty for Romania to mark important historic moments, such as the one having occurred 60 years ago on August 23.
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A RULING by Ukraine's constitutional court striking down a section of recently passed electoral changes will not undermine the legitimacy of the rerun presidential vote, a spokeswoman for opposition candidate ...
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BUCHAREST - Romanians went to the polls on Sunday for a general election and the first round of a presidential vote, marking the end of the era of Ion Iliescu in the former Soviet state.
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electoral committee spokesman, told reporters on Monday. The committee counted 92 percent of all votes cast. hung lower house just as Romania faces tough reforms to realise its aim to join the bloc in 2007.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians returned to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between their leftist prime minister, formerly a member of the communist elite, and the capital&#39;s Western-leaning mayor.
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Romanians returned to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between their leftist prime minister, formerly a member of the communist elite, and the capital's Western-leaning mayor.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld  Western-leaning Viktor Yushchenko's victory in last month's  presidential election re-run, clearing the way for his  inauguration.
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Romania's outgoing President Ion Iliescu has pardoned the jailed leader of coal miners who stormed Bucharest several times in the early 1990s and helped topple the country's first post-communist government.
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A top court in Ukraine on Saturday overturned some legal changes intended to cut election fraud, a day before a re-run of a presidential vote that has become a test of democratic legitimacy and national identity.
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Romanians voted Sunday for a new president and parliament in the fifth free election during Romania&#39;s post-communist era. Turnout was moderate officials said, with 43 percent of registered voters having cast their ballot by 5 pm local time Sunday.
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Viktor Yushchenko's inauguration cleared several hurdles in Ukraine, when the supreme court told his defeated rival to stop delaying the final appeal over his election and lifted its ban on publishing the results of the poll.
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Ukraine&#39;s Constitutional Court yesterday overturned a new amendment to the country&#39;s election laws that had been intended to minimize the chances for fraud, but it dismissed
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Nearly 18 million Romanians are eligible to vote Sunday in the first round of a presidential election to replace Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist state into the European Union.
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The election of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is upheld in a court ruling ending more than a year of uncertainty.
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KIEV - Ukraine&#39;s top court overturned recent legislation intended to curb vote fraud, ruling just one day before the presidential election re-match that the laws violated the constitution.