Controversial Moves by Romanian President Before Exit
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President Iliescu of Romania, who steps down this week, has made two controversial last-minute decisions designed to shock the public and the Romanian and foreign political elite.
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Romanians have elected Traian Basescu as the country&#39;s next president in a surprise victory over Prime Minister Adrian Nastase that will also almost certainly prevent his
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BUCHAREST -- Exit polls indicated no clear winner in Romania&#39;s presidential election yesterday, forcing a runoff next month between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran whose party is associated with the country&#39;s
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ROMANIA turned its back on the countryâs communist past yesterday with the unexpected election of Traian Basescu, the reformist Mayor of Bucharest, as its next President.
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BUCHAREST - The presidential election in Romania is too close to call. Both candidates are claiming victory after exit polls showed a virtual dead heat.
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Romania's celebrated gymnastics  coaches, who resigned at the weekend after admitting they took  money from their athletes, have urged their federation to set  up clear rules to avoid such scandals in future.
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BERLIN Romania&#39;s incoming center-right government was forced to reshuffle its proposed cabinet Tuesday just hours before a successful parliamentary confidence vote after one of its key nominees was judged too inexperienced to hold the post of European
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Anghel Iordanescu has resigned as Romania coach after coming under intense criticism for his side&#39;s World Cup draw in Armenia on Wednesday.
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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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Romania is preparing to elect a new president, 15 years after the revolution that toppled the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
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Romania's Conservative Party left a ruling coalition Monday, raising fears the government could be left without a parliamentary majority.Comment
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Romanian President Traian Basescu, top, adjust his microphone as ultranationalist leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor, right, carries a banner depicting Basescu behind bars, and shouts attempting to interrupt the ...Comment
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The bitterly fought contest to become president of Romania was too close to call last night after a run-off ballot placed the outgoing prime minister in a dead heat with the mayor of Bucharest, according to exit polls.
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Romania's opposition accused the government on Monday of busing its supporters around the country to vote several times in parliamentary and presidential elections.
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BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 28 -- Exit polls showed no clear winner in the election Sunday to replace President Ion Iliescu, raising the likelihood of a runoff next month between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran.
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Outgoing President Ion Iliescu, Romania's leader for most of the last 25 years, defended his record as leader, saying concerns about press freedoms are exaggerated and efforts to stamp out corruption are ...
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The Romanian striker was dismissed for gross misconduct last month after he admitted taking the drug following a target test. The 25-year-old was later suspended by the Football Association for seven months, a ban which was later made worldwide by FIFA.