Runoff likely in Romanian poll
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Exit polls showed no clear winner in Romania's presidential election Sunday, forcing a runoff next month between a former ship's captain with a populist message and a political veteran embodying the communist ...
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The results of Romania's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday evoke a mood of pessimism in some of the country's newspapers.
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Romania's ruling Social Democrats have emerged ahead in a general election but may be deprived of a clear majority needed to keep the Balkan country on track towards the European Union, exit polls showed.
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Both candidates claimed victory in the Romanian presidential runoff vote Sunday, and exit polls showed Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in a virtual tie.
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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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When Romanians pick a president Sunday, their main choice is between the forces of the past &#151; flawed but comfortingly familiar &#151; and an inexperienced challenger promising a dynamic, Western-leaning future.
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Croatia will vote in a presidential election runoff which could decide who will lead the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union, with polls indicating an easy victory for incumbent Stipe Mesic.
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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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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Observers fear that vote tampering will mar results of Sunday&#39;s presidential election in Romania. The close race is between Bucharest&#39;s mayor, Traian Basescu, a frank-talking, hands-on
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The Romanian presidential election was too close to call last night as both candidates declared themselves the victor after a run-off ballot produced a statistical dead heat.
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Opinion polls give Prime Minister Adrian Nastase the edge as Romania chooses a new president on Sunday.
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Romanians started to cast ballots in a second-round run-off vote on Sunday to elect a new president for a five-year term. About 17,560 polling stations across the country
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Documents purported to be transcripts of top-level ruling party meetings with ministers discussing intimidating opposition leaders and rigging votes in the Senate have surfaced ahead of Romania's Sunday elections.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian  Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu face off in  a presidential election runoff on Sunday seen as key for the  Balkan country's European Union accession path.
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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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Romanians, angered by poverty and corruption, went to the polls on Sunday in a closely contested election to decide who will lead the Balkan country through two years of hard European Union-dictated reforms.
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Romanians anxiously awaited an official count on Monday to reveal who will be their next president after exit polls from Sunday's run-off vote put Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu neck-and-neck.