Romania Presidential Challenger Stolojan Quits Race
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Romania's main opposition presidential challenger Theodor Stolojan withdrew from the race citing health reasons Saturday, dealing a severe blow to his alliance ahead of next month's elections.
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Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu, the head of Romania&#39;s two-party main opposition alliance, beat Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in a run-off election to become the Balkan nation&#39;s third president and lead it into the European Union.
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Former Prime Minister Theodor Stolojan announced Saturday that he has withdrawn from Romania's presidential election because of poor health.
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EXIT polls from Romaniaâs presidential run-off yesterday showed the race between the Social Democrat prime minister, Adrian Nastase, and the opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was too close to call.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has conceded defeat in Sunday&#39;s presidential run-off election. Official results show that a colorful former ship&#39;s captain-turned-politician won Romania&#39;s presidency.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - Exit polls showed no clear winner in Romania&#39;s presidential election Sunday, forcing a runoff next month between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran embodying the communist past.
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THE Romanian opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was yesterday declared winner of the countryâs presidential election. The victory appears to mark the end of the last of Eastern Europeâs Communist &quot;dynasties
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Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, quits amid reports of growing differences with the president.
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Exit polls from Romania's  presidential run-off on Sunday showed the race between Social  Democrat Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and opposition leader  Traian Basescu was too close to call.
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Kostov said today he is stepping down because of disagreements with one of the ruling coalition&#39;s ethnic Albanian partners, the Albanian Union for Integration.
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Romania's presidential election ended in suspense as exit polls disagreed on whether Prime Minister Adrian Nastase had won narrowly or tied with his centre-right rival Traian Basescu.
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BUCHAREST, Romania Change is coming to the country of Romania after voters backed an opposition candidate for president. The election signals an important shift for the Eastern European nation, breaking the
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BUCHAREST  - Romania&#39;s presidential race ended in a tie between Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his centre-right rival Traian Basescu, exit polls showed a few hours after voting ended.
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BUCHAREST : Romania's Social Democrat Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was leading the country's presidential race with some 40 percent of the vote, exit polls showed after voting ended.
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Walter Veltroni resigns as mayor of Rome in order to run as the centre-left's candidate in April general elections.
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The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party, Don Brash, quits after weeks of mounting speculation.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential run-off election.