Reformer wins surprise victory in Romania
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The pro-western mayor of Bucharest caused a serious upset in the Romanian presidential election yesterday, defeating the country&#39;s former communist prime minister.
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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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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase claimed victory for his Social Democrats party (PSD) in Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections following favorable showings in exit polls.
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In a Jan. 15 story about Romanian revolutionaries, The Associated Press erroneously reported that former President Ion Iliescu stepped down after he was defeated by Traian Basescu in a presidential election. Iliescu did not run in the election. Basescu won a runoff vote against Adrian Nastase in December.
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Romania's minority centrist government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Monday that had been proposed by President Traian Basescu's opposition Democrat party.
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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 -- Romanian centrist Traian Basescu scored an upset presidential win yesterday and vowed to replace the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to European Union entry in 2007.
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Bucharest mayor and conservative opposition candidate Traian Basescu faced the task of forming a government from fragmented parliamentary support after winning Romania's presidential election.
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The new Government, headed by Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, on Tuesday got the investiture vote from Parliament.
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Mayor Traian Basescu was ahead in the Romanian presidential runoff, according to official partial results released Monday. Basescu had 51.75 percent of the vote, to 48.25 for Prime
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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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Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said Monday he had conceded defeat in Romania's presidential runoff in a telephone call to opponent Traian Basescu, whom he called "the future president of Romania."
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About 18 million Romanian&#39;s are eligible to vote in Sunday&#39;s national election for a new president and Parliament. The ruling former communist Social Democrats, credited
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Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu is declared Romania's next president after a decisive victory in the elections.
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Romania&#39;s centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu has scored an upset victory in a presidential race against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, partial official results show.
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Bucharest: Opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania&#39;s hotly-contested presidential election dominated by the country&#39;s EU membership bid, but the centre-right mayor of Bucharest on Monday faced the arduous task of trying to form a government from a
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Romania is preparing to elect a new president, 15 years after the revolution that toppled the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.