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The new Romanian President wants to re-open the recently closed negotiations with the EU (Photo: European Commission)

New President for Romania

The mayor of Bucharest Traian Basescu has won a very tight race in Sunday's presidential elections in Romania.

The centre-right politician, who used to be a sailor in his youth, won 51.23% of the votes against 48.77% of his opponent, the erstwhile Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.

After a count of 98.76% of votes on Monday (13 December), Adrian Nastase conceded defeat and congratulated Mr Basescu.

With no party winning a clear majority in the parliamentary elections on 28 Novem...

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The new Romanian President wants to re-open the recently closed negotiations with the EU (Photo: European Commission)

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