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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