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Mircea Geoana (avove), has called for new polls, saying President Traian Basescu's victory was rigged. Photo by BGNES
Romania's constitutional court has ordered a recount of void votes from last weekend's presidential election.
The opposition Social Democrat party had challenged the result of vote, alleging widespread rigging.
The court said 138 000 void ballots would be counted - well above the narrow margin of 70 000 which gave President Traian Basescu victory.
Social Democrat candidate Mircea Geoana, who lost by less than 1%, had called for a new election, the BBC reported.
Geoana's party said it knew of 13 000 cases of multiple voting, and had received nationwide reports of bribery and vote-rigging.
A court in the United Kingdom has issued a temporary ban preventing the accommodation of asylum seekers at a hotel in Essex, following a request from the local council
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has condemned Bulgaria over police brutality linked to the July 2020 anti-government protests
The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its failure to properly implement several EU directives
The Ploiești Court of Appeal has ruled to annul the decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court, which had previously invalidated the results of last year’s presidential election
Marine Le Pen has been convicted of misappropriating public funds, resulting in a five-year ban from running for public office, a Paris court ruled on Monday
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that there will be no recount of ballots following the Constitutional Court's ruling regarding the October 27, 2024, elections
Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
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