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French Socialist leader set to win first round of presidential poll, face Sarkozy in run-offs

April 23, 2012

Irrespective of the vote outcome, Romanian PM deems partnership with France to go on.  Opposition co-president Ponta backs Hollande, calls Sarkozy ‘a populist demagogue’, and “a Basescu of France” French citizens voted yesterday in the first round of the presidential election, with 10 candidates vying to make the head-to-head runoff on May 6th between the [...]

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Romanian oncologist who accepted 280 bribes gets three-year prison sentence

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Romanian president attends UN General Assembly in New York

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Households hit by floods in Romania get EUR 3,000 from government for appliances

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