Bucharest

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.81 percent in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party alliance got 45.18 percent of the votes.

Voter turnout nationwide in Sunday's presidential runoff election as of 9pm, when the polls closed, was 62.04 percent, according to data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).

In the urban areas, turnout was 61.41 percent; in rural areas — 62.88 percent; and in Bucharest — 65.53 percent.

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Romanians voted on Nov. 16 to choose their next president, with current Prime Minister Victor Ponta the overwhelming favourite to win.
      
The 42-year-old social democrat goes into the second round of voting with 54 percent support, according to the latest opinion polls, clearly ahead of his conservative opponent, Klaus Iohannis.
      

Romania's former President Ion Iliescu, the honorary chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), on Sunday voiced hope for a beneficial change in the generations of Romania's politicians, so that the rejuvenation of Romania's state leadership may impart a new dynamism to the future development of the country.

The Senate's Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Sunday morning, when exiting the polling station where he cast the ballot, that he wants "another Romania", a Romania that "looks to the future".

"My today's vote aims to permanently close a sad page in Romania's history and avoid the risk for this to continue in one form or another.

Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea, the interior minister, said Sunday, after casting his ballot in the presidential runoff election at School No. 150 of Bucharest, that he voted for a united and strong Romania.

BELGRADE - As part of a cooperation mechanism that brings together 16 national coordinators of central and eastern European countries and China, the soonest possible formation of a coordination body for cooperation with China in the field of infrastructure will be proposed, the Serbian Ministry of Energy and Mining said on Friday.

The people of Bucharest will finally get to see the result of refurbishment work at the country's National Theater, which has cost 60 million euro.

The theatre has undergone a complete revamp, including four new airy halls, walkways, art galleries, cafetarias and a bookshop.

Candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) in the November 16 presidential runoff election Klaus Iohannis believes Romania should continue its strategic partnership and remain a serious NATO and EU partner, insisting that there is no need for reinventing Romania's foreign policy or a new Bucharest-China axis.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC) in the presidential election, on Monday said in a televised show that, unlike Traian Basescu, who only claimed he wanted to help the Romanians of the Republic of Moldova, who only made promises,