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Romania’s Big Parties Draw in Local Polls, Balkaninsight.com (2008)

Romania's two biggest parties have finished neck-and-neck after nationwide local elections.

Elections in Romania cost 66 mln lei, New Europe (2008)

The Romanian government voted on allocating 66 million Romanian Lei for the organisation and running of the local elections to be held in June 2008.

Official Local Election Candidate Registration Has Been Concluded, See Europe Net (2008)

Candidates at local elections swarmed to county electoral offices on the deadline date for submitting their candidacies.

Romania starts local elections campaign, Sofia echo.com (2008)

The campaign for local elections in Romania was officially launched on May 2.

Romania's Government Calls Local Elections for June 1, SeeNews (2008)

Romania's Government Calls Local Elections for June 1

Debacle for Prime Minister in first EU elections in Romania, Wien International (2007)

Parties close to President Trajan Basescu were the winners of the first elections to the European parliament in Romania at the end of November 2007. The National Liberal Party (PNL) of Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu suffered a crushing defeat. However, an electoral reform proposed by Mr Basescu failed to win voters' support in a referendum held simultaneously with the elections.

Low voter turnout invalidates EP election results, New Europe (2007)

The Central Electoral Office (BEC) announced on November 27 the final results and data for the first European elections and a referendum on changes to the voting system that took place in Romania on November 25.

Far-right flops in Romanian poll, BBC (2007)

BBC article on Romanian European Parliament elections last Sunday.

Romanian nationalists defeated in EU assembly vote, EUobserver (2007)

An article about the EP elections in Romania took place on Sunday.

Feeble presence to poll at the double ballot, Nine O'Clock (2007)

Yesterday, the around 18 million Romanians with voting right were called to poll for the first time in order to vote their representatives in the European Parliament and for the second time this year at a referendum.

Poor turnout mars Romanian Euro-MPs election and referendum - Summary, Earthtimes.org (2007)

An article about the Sunday European Parliament elections and Referendum in Romania.

Opposition wins EU elections in Romania, EurAktiv (2007)

Romania's centre-right opposition, the Democratic Party, won the country's first ever European elections, according to initial results published on Monday.

Romanian opposition Democrat party wins EU vote, Reuters UK (2007)

Romania's opposition Democrat party won the country's first vote for the European Parliament, preliminary results showed on Monday.

Constitutional Court rules referendum, EP elections on the same day, Nine o'clock (2007)

Romania: Constitutional Court rules referendum, EP elections on the same day

Two voting processes to be held in separate stations, NewEurope (2007)

Romania’s government recently made the decision that the two voting processes will be held in separate ballot stations, in spite of a request by the president to have unique voting stations for both elections, in order to cut down expenses, Nine o’clock reported on November 1.

Uninominal vote: President wants to have the final say, Nine o'clock (2007)

Just one hour after PM Tariceanu held his speech in the Parliament for the assumption of responsibility on the uninominal vote, President Traian Basescu announced he won’t promulgate it.

Basescu signs decree for choice on single voting system, NewEurope (2007)

Romanian President Traian Basescu signed a decree on October 23 after a day of consultations with his advisers, over the question Romanians are being called to answer at the Referendum.

Romania local elections campaign brings about innovative vote-grabbing techniques, Hot news.ro (2008)

Two weeks after the electoral campaign officially started for Romanian local elections due on June 1, candidates were using every method they could think of to attract votes.

Romanian EP elections, Nine o'clock (2007)

Hans Gert Poettering, the President of the European Parliament (EP), launched yesterday an appeal to the Romanian political parties, asking them to put European issues at the center of the EP elections campaign.