Election Bureau

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.43 percent of the vote in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party alliance polled 45.56 percent, according to the provisional final data released by the Central El

Former Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) chief Teodor Melescanu, whom Prime Minister Victor Ponta has proposed to take up as Foreign Minister said on Monday it depends on President Traian Basescu whether he will take up the post and underscored his professional credentials recommend him in this respect.

Victor Ponta, endorsed by an alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC), won 40.44 percent (3,836,093 votes) of votes in the November 2 first round of the presidential elections, while the candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL), Klaus Iohannis, won 30.37 percent (2,881,406 votes), accor

As many as 161,054 Romanian voters turned out to the presidential ballot on Sunday, according to the figures received by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) from 294 polling stations set up abroad by 8 a.m. on Monday.