





Voting starts in Romania local elections
These are the first local elections held in Romania after the country joined the EU in 2007. More than 15,000 European citizens are also listed with voting rights, according to Electoral Office data. Most of them are in Capital city Bucharest and the county of Timis, Western Romania.
Voting begins after a month of electoral campaign which failed to stand out before apathic voters across the country despite electoral stunts such as elephant promenades.
One of the more bitter fights take place in Bucharest where incumbent mayor Adriean Videanu is due to end his term, choosing not to run for a new one.