But the latest polls for the first round show Georgescu set to gain 38 percent of the vote, with Crin Antonescu, leader of the pro-European governing coalition, sitting at just 25 percent.

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

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Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...

He said he had given the order for Kolesnikova to be "shown to the people" last November -- when photos of her were released in a first sign of life after she had been held incommunicado for over a ...

Exiled Rival Accuses Lukashenko of Playing 'Game' With Prisoners Before Belarus Election By Ilze Filks DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused ...

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that Iran continues to increase its monthly production ...

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s isolation from the West. By Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus Belarus ...

Natalia Fedosenko/ITAR-TASS/imago images As early as 2007, Alexander Lukashenko, who is the subject of a national personality cult, indicated he would groom his youngest son as his successor ...

Exiled opposition calls Sunday's election a sham No sign of 70-year-old preparing to hand over power Lukashenko sends signal to EU with prisoner releases End to Russia-Ukraine war could ease his ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 ... Kolesnikova to be "shown to the people" last November -- when photos of her were released in a first sign of life for over a year.