Once the votes had been counted, outgoing Prime Minister Adrian Nastase graciously conceded and opposition leader Traian Basescu claimed victory.

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Their wake-up call was the conviction on corruption charges of Adrian Nastase, a former prime minister, who is now in jail.

ECONOMIST: Romanian politics

An ex-prime minister, Adrian Nastase, has just been sentenced to two years in jail for fraud (part of a vendetta by Mr Basescu, say his supporters).

ECONOMIST: Romanian politics

Bucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was placed on three years of probation Friday in a corruption case that had been under investigation for more than six years.

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