Nastase trails in mayoral poll

BUHAREST - Campaign managers of Ilie Nastase, the former tennis star, acknowledged yesterday that he was trailing opposition …

BUHAREST - Campaign managers of Ilie Nastase, the former tennis star, acknowledged yesterday that he was trailing opposition by a margin in the Bucharest election, with a third of polling stations in.

The Democratic Convention earlier said its candidate, union boss Mr Victor Ciorbea, had a solid lead over Mr Nastase who is running for the left wing Party of Social Democracy.

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