*Parliamentary elections underway in Romania.
*Social Democratic Alliance leads Iceland parliamentary elections.
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*Social Democratic Alliance leads Iceland parliamentary elections.
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00:00The Russian Armed Forces liberated Linka and Petrovka, two strategic settlements in Donetsk
00:05region.
00:06The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian forces lost over 470 soldiers.
00:11Meanwhile, the Russian troops also destroyed illegal military facilities, strong production
00:15workshops and long-range missiles in western Donetsk.
00:17In addition, Ukrainian troops also lost a U.S.-made armored personnel carrier, a howitzer
00:23from the United Kingdom, among other equipment.
00:31On this Sunday, over 18 million Romanians go to the polls to elect 331 members of the
00:37Chamber of Deputies and 134 members of the Senate for the next four years.
00:42This year, 31 political parties and alliances, as well as 19 ethnic minority organizations
00:48take part in the electoral race, with lists that include 8,168 candidates.
00:54Moreover, they are joined by 58 independent candidates.
00:58Voting is currently underway in 18,968 polling stations across the nation.
01:03The election day will run until 9 p.m. local time, although permanent electoral authority
01:07may extend it for a maximum of three hours in case there are queues of voters towards
01:12the closing time.
01:14Romanians living abroad can vote since Saturday in 950 centers set up in other countries.
01:24The legislative elections in Romania are being held barely a week after the first round
01:29of the presidential elections, which could be repeated in mid-December if the Constitutional
01:34Court decides to annul them.
01:36This happens after two eliminated opponents, Cristian Teres and Sebastian Constantin Popescu,
01:40each filed a petition to annul the November 24th election, alleging fraud.
01:45Independent candidate Colin Iorgoscu was winning in the first round with 22.94% of the vote,
01:51followed by the leader of the Union to Save Romania, Elena Lasconi, with 19.18%.
02:04In Iceland, the first partial results of the parliamentary elections gave the centre-left
02:08Social Democrats a small advantage, which could lead to a possible change of government
02:12after the fall of the Conservative coalition.
02:15Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, would be the most voted party
02:20according to preliminary data from several constituencies.
02:23Slightly behind would be the centre-right Independence Party of Prime Minister Jarni
02:28Benedictson.
02:29In third and fourth place, respectively, were the Progressive Party and the Left-Wing Movement,
02:34although these two last parties were in the previous government coalition.
02:37Significant losses recorded could even mean the departure of the Left-Wing Movement not
02:41only from the government but also from Parliament.