A former Romanian prime minister arrived at a prison hospital after a court ruled he should start his two-year sentence on corruption charges despite suffering injuries from shooting himself in a suicide attempt.

A former Romanian prime minister who shot himself in the neck in an apparent suicide attempt is to undergo surgery.

Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase today denied any wrongdoing and claimed that widespread reports that he and his family profited from improper real estate deals were politically motivated.

ROMANIAN Prime Minister Adrian Nastase yesterday said he had conceded defeat in Romania’s presidential run-off in a telephone call to opponent Traian Basescu, whom he called “the future president of Romania.”

The Taoiseach is to meet the Prime Minister of Romania in Dublin this morning.