EVERYONE curses the taxman, but Romanian witches angry about having to pay up for the first time yesterday were using cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the president and government.

Everyone curses the taxman, but Romanian witches angry about having to pay up for the first time are planning to use cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the president and government today.

Romania’s Constitutional Court today ordered a re-examination of ballots declared void in Sunday’s presidential election amid allegations of “massive fraud”.

A Romanian opposition party today challenged the results of presidential elections, saying they were fraudulent.

Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana met British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at a conference in Germany today and demanded an explanation of Britain’s decision to suspend immigration applications from Romania and Bulgaria.