Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who upended Romanian presidential race, withdraws from politics
Read full article: Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who upended Romanian presidential race, withdraws from politicsCalin Georgescu, the controversial populist whose bid for Romania’s presidency last year resulted in the annulment of an election in the European Union and NATO member country, has announced he is stepping away from political life.
Romania's new president is sworn in as a political crisis eases, but challenges loom
Read full article: Romania's new president is sworn in as a political crisis eases, but challenges loomRomania’s newly elected president Nicusor Dan has been officially sworn in, ushering in a tentative close to the worst political crisis to grip the European Union country in decades after the annulment of the previous election.
Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate’s challenge to results
Read full article: Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate’s challenge to resultsA top Romanian court has validated the results of Romania’s presidential election rerun, shortly after rejecting a request to annul the results by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-European Union opponent.
Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania’s tense presidential race?
Read full article: Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania’s tense presidential race?Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied odds to decisively defeat a hard-right nationalist in Romania’s critical presidential race, has emerged as a counterforce to the right-wing populist wave sweeping across Eastern Europe Final results from the presidential race showed Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, Dan winning 53.6% of the vote over the hard-right candidate George Simion.
Romania's new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain
Read full article: Romania's new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remainA pro-European Union centrist pulled off an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist who had channeled people’s anger at the political establishment to surge in the polls.
Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist
Read full article: Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalistPro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist.
Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West
Read full article: Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or WestAs Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final vote as a geopolitical choice between East or West.
Romanian premier resigns after his coalition's candidate fails to advance in presidential runoff
Read full article: Romanian premier resigns after his coalition's candidate fails to advance in presidential runoffRomania's prime minister has announced his resignation, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the rerun of the presidential election.
Who is George Simion, a nationalist who topped polls in Romania’s presidential redo?
Read full article: Who is George Simion, a nationalist who topped polls in Romania’s presidential redo?George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment.
Romania's hard-right candidate will face a pro-EU reformist in presidential runoff
Read full article: Romania's hard-right candidate will face a pro-EU reformist in presidential runoffRomania's hard-right nationalist George Simion will face a pro-Western reformist in a pivotal runoff in two weeks after decisively winning the most votes in the first round of the presidential election redo.
Hard-right candidate Simion secures decisive win in first round of Romania’s presidential redo
Read full article: Hard-right candidate Simion secures decisive win in first round of Romania’s presidential redoNearly complete electoral data shows that hard-right nationalist George Simion has secured a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo.
Romania set to vote in critical presidential rerun with a MAGA-style nationalist in the forefront
Read full article: Romania set to vote in critical presidential rerun with a MAGA-style nationalist in the forefrontRomanians vote Sunday in one of the EU country’s most important elections in decades after the previous ballot was annulled following allegations of violations and Russian interference.
'We had jobs': Rural Romania turns to faith and nationalism ahead of presidential election rerun
Read full article: 'We had jobs': Rural Romania turns to faith and nationalism ahead of presidential election rerunRomanians are preparing to cast their ballots in a critical presidential vote redo after last year’s election was annulled.
Romania's presidential election redo is a high-stakes test of its democracy following annulled vote
Read full article: Romania's presidential election redo is a high-stakes test of its democracy following annulled voteRomania is gearing up to hold a presidential election redo next month, a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest political crisis since 1989.
Romania's election body rejects far-right Diana Sosoaca's presidential bid, approves George Simion
Read full article: Romania's election body rejects far-right Diana Sosoaca's presidential bid, approves George SimionRomania’s electoral body has rejected the candidacy of controversial far-right politician Diana Sosoaca in the presidential election rerun in May, but approved George Simion, the leader of the country’s most popular far-right party.
A top Romanian court upholds the ban on far-right Georgescu’s presidential bid
Read full article: A top Romanian court upholds the ban on far-right Georgescu’s presidential bidA top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the presidential rerun.
Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential race
Read full article: Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential raceTens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate unexpectedly emerged as the frontrunner.
Romanian lawmakers narrowly approve new pro-European coalition during period of political turmoil
Read full article: Romanian lawmakers narrowly approve new pro-European coalition during period of political turmoilRomanian lawmakers have voted narrowly in favor of a new pro-European coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.
Romania's far-right presidential candidate denounces canceled vote at closed polling station
Read full article: Romania's far-right presidential candidate denounces canceled vote at closed polling stationRomania’s far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has protested outside a closed polling station against a top court’s unprecedented decision to annul the first round of the vote in which he emerged as the frontrunner.
Romania’s leftists set to top polls in parliamentary election, but far-right populists see big gains
Read full article: Romania’s leftists set to top polls in parliamentary election, but far-right populists see big gainsRomania’s Social Democratic Party looks set to win the most votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election, electoral data shows, while far-right populists are on track to make significant gains in the country’s legislature.
Far-right populist surprises in Romanian presidential election appearing set to enter runoff
Read full article: Far-right populist surprises in Romanian presidential election appearing set to enter runoffElectoral data shows a far-right populist leads in Romania’s presidential election and will likely face leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in a runoff in two weeks.
