BUCHAREST - The leadership of Romania's far-right AUR party decided to back pro-Russian independent candidate Călin Georgescu despite differences on key issues like NATO bases in Romania.

Encouraged by his position as the coalition’s power broker, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor (leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) has

Călin Georgescu, an independent far-right candidate with pro-Russian sympathies, surprisingly won the first round of the presidential election on 24 November. In response, Romania's Constitutional Court decided to annul the first round of the presidential election and order a full rerun, preventing the run-off from taking place.

A recent electoral survey conducted by Sociopol for Romania TV reveals that nationalist and far-right candidates are poised to dominate Romania’s presidential election this May. The poll suggests that radical candidates,

Ultranationalist independent candidate Calin Georgescu would mark a clear win in the first round of the presidential elections (38%) but would not significantly improve his score in the second round against the candidate of the ruling coalition Crin Antonescu whom he might defeat with 39% to 38%,

Călin Georgescu, who last year posed as a peacemaker, called his supporters last Friday in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Court of Romania to protest against the decision of December 6,

Count George ... Georgescu finish in first place. He garnered about 23% of the vote despite having polled in the low single digits just a few months before the November contest. Mr. Simion also ...

Romania was plunged into turmoil after Călin Georgescu, a far-right ultranationalist, won the first round of the presidential election, only for allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference to emerge.

Over 9.4 million citizens who went to the polls on November 24 had their options canceled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, which, after validating the first round of the presidential elections on December 2,

The National Political Council of Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD) approved on Tuesday, January 21, the candidacy of former Liberal (PNL) leader Crin Antonescu for the presidency. He is to join the race with the support of PSD,

Daddy is back! President Donald Trump, the one whom in 2017 the former PSD president, Liviu Dragnea, called daddy, returned to the White House, after taking the oath of office last night, in the Rotunda of the Capitol building,

A massive demonstration occurred in Bucharest, during which thousands of people demanded a second round of presidential elections. The constitutional court annulled the results of the first round, which triggered the largest protest so far.