Romania is holding the second round of its presidential election. Voters are choosing between hard-right Eurosceptic George Simion and liberal Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan. We're expecting polling stations to close in all three nations over the next couple of hours. We'll bring you the results right here as we get them.

Nicușor Dan swept to victory in Romania's presidential election on Sunday, defeating far-right nationalist rival George Simion with nearly 54 percent of the vote. Dan, 55 the centrist mayor of Bucharest and former mathematician who campaigned for an "honest" Romania, was victorious over Simion, 38, in a tense rerun of the contest.

As of midnight on May 18th Romania’s election authorities reported he had taken 54% of the vote to Mr Simion’s 46%. The turnout was a record for a Romanian presidential election. The country’s enormous diaspora,

Romania’s assets staged a relief rally after a centrist candidate defeated his nationalist opponent in the presidential election, with investor focus now shifting to how quickly a new government can fix the state’s finances.

Official results from almost all of Romania's voting stations showed Nicusor Dan, mayor of Bucharest, received about 54% of ballots cast.

Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, who, according to preliminary data, won the Romanian presidential election, wants to create a coalition of four pro-European parties that will support the future government.

But Nicușor Dan, the independent mayor of Bucharest who scraped past his opponents to qualify for the run-off with 21 per cent, has caught up in opinion polls and is counting on the huge turnout to tip the scales in his favour.