Western president has nominated center-right former mayor to be prime minister. The European Union and NATO member state is seeking to usher in a new government to end a protracted political crisis ...

Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five months after the original election was annulled.

“Romania has been kidnapped,” he said last week in a debate with Nicusor Dan, 55, the centrist mayor of Romania’s capital, Bucharest, his rival in the runoff vote on Sunday.

BUCHAREST, Romania — It might be Romania’s most consequential election since the fall of communism, when the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife were shot by a firing squad. Romania today ...

Far-right opposition leader and presidential candidate George Simion answers questions during an interview with Reuters, in Bucharest, Romania, May 2, 2025.

Polls have opened for the second round of Romania's presidential election - with little separating centrist candidate Nicusor Dan from the populist George Simion.

President Donald Trump has chosen Darryl Nirenberg, a lawyer and former U.S. Senate staffer, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Romania.

Although Romania, like Poland, has a parliamentary system, the presidents of both countries are commanders of the armed forces and have significant sway over military spending and foreign policy.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's presidential election redo next month will be a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the ...

Propelled by nationalist rhetoric, rural discontent and a viral TikTok strategy, far-right leader George Simion won almost 41% in the first round of Romania’s re-run presidential vote on Sunday ...

Romania’s new pro-Western president has nominated center-right former mayor to be prime minister. The European Union and NATO member state is seeking to usher in a new government to end a ...