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Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who upended Romanian presidential race, withdraws from politics
Georgescu upended Romania's political landscape last November when he ran as an independent and unexpectedly surged to ...
Nicușor Dan sworn in as Romania's president easing country's political crisis
The May election rerun was held months after the Constitutional Court voided the previous election in which the far-right ...
Romania's new president is sworn in as a political crisis eases, but challenges loom
Romania’s newly elected president Nicusor Dan has been officially sworn in, ushering in a tentative close to the worst ...
Foreign Affairs8d
Romania’s Postponed Reckoning
Although Dan’s come-from-behind victory has halted Romania’s slide into autocracy for now, it does not resolve the deeper ...
Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate’s challenge to results
A top Romanian court has validated the results of Romania’s presidential election rerun, shortly after rejecting a request to ...
Far-right candidate Simion contests Romanian election loss, alleges foreign interference
"I officially ask the Constitutional Court to annul the Romanian presidential elections for the same reasons the December ...
Romania’s new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain
A pro-European centrist has won Romania’s presidential election in a race seen as a key test of the country’s democratic ...
The Hindu25d
Hard-right candidate Simion secures decisive win in first round of Romania’s presidential redo
Observers say the malaise has bolstered support for nationalist and far-right figures ... segment of Romania that wants change,” he said, adding that it would be a “huge rejection of the ...