Authorities have cleared a dozen candidates for the May election — and rejected a dozen others. Meet the runners and riders ...

Romania’s central election authority barred far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from competing in May’s presidential election ...

Romania’s right-wing presidential frontrunner was barred from the race under criminal charges he compares to those President Donald Trump faced. "We are faced with a communist regime as well," Călin ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Chaos broke out in Romania's capital Sunday evening as incensed supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body's decision to reject his ...

Thousands protested in Bucharest against the nullification of a presidential election and banning of far-right candidate ...

Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta joined the race for May's presidential election re-run on Wednesday as the hard ...

Protests erupted in downtown Bucharest following the Central Electoral Bureau's decision to ban Russian-backed far-right politician Calin Georgescu from running in the upcoming re-run presidential ...

Romania on Sunday barred far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election. According to Bloomberg, the Bucharest-based electoral bureau invalidated Georgescu’s ...

Calin Georgescu had been leading in opinion polls with around 40% of the vote. He is expected to appeal the decision to exclude him from the election.

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The US government is reviewing the recent designation of Romania into the Visa Waiver Program ...

Protests break out after Romania bars far-right Calin Georgescu from presidential electionsEarlier the supporters chanted and waved flags as news broke he had been barred from standing in a re-run of ...

Chaos broke out in the streets of Romania’s capital, Bucharest, after the bureau announced its decision to bar the right-wing populist from the ballot. Georgescu was the top vote-getter in the ...