Romania’s constitutional court upheld a decision banning presidential front-runner Calin Georgescu from May’s election, ending a bid that plunged the country into the biggest political crisis ...

Romanian authorities suspect an alleged Russian operation behind his highly successful TikTok campaign. Moscow on Tuesday denied any links to Georgescu, calling the accusations “complete nonsense” and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Calin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of presidential elections, later annulled by the ...

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One problem for Romanian democracy is that many inside the country as well as neutral observers see some truth in this complaint. Disillusionment with the political establishment is widespread.

Georgescu said the electoral body had exceeded its powers by banning him Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has appealed against the country's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) decision to ...

BUCHAREST -- Several hundred supporters of Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu gathered peacefully outside the Constitutional Court in Bucharest late on March 10 ahead of a consequential ...

BUCHAREST, March 10 (Reuters) - Romanian authorities have barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from taking part in May's rerun of a cancel led presidential election, prompting ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the electoral body’s headquarters to express anger over its ...

The Central Election Bureau, also known by its Romanian acronym BEC, had 48 hours to register or reject it. It wasn’t immediately clear on what grounds his candidacy was rejected, but the BEC ...

The Central Election Bureau, also known by its Romanian acronym BEC, had 48 hours to register or reject it. It wasn’t immediately clear on what grounds his candidacy was rejected, but the BEC ...

Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run. The rejection of his candidacy, which ...