Romania sets new election date, but risks same result – POLITICO
Even though Georgescu’s win — on 23 percent — sparked the panic that ultimately led to the annulment…
Elena Lasconi
Romanian appeals court upholds scrubbing fishy presidential election – POLITICO
The scuttled election between Georgescu — a pro-Russia, anti-EU and anti-NATO candidate — and Elena Lasconi, his center-right…
How Putin won the Romanian election – POLITICO
While the country joined the EU in 2007, the rewards from being part of the bloc have not…
TikTok influencers flee Romania amid tax probe into their election role – POLITICO
“This investigation will also assess any causal links between those payments and a particular candidate in the Romanian…
What the hell is going on? – POLITICO
His positions on NATO and the EU — he has been highly critical of Romania’s involvement with both…
Romania’s Social Democrats lead in parliamentary vote, but hard-right momentum builds – POLITICO
The parliamentary vote comes amid a political crisis sparked by last Sunday’s unexpected victory by Călin Georgescu, an…
Belgium’s Romanians poised to propel the far right into power – POLITICO
On Sunday, Romanians vote in crucial parliamentary elections, with polls showing hard-right parties on track to bag a…
Romanian leftist PM and hard-right candidate in a tie after initial presidential election round, partial results show | News Today News
A Romanian hard-right NATO critic and leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu appeared in dead heat after the first…
Unexpected hard-right candidate now set to reach presidential runoff – POLITICO
Georgescu, extremely religious and nationalistic, campaigned on reducing Romania’s reliance on imports, supporting farmers, and increasing domestic production…
Reformist candidate on track to beat hard-right leader and reach presidential runoff – POLITICO
Romania is on track to buck the global trend of a hard-right pivot as reformist candidate Elena Lasconi…