Călin Georgescu

Centrist Nicușor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff
Mayor of Bucharest has a daunting deficit to bridge with hard-right opponent.

Meet George Simion, the hard-right Romanian election winner … who’s banned from Ukraine

Russian hacker group attacks Romanian government websites on election day

Romania taken off US visa-free travel list

Who can beat Romanian nationalist presidential candidate George Simion?

Here we go again! How to watch Romania’s do-over election like a pro

MAGA man leads the field before Romanian election rerun
Romanian presidential candidate fights her own party to stay in election race
Elena Lasconi wants her rivals to know she’s not quitting, despite having been knifed by her former political allies.
The Romanian election scenarios scaring Brussels
POLITICO analyzes all the data on the most likely presidential runoff races ahead of next month’s existential vote.
Romanian presidential hopeful faces fury after admitting role in flooding villages
Former PM Victor Ponta, who is running on a nationalist platform, said he sacrificed local farmland to spare his Serbian neighbors.
Romanian centrists drop own presidential candidate to support pro-EU Bucharest mayor
Centrist party aims to avoid the “toxic scenario” of far-right and ultranationalist candidates both making the presidential election runoff.
Donald Trump Jr. to visit Romania right before contentious election
Trump Jr. previously criticized a Romanian court for canceling the 2024 presidential election.
The Romanian mathematician trying to stop Putin and Trump wrecking the West
Elon Musk and JD Vance don’t know enough to judge the country’s election crisis, and Trump should be tougher on Putin, says Bucharest Mayor and presidential candidate Nicușor Dan.
US postpones visa-free travel for Romanians
Romania, one of the last EU members not included in the Visa Waiver Program, had been due to join in March.
Romanian media watchdog defies Musk over censorship claims
Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.
After Georgescu’s disqualification, here’s who’s running for president of Romania
Authorities have cleared a dozen candidates for the May election — and rejected a dozen others. Meet the runners and riders here.
Romania far-right leader Simion cleared for presidential race
Far-right candidates have entered the May election fray following the exclusion of ultranationalist Călin Georgescu.
Georgescu free to try his luck in other presidential votes, Romania court says
The Russia-backed candidate will haunt May’s do-over election from which he’s still barred.
Romania lashes out at Russia as Georgescu election ban furor intensifies
Moscow: Stop violating democratic norms! Bucharest: That’s rich coming from you.
Romania’s top court rejects Georgescu’s appeal, bars him from running for president
The decision by the country’s constitutional court is final.
Kremlin: Romania’s election is ‘illegitimate’ without barred pro-Russia front-runner
The far-right front-runner was barred on Sunday from the presidential election’s rerun.
Mercenary boss calls for Romania to ‘boil over’ after far-right front-runner blocked from race
Horaţiu Potra called the election bureau’s decision to block Călin Georgescu’s presidential bid a “globalist coup.”
Trump and Putin gang up on European centrists in Romania’s election crisis
Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu. It’s another win for the Kremlin.
Far-right front-runner Călin Georgescu blocked from Romanian presidential race
U.S. Trump administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
Romania foils ‘revolution’ of pro-Russia group featuring a 101-year-old man
The group wanted to change country’s name, anthem and flag.
MAGA heavyweights lash out over Romanian police raids targeting Călin Georgescu
“This is messed up,” wrote Elon Musk as he joined Jack Posobiec and JD Vance in weighing in on the election turmoil in Bucharest.
Romanian police haul in election front-runner Călin Georgescu for questioning
The pro-Russia candidate was quizzed over the financing of his controversial — and successful — election campaign late last year.
29 times Donald Trump did what Putin wanted
Whose side is he on? It’s hard to keep up, so here’s a handy guide to America’s new policy of close alignment with the Kremlin.
Vance’s week of waging war on EU tech law
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
Romania’s Klaus Iohannis announces he’ll resign as president
Longtime leader heads for the exit amid political turmoil in Bucharest.
German authorities ‘well prepared’ for social media election interference
Social media companies including TikTok, Meta and X took part in an election stress test on Friday.