Nicusor Dan
Romania in chaos as prime minister resigns
The hard right cruised to victory in Sunday’s presidential election first round, sparking the stunning announcement from socialist PM Marcel Ciolacu.
How George Simion became a right-wing ‘messiah’ for Romanians abroad
Centrist Nicușor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff
Simion’s Romanian election win sparks right-wing jubilation around Europe
Meet George Simion, the hard-right Romanian election winner … who’s banned from Ukraine
Russian hacker group attacks Romanian government websites on election day
Who can beat Romanian nationalist presidential candidate George Simion?
Here we go again! How to watch Romania’s do-over election like a pro
The presidential election day is almost upon us. This is what you need to know.
MAGA man leads the field before Romanian election rerun
George Simion, the candidate tipped to win the first round of the presidential election, publicly aligns himself with Donald Trump.
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.
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.
Mathematician to become Bucharest mayor
Nicușor Dan wins mayoral race in the capital as Romania votes in local elections.
Romanian anti-graft alliance protests EU election ban
Two opposition parties say the election authorities are ‘insulting the electorate.’
Leader of Romanian anti-corruption party resigns
Union Save Romania leader said he didn’t want to put off conservative supporters of the party.
Romania’s Social Democrats propose Muslim woman as PM
Sevil Shhaideh is close to Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea, who was barred from the job for legal reasons.
Romania’s Social Democrats on track for landslide election win
A year after the PSD’s Victor Ponta was ousted as PM by popular protests, the party is poised to take back power.