Romanian elections 2024

Former PM Victor Ponta, who is running on a nationalist platform, said he sacrificed local farmland to spare his Serbian neighbors. 

Centrist party aims to avoid the “toxic scenario” of far-right and ultranationalist candidates both making the presidential election runoff.

Trump Jr. previously criticized a Romanian court for canceling the 2024 presidential election.

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.

Romania, one of the last EU members not included in the Visa Waiver Program, had been due to join in March.

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

Far-right candidates have entered the May election fray following the exclusion of ultranationalist Călin Georgescu.

Moscow: Stop violating democratic norms! Bucharest: That’s rich coming from you.

The decision by the country’s constitutional court is final.

The far-right front-runner was barred on Sunday from the presidential election’s rerun.

Horaţiu Potra called the election bureau’s decision to block Călin Georgescu’s presidential bid a “globalist coup.”

Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu. It’s another win for the Kremlin.

The group wanted to change country’s name, anthem and flag.

“This is messed up,” wrote Elon Musk as he joined Jack Posobiec and JD Vance in weighing in on the election turmoil in Bucharest.

The pro-Russia candidate was quizzed over the financing of his controversial — and successful — election campaign late last year.

Longtime leader heads for the exit amid political turmoil in Bucharest.

Kremlin whacks the U.S. with claim about vote-meddling.

The unprecedented cancelation of Romania’s vote drew condemnation from across the political spectrum.

Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu lashes out at “globalist elite” in rambling interview with hard-right U.S. influencer.

Unless he is banned, ultranationalist Călin Georgescu seems very much in the race to win the presidential election rerun in May.

Voters on NATO’s eastern flank were already ripe for Moscow’s manipulation, after decades of misrule.

A campaign from a governing center-right party may have been hijacked to benefit far-right candidate Călin Georgescu, snoop.ro report shows.

“We are at a turning point,” says successful local politician after previous presidential runoff round was canceled by top court over foreign influence concerns.

Romanian tax authorities are now investigating ultranationalist Călin Georgescu and the TikTok activists who promoted his campaign.