By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The latest poll published ahead of the May presidential elections in Romania confirms the strong ...

Now 60, the "Maradona of the Carpathians" or "the King" -- as he is fondly known in the eastern European nation -- dreams of leading his country back to the pinnacle of world football.

Thousands of Romanians gathered in the capital Bucharest on Wednesday to protest the December cancellation of a presidential election and the banning of its far-right frontrunner from standing for ...

Simion — who came fourth in the first round of last year’s race with ... in central Bucharest waved European Union and Romanian flags at a pro-EU rally to counter what the organizers described ...

George Simion, the leader of Romania's most popular far-right party, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), walks with former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, in Bucharest, ...

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Hundreds of Georgescu supporters who had gathered near the court, many waving Romanian flags, responded by chanting ... was canceled last year. The first round of the rerun is scheduled for ...

He won the first round of last year’s race before the ... supporters who had gathered near the court, many waving Romanian flags, responded by chanting “Thieves!”. The bureau had cited ...

A few hundred protesters were gathered in front of the building housing the Constitutional Court, waving Romanian flags. They booed and chanted ... have up to March 19 to file to run. The first round ...

The 62-year-old former soil scientist came out of nowhere to win the first round of the country’s presidential elections ... with crowds waving Romanian flags and tear gas canisters fired into the ...

Georgescu had won the first round of last year's presidential vote ... Many of the protesters outside the court had Romanian flags draped around their shoulders. They chanted "Calin Georgescu ...