Romania’s right-wing presidential frontrunner was barred from the race under criminal charges he compares to those President Donald Trump faced. "We are faced with a communist regime as well ...

The ruling, which is final, backed a decision by Romania’s electoral authority on Sunday to throw out Georgescu’s bid to run in May’s vote after he allegedly breached election rules.

Protests erupted in Bucharest after Romania's electoral body rejected far-right candidate Calin Georgescu’s May re-election bid. Videos showed chaos as his supporters clashed with police, who ...

Donald Trump’s government is here to help. Romania, a country of 19 million people bordering Ukraine, is now at the center of a transatlantic dispute between allies of the U.S. president and European ...

Calin Georgescu had been leading in opinion polls with around 40% of the vote. He is expected to appeal the decision to exclude him from the election. https://p.dw ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital Sunday evening as incensed supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s decision to ...

Romania’s electoral bureau on Sunday rejected the candidacy submitted by far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu for a re-run of last year’s presidential election in May, sparking outrage among his ...

By Andrew Higgins Calin Georgescu, an ultranationalist candidate who won the first round of Romania’s abruptly aborted presidential election last year, has been barred from competing in a do ...

Supporters of far-right candidate Calin Georgescu gather outside Romania's central electoral bureau, after the rejection of his candidacy for the May presidential ballot rerun [George Calin via ...

Romania detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with Russia’s help, prosecutors said on Thursday, and a 101-year-old former army major general said his home had been ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Russian flag flies over the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo ...

Romania has detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with Russia’s help, prosecutors said, and a 101-year-old former army major general said his home had been raided as ...