U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of a trade war persist, but EU leaders are responding calmly for now. European Commission President Ursula von der
The unprecedented cancelation of Romania’s vote drew condemnation from across the political spectrum, including from Georgescu’s ideological foes. His would-be opponent in the now-canceled runoff, reformist candidate Elena Lasconi, said Romania’s democracy was being “trampled” by the state.
Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu lashes out at “globalist elite” in rambling interview with hard-right U.S. influencer.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided on Tuesday, January 21, not to issue an interim measure in the case in which Călin Georgescu appealed the Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to annul the 2024 presidential elections.
Encouraged by his position as the coalition’s power broker, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor (leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) has
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected far-right candidate Călin Georgescu's appeal against a Romanian court decision to annul the 2024 presidential election after he won the first round amid claims of Russian interference.
BUCHAREST - Romania's ruling coalition is working on a strategy to defeat pro-Russian independent candidate Călin Georgescu, the unexpected winner of the first round of last year's presidential election, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court.
The first blog post of the new PROMPT series examines how a disinformation campaign prevented free suffrage in Romania.
Călin Georgescu, who last year posed as a peacemaker, called his supporters last Friday in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Court of Romania to protest against the decision of December 6,
Online platforms Microsoft, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google, Snap, Meta and X will take part in a stress test on 31 January, to make sure they have appropriate risk mitigation measures in place ahead of the German election in February,
Romanian voters who live abroad can register starting today, January 20, to vote in this year's presidential elections, the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) announced. Voters who live abroad can register on the website votstrainatate.
Călin Georgescu, an independent far-right candidate with pro-Russian sympathies, surprisingly won the first round of the presidential election on 24 November. In response, Romania's Constitutional Court decided to annul the first round of the presidential election and order a full rerun, preventing the run-off from taking place.