BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanian hard-right candidate George Simion was ahead in a presidential election first round, followed ...

Romanians voted on Sunday for the first round of a closely contested presidential election. While results are expected later ...

“Populism and isolationism” were putting Romania’s pro-western orientation at risk, centrist candidate Crin Antonescu said. He called his nationalist rivals “impostors” and “cardboard ...

Three candidates have emerged as the main players ahead of the presidential rerun scheduled for May: the ruling coalition’s candidate Crin Antonescu, the president of far-right Alliance for the ...

In 2012, alongside Victor Ponta, another presidential candidate who was then prime minister and PSD leader, Antonescu attempted to overthrow then centrist President Traian Basescu, which raised ...

Romanians vote in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, with a second round run-off expected to be held on ...