Romanian hard-right candidate George Simion was ahead in a presidential election first round, followed by centrist candidate ...

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

Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Monday he was considering ending a pro-Western coalition government, a day ...

The battle for second place looks set to be close. According to Poll of Polls, the candidate from the governing coalition, Crin Antonescu, is set to win 24 percent of the vote; the centrist ...

“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 ...

Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu quit after his government's candidate, Crin Antonescu, failed to advance to the run-off vote ...

Romanian PM Marcel Ciolacu stepped down after Crin Antonescu failed to reach the presidential election runoff, further ...

He will face centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, who edged out establishment figurehead Crin Antonescu to make it into a runoff on May 18. Dan won 20.99 percent of the ballots of Romanians voting at ...

For the second consecutive time, Romania’s main parties — the Social Democrats (PSD) and the Liberals (PNL) — failed to send their candidate, Crin Antonescu, to the runoff, despite heavy ...

followed by centrist candidate Crin Antonescu, an exit poll showed on Sunday. A separate exit poll put Simion in first place and centrist candidates Antonescu and Nicusor Dan neck and neck in second.

The candidate websites attacked included Crin Antonescu, who is backed by Romania’s governing parties, and Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, who is running as independent, according to a list provided by ...

Presidential candidate Crin Antonescu at a live TV debate hosted by the national public broadcaster TVR in Bucharest, 29 April 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT The 65-year-old political veteran ...