Călin Georgescu, the independent candidate for president who won the first election round, speaks after an interview with the Associated Press in Izvorani, Romania, Dec. 4, 2024.

Călin Georgescu, the controversial populist whose bid for Romania's presidency last year resulted in the annulment of an election in the European Union and NATO member country, has announced he ...

Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau on Sunday blocked Russia-aligned, far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from competing in a May rerun of the country’s presidential election. The bureau said Georgescu ...

Romania’s pro-Russia presidential election front-runner Călin Georgescu was questioned for hours on Wednesday by prosecutors after being taken in by police in Bucharest, in relation to last November’s ...

Romania’s General Prosecutor’s Office announced the reclassification of the charges brought against former presidential ...

Romanian far-right parties were struggling to find a viable replacement for Călin Georgescu after the pro-Russia presidential candidate was barred from running in upcoming elections.

The United States Department of State, equivalent to a Foreign Ministry, published a report on the human rights situation in ...

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has lodged an appeal at the constitutional court after his bid for a May rerun was thrown out on the grounds that he was in breach of ...

Călin Georgescu doesn’t even have a political party. Ahead of the election result, Romanian media had mainly been focused on another far-right, pro-Trump candidate.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Romania’s capital on Saturday in a show of support for Călin Georgescu, the far-right populist who emerged as the ...

Supporters of Călin Georgescu react during a protest after Romania's Constitutional Court upheld a ban on his candidacy in the presidential election rerun, 11 March, 2025 AP Photo ...