Nicusor Dan, a pro-European candidate and former Bucarest mayor, won the presidential elections in Romania with 55.1% of the national vote, according to a poll of 99.9%. RELATED: Romania: High Participation in the Presidential Elections Runoff Despite the lack of counting the vote of the diaspora, mainly favorable to the ultranationalist candidate George Simion, the […]

Participation in the second round of the Romanian presidential elections exceeded the 53.21% turnout of the first round by 5:25 PM local time (2:25 PM GMT). At that time in the first round, there were still three and a half hours left to vote, until 9:00 PM (6:00 PM GMT). RELATED: Romania Faces Political Crisis […]

George Simion won a resounding victory with 40% of the votes in the controversial second round of presidential elections in Romania this Sunday and thus becomes a clear favourite to win the presidency of the state in two weeks, with 98% of the ballots counted. RELATED: Romania: Calin Georgescu Appeals Against Ban on His Candidacy […]

The leading figure in the previous presidential race denounced the ban on his candidacy as part of a political crackdown. On Tuesday, Romania’s Constitutional Court will rule on an appeal by former presidential front-runner Calin Georgescu against the Central Electoral Bureau’s (BEC) decision to bar him from the May presidential election. RELATED: Romanian Electoral Authorities […]

The winner of the annulled 2024 presidential election will be investigated for alleged irregularities. On Wednesday, Romanian nationalist politician Călin Georgescu, who won the annulled 2024 presidential elections, was arrested and taken to the General Prosecutor’s Office for investigations into possible electoral irregularities. This incident occurred just as he was set to announce his new […]

Senate President Ilie Bolojan will take over as interim president until the elections. On Monday, Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis unexpectedly resigned from his mandate ahead of the elections scheduled for May, asserting that his departure prevents a crisis, as Parliament was on the verge of initiating an impeachment process. RELATED: Romania Rejects Greenpeace’s Request to […]

The Neptun Deep gas field is located 160 km off the coast, in waters with depths ranging from 100 to 1,000 meters. On Thursday, the Bucharest Court rejected Greenpeace’s request to suspend the construction and operation of Neptun Deep, Romania’s largest natural gas field in the Black Sea. RELATED: Greenpeace Warns of Environmental Impacts from […]

The Austrian broadcaster ORF reported that the Austrian Ministry of the Interior has stated that it will no longer stand in the way of the two countries’ full integration. Related: Germany’s Border Control Move Sparks Concerns Across EU Austria has decided to lift its veto on Bulgaria and Romania, allowing both countries to fully join […]

Political figures and citizens voiced their outrage over the unprecedented cancellation of the 2024 elections. On Saturday, the Central Electoral Bureau announced that its operations would cease on Dec. 13, following the decision by the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) to annul the results of the first round of the elections. RELATED: Social Democrats Win […]

For the first time since 1989, the PSD has failed to get its candidate into the second round of the presidential elections. On Monday, Romania’s outgoing Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned as leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) after being eliminated from the race for the presidency in the first round of the elections, […]