Stakes have never been this high in Romania's post-communist history, as Romanians voted in a crucial and polarised presidential election runoff on Sunday, in which centrist Nicușor Dan faced ...

Pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan has won Sunday's presidential runoff against George Simion, the leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians. This blog has now closed.

Millions of voters across three European countries cast their ballots in an electoral “super Sunday” over the weekend amid fears of far-right gains, particularly in Romania and Poland.

BUCHAREST, Romania — The pro-European Union candidate in Romania’s tense presidential runoff has taken a lead in the polls, preliminary electoral data shows, in a closely watched vote against ...

In a surprise result, a centrist defeated a far-right candidate in Romania’s presidential runoff yesterday by an around eight-point margin. Voter participation surged since the first round of ...

By Andrew Higgins In a setback for Europe’s surging nationalist forces, Nicusor Dan, a centrist mayor and former mathematics professor, on Sunday won the presidential election in Romania ...

But as Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician, pro-Western reformist and mayor of Bucharest, takes over Romania’s presidency, fault lines remain in the country where endemic corruption, inequality and ...

Polls have closed in the runoff round of Romania's presidential election, where hard-right candidate George Simion is facing off against pro-EU Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan. France has denied what ...

As Romania's election campaign closes, George Simion accused Emmanuel Macron of interference, while Nicusor Dan received Macron's support in a warm conversation. With just hours before the end of ...

Romanians will return to the polls this Sunday for the third time in less than six months to choose a new president Presidential candidate and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of ...

Romania's newly elected president Nicusor Dan on Monday faced an uphill task to bring together a deeply divided country after a tense rerun vote, with Brussels and other European allies welcoming ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — The centrist, pro-European mayor of Bucharest defeated a right-wing Euroskeptic on Sunday in a presidential election that analysts called Romania’s most consequential ...