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 ...

Dr. Bortun is a Romanian political scientist and a lecturer at Oxford University. We knew it was coming. Ahead of the first round of Romania’s presidential elections on May 4, it was obvious ...

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 ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — When Romania’s constitutional court annulled November’s presidential elections over campaign finance violations and an illicit social media campaign, and later barred ...

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 ...

Following Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's resignation after a far-right leader's success in the presidential vote, Romania faces political uncertainty. Catalin Predoiu has assumed the role 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 ...

“There is a very low trust in institutions in Romania — it’s an achilles heel. So when you have allegations that the elections have been rigged or will be rigged, then it's very easy to ...

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 ...