Protests erupted in downtown Bucharest following the Central Electoral Bureau's decision to ban Russian-backed far-right politician Calin Georgescu from running in the upcoming re-run presidential ...

Romania’s electoral commission has blocked another populist right-winger from running in this year’s presidential election.

The country’s electoral commission ruled on Sunday that Calin Georgescu, an outspoken critic of Ukraine and NATO, could not compete in the do-over election.

In a statement Sunday, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) said it had rejected "the independent candidacy" of Georgescu for May's re-run. The bureau said its rejection was based on the top court's ...

Thousands of Romanians in Bucharest rallied to support the EU, following voided presidential elections due to alleged Russian ...

In response to Georgescu’s ban, hundreds of protesters waved Romanian flags and chanted. "The last resort is another revolution!" Some threw broken paving stones and other objects at the scores of ...

Supporters of far-right candidate Calin Georgescu gather outside Romania's central electoral bureau, after the rejection of his candidacy for the May presidential ballot rerun [George Calin via ...