Calin Georgescu votes while standing next to Presidential candidate George Simion during Romania's second round of the presidential election, in Mogosoaia, Romania, on May 18. (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov) ...

Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run. The rejection of his candidacy, which ...

Prosecutors said Calin Georgescu, whose win in the first round of a presidential election was annulled, is the subject of “criminal proceedings” linked to incitement. By Andrew Higgins ...

Calin Georgescu, a far-right presidential candidate in Romania, has been taken in for questioning by police as part of an investigation into his campaign, which last year prompted the country’s ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Calin 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 ...

The decision comes after far-right populist Calin Georgescu took the lead ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. He beat several well-established candidates with 24 percent of the vote.

Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu on Tuesday stopped short of endorsing any other potential candidate after being definitively barred from standing in May's presidential election rerun ...

Calin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of last year's annulled election, arrives at a prosecutor's office in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. ( (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)) ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Calin 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 ...