Romania's unknown extremist candidate, Călin Georgescu, won the first round of elections all thanks to a massive TikTok campaign, raising concerns over foul play and prompting an EU investigation. Vie

A Russia-supporting vaccine skeptic who praises his country’s WWII fascist leaders won a shock first-round victory in Romania’s presidential election.

Putin, far-right politician who surprisingly won the first round of Romania’s presidential elections on Sunday had recently gone viral on social media without pollsters registering his surge. Călin Georgescu,

A little-known pro-Russian candidate won the first round of Romania’s presidential election after an unprecedented backlash against establishment candidates eliminated Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the presumed frontrunner,

Calin Georgescu’s surprise victory means the current pro-West prime minister will not make it to the election runoff.

A pro-Russia far-right candidate took a surprise lead Monday in Romania's presidential election, knocking the EU-leaning premier out of the race that will be decided in a December run off.

Right, pro-Putin candidate took the unexpected lead in the country’s presidential election in an outcome that threatens its staunchly pro-Ukraine stance. Calin Georgescu, 62, who has no party of his own and campaigned largely on TikTok,