Romania’s electoral body has rejected the candidacy of controversial far-right politician Diana Sosoaca in the presidential ...

Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital as supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s ...

Bucharest (AFP) – Romania's electoral bureau on Sunday rejected far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu's candidacy for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, sparking outrage among ...

A woman wrapped in Romania’s national flag waves a cross and shouts slogans at a protest near the Central Electoral Bureau in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE The bureau said its ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy for the rerun in May of Romania’s ...

while hurling Romanian flags. A police statement said: "Following a decision of the Central Electoral Bureau, participants of a public gathering... broke through the cordon of gendarmes in order to ...

Earlier in the evening, many of the protesters outside the court had Romanian flags draped around their shoulders. Some held up Orthodox Christian icons and one clutched a large wooden crucifix.

Hundreds of Georgescu supporters who had gathered near the court, many waving Romanian flags, responded by chanting “Thieves!” The bureau had cited in its decision on Sunday the Constitutional ...

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside BEC’s headquarters to express anger over its decision, with many waving Romanian flags and chanting: “The last resort is another revolution!” ...