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

A top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the ...

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has appealed the decision to bar him from running in the country’s presidential ...

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

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 ...

It's him (Georgescu) we want. We don't want anyone else," said Marinela Simona Cheosa, a 45-year-old engineer waving a big Romanian flag. Georgescu, a 62-year-old former senior government official ...

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 ...

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 ...