Romania's top court upholds ban on controversial far-right candidate, intensifying political crisis and sparking debate on ...

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

Romania’s electoral body has rejected the candidacy of controversial far-right politician Diana Sosoaca in the presidential election rerun in May, but approved George Simion, the leader of the country ...

Romania's populist far-right politician George Simion is making his bid for the country’s presidential election rerun in May ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.