Romania’s far right expected to make gains in parliamentary election
Bucharest, Budapest Reuters Romanians were voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, in which the far right is expected to gain from uncertainty over whether the shock result in a presidential election will stand. Sunday’s vote is the second of three consecutive ballots for both a new parliament and a new president, after the first […]
Romania’s top court orders presidential election recount
Bucharest, Romania Reuters Romania’s top court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential election and the country’s top security body warned Romania was a key target for hostile actions from Russia after a shock result in the ballot. Having polled in single digits before Sunday’s vote, independent far-right […]
In election shock, Romanian far-right NATO critic set for presidential contest
Bucharest, Romania Reuters A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election run-off in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a shock outcome in the first-round vote. Independent hard-right politician Calin Georgescu, 62, won 22.94 per cent of votes in Sunday’s […]
Romanian leftist PM and hard-right candidate in a tie after initial presidential election round, partial results show
Bucharest, Romania Reuters A Romanian hard-right NATO critic and leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu appeared in dead heat after the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, partial tallies showed, in a shock result threatening Romania’s staunchly pro-Ukraine stance. After nearly 93 per cent of votes were counted, Calin Georgescu, 62, was at 22 per […]