The Kremlin on Monday described Romania's presidential election as "strange", saying the pro-Russian candidate who won an aborted vote last year had been unfairly disqualified. Pro-European centrist Nicusor Dan defeated a hard-right,

There was a wave of euphoria and relief across Europe following the election of pro-European liberal Nicusor Dan as Romania’s new president. Moldovan President Maia Sandu echoed the sentiment: “Congratulations,

Romania’s assets staged a relief rally after a centrist candidate defeated his nationalist opponent in the presidential election, with investor focus now shifting to how quickly a new government can fix the state’s finances.

Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five months after the original election was annulled.

PARIS (Reuters) -The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, said he refused a request by the head of France's intelligence service to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the country's elections.

Romania's government has recorded "signs of Russian interference" in the country's presidential runoff election, German Wave reported. "In the ongoing presidential election in Romania, we again see signs of Russian interference," Romanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Cernea wrote on social network X on Sunday, May 18.

Romanians are out to elect their president on Sunday in a cliffhanger election that has transfixed and polarised the country, with both candidates running neck and neck in the latest polls. Most Romanians see today’s choice as probably the most important vote in Romania’s post-communist history.