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Romania breathes collective sigh of relief after presidential election thriller
Romania's political crisis ends with Nicușor Dan's firm victory in the presidential elections runoff on Sunday. Dan, an ...
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Romania’s far-right leader George Simion concedes defeat, congratulates Nicușor Dan on presidential win
George Simion, leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), conceded defeat on Sunday night and ...
George Simion, a MAGA-courting populist, could become Romania’s president in controversial election re-run
Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five ...
Hard-right Trump admirer Simion seeks victory in Romania presidential election
Eurosceptic hard-right lawmaker George Simion could be elected Romania's president on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger ...
Mathematician v ex-football hooligan: Centrist defeats far-right firebrand in Romania election
European centrist Nicușor Dan will become Romania’s next president after defeating far-right nationalist George Simion in a ...
Pro-European Candidate Expected to Defeat MAGA-Style Politician in Romania
Exit polls say Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, won by about 10 percentage points in Sunday’s redo election after the vote’s cancellation last year.
Huge turnout in Romania’s cliffhanger election
Romanians flocked to polling stations on Sunday in large numbers to elect the country’s next president, in a choice between a pro-EU centrist and a far-right Eurosceptic.
Romania's new president faces uphill battle to reduce EU's widest deficit
Romanian centrist Nicusor Dan may have defied the odds to win the presidency, but now he faces an even more daunting task: ...