My father voted for Romania’s ultra-nationalist. I am beginning to understand why

Last Sunday, my country was jolted awake by a collective shock. For days, we’ve been consumed by one name: Călin Georgescu. His unexpected rise to the top in the first round of Romania’s presidential elections has polarised the country to an extent unseen …

Parliamentary election will test how far Romania is veering to the hard right 

While those catchy videos were an unexpected vote-winner, Georgescu’s main campaign themes had a classic populist appeal: He cited traditional Christian values, vowed to stand up for people excluded economically, and said he would make Romania more self- …

Romania’s TikTok upset boosts Putin

Romania’s presidential election delivered a TikTok-fueled political shock, with pro-Russia, far-right candidate Călin Georgescu winning the first round. His unexpected rise has stunned the establishment and raised serious questions about NATO, Ukraine, and …

Romania’s top court orders recount of presidential votes

The Romanian Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered a recount of last week’s first round of the presidential election in which a pro-Russian ultranationalist surprisingly came on top, shocking the country and its western allies. Romanian authorities are …

Romania’s Constitutional Court asks for recount of votes from first round in presidential race

MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT URGED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN VOTING IN ROMANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

President Maia Sandu has called on fellow citizens who also have Romanian citizenship to actively participate in voting in the Romanian parliamentary and presidential elections. As INFOTAG reports, Sandu recorded a video message on social networks with …

Romania’s presidential election is in chaos. Here’s why TikTok is in the middle of it

Romania is in chaos – and TikTok is right in the middle of  it. The country’s top court has ordered a recount in the first round of presidential elections after a little-known far-right candidate surged into first place after the first round of polling. …

Elections in Romania Are a Wake up Call

The poll-topping victory of hard-core nationalist Calin Georgescu in first-round presidential elections in Romania over the weekend can only be described as meteoric. Georgescu came from a standing start of a few percentage point poll support just weeks …

TikTok rejects Romania's allegation of preferential treatment given to far-right presidential candidate

The short-form video-sharing company TikTok, in an official statement sent on November 28 to Agerpres, assured that no evidence of a "covert influence operation" has been found on the platform in recent weeks related to the presidential elections …

Is pro-EU Romania Russia's next target?

The unexpected victory of far-right leader Calin Georgescu in the first round of the Romania's presidential election has sparked a debate about the level of Russian influence in the country. Romania has never been pro-Russian and politicians backed by …