Romania presidential elections 2025: Over one million extra voters registered in the country halfway through the voting ...

Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. Update (15:00): The turnout increase has accelerated in the …

Telegram founder says he rejects request to 'silence' conservative voices in Romania

MOSCOW : The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, said on Sunday he had refused a request by a Western country, which he did not name, to "silence" conservative voices in Romania, which was holding a presidential election run-off. …

EU watches high-stakes presidential election in Romania

"Democracy or illiberalism," "Europe or isolation," "mathematics champion or football hooligan" — these are some of the headlines and assessments in independent Romanian media outlets in the run-up to the second round of the …

The shadowy warlord behind Romania’s wrecked election 

BUCHAREST — On a cold Saturday morning last December, Călin Georgescu, the far-right ultranationalist standing to be president of Romania, gathered with a group of his closest aides at a horse ranch outside Bucharest. His campaign was in crisis.  A day …

Huge turnout in Romania’s cliffhanger election

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Romanians flocked to polling stations on Sunday in large numbers to elect the country’s next president, in a choice between a pro- …

Huge turnout in Romania’s cliffhanger election

Romania, and the Extreme Right

Threats to the Roma minority have increased since the far-right won the presidential election, which was cancelled at the end of 2024. But on the second round on Sunday, May 18, many Roma are paradoxically ready to vote for these ultranationalist …

Poland, Portugal and Romania go to the polls in tightly contested elections

VOTERS ACROSS POLAND, Portugal and Romania are headed to the polls today to vote in tights contested elections. In Poland, the tight presidential election will be decisive for the future of the country’s pro-EU government, while Portugal is voting in its …

Trumpist faces pro-EU mayor in tight Romania pr…

Polls suggest Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician, has managed to narrow the lead of Simion, a former football hooligan, in the country of 19 million people. Dan, an independent who has promised a country that is "honest" but that continues on its …

Romania Votes at Presidential Elections Run-off

Romania votes on Sunday at a run-off elections for president. Polling stations in the country, which total 18,979, opened at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 9 p.m.. In the capital Bucharest alone, 1,289 polling stations are open. Overseas voting, which …