During his political campaign, he cast himself as a mystic strongman sent by God to save Romania, arguing that the country’s wealth and pride had been drained by incompetent politicians pushed around ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s electoral body on Sunday rejected Calin Georgescu’s candidacy in a presidential election redo, after the far-right populist won the first round of last year ...

Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run. The rejection of his candidacy, which ...

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been barred from participating in May's presidential election rerun by the country's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC), triggering clashes between his ...

The decision leaves Romania’s resurgent far-right with just days to come up with a new candidate who can tap into the anti-establishment sentiment that Georgescu’s candidacy brought into the open.