Defeating populists never signals an easy return to the status quo ante.

BUCHAREST, Romania — The pro-European Union candidate in Romania’s tense presidential runoff has taken a lead in the polls, ...

The race pits George Simion, the leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, against pro-EU Bucharest Mayor ...

The hard-right nationalist who lost Romania’s presidential election rerun says he has asked a top court to annul the election ...

EU member Romania dropped six places ... survey respondents reported that media owners “always” or “often” limit editorial independence. With press freedom deemed “satisfactory ...

Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova, have dropped in the latest press freedom rankings compiled by the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, RSF. The 2025 World Press Freedom Index ...

A huge turnout Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East or West.

Romania seemed poised to join the club of countries that are driving a populist wedge into the European Union. Yet in the two ...

Romania’s interim president has appointed a new prime minister, a day after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure ...

Romanians are casting their ballots in a tense presidential runoff between a hard-right nationalist and a pro-Western ...

European Union candidate Nicusor Dan on Sunday won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right ...