This was incorrect — Georgescu hadn't been arrested but taken in for questioning. But the false claim was still read by 17.9 million viewers in a matter of hours. Controversy over canceled election ...

Romania’s electoral bureau on Sunday rejected the candidacy submitted by far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu for a re-run of last year’s presidential election in May, sparking outrage among his ...

Prosecutors said Calin Georgescu, whose win in the first round of a presidential election was annulled, is the subject of “criminal proceedings” linked to incitement. By Andrew Higgins ...

Romania’s top court has said that the blocking of ultranationalist Călin Georgescu from participating in the country’s presidential elections is not forever. Authorities barred the pro-Russia ...

Populist politician Calin Georgescu, who took an early lead in last year's presidential election before it was annulled, was charged with disinformation and anti-Semitism offences. A placard ...

Calin Georgescu, the winner of Romania's first round of presidential election, annulled by the Constitutional Court, and his wife Cristela, leave the prosecutors office after being stopped in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Far-right Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has lodged an appeal at the constitutional court ...

Online users are claiming the European Union has banned Romania’s ultranationalist candidate Călin Georgescu from competing in the country’s presidential elections. In one post on X ...

Calin Georgescu, a little-known, far-right populist, clinched the most votes and advanced to the second round to face off against reformist Elena Lasconi of the progressive Save Romania Union party.

Concerns had flared ahead of the deciding December ballot that the frontrunner, ultranationalist Călin Georgescu, had benefited from undisclosed campaign funding and online promotion that may have ...

“Calin Georgescu was about to submit his new candidacy for the presidency,” his team said on Facebook on Wednesday. “He was taken in for questioning at the General Prosecutor’s Office.