Who is Calin Georgescu, the far-right populist who won the 1st round of Romania’s presidential race?
Most polls predicted Calin Georgescu to win less than 10% of the vote in the first round of Romania’s presidential election.
Pro-Russia candidate wins first round of Romania's presidential elections
Calin Georgescu’s surprise victory means the current pro-West prime minister will not make it to the election runoff.
Shock in Romania after little-known, far-right populist secures lead in presidential election
Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president, speaks to media after registering his bid in the country's presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania.
A far-right populist shocks Romania by heading into the presidential runoff
Romania’s political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime m
Romania shocked after presidential election’s first round
Romania’s first round of presidential elections was on Sunday. Right-wing populist Calin Georgescu secured the majority of votes. A relatively unknown political outsider, Georgescu was not favored to win by pollsters.
Far-right in strong position as Romania votes in presidential election
Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu and far-right George Simion are the most likely to move on to a run-off on December 8.
Romania holds a presidential election Sunday that could narrow to nationalist and leftist candidates
Romanians will vote Sunday in a presidential election that looks likely to pit a far-right nationalist party leader against the leftist prime minister in a runoff in two weeks.
How a pro-Putin TikTok star topped Romania’s presidential poll
Putin, far-right politician who surprisingly won the first round of Romania’s presidential elections on Sunday had recently gone viral on social media without pollsters registering his surge. Călin Georgescu,
Putin-Praising Candidate Surges in Romania Presidential Vote
Romania’s presidential election was upended by a nationalist who has voiced admiration for Russia’s Vladimir Putin, setting up a likely runoff with an establishment candidate in one of the country’s biggest upsets since the end of communism.
Pro-Russia candidate leads Romanian polls, PM out of the race
A pro-Russia far-right candidate took a surprise lead Monday in Romania's presidential election, knocking the EU-leaning premier out of the race that will be decided in a December run off.
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Romania cracks the door open to surprise ultranationalist presidential candidate
In what may go down as one of Europe's more stunning election cycles in years, a largely unknown illiberal ultranationalist ...
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Shock Presidential Showdown: Georgescu vs. Lasconi in Romania
Romania's presidential election heads into a run-off between hard-right Calin Georgescu and centre-right Elena Lasconi, ...
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“Legionnaire” most searched word after first round of presidential elections in Romania
Legionnaire” was the most searched word by Romanians on the night of November 24, after the first round of the presidential ...
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Factbox-Who is Romania's surprise hard-right presidential candidate?
(Reuters) -Calin Georgescu, a Romanian hard-right NATO critic, appeared in a dead heat with leftist Prime Minister Marcel ...
Romanian Centre-Right Leader Makes It to Dec. 8 Presidential Run-Off Vote, Preliminary Count Shows
With 99.9% of votes counted, Lasconi will face an independent hard-right NATO critic in a Dec. 8 run-off vote, in a shock result that threatens Romania's staunchly pro-Ukraine stance.