Trump’s Arctic adviser's Russia ties Thomas Dans has backed taking over Greenland and advocated reestablishing ties with Russia, where he has business Salon · Sep 16
Romania’s pro-Europe government collapses unleashing fresh turmoil Ilie Bolojan’s coalition loses confidence vote after less than a year amid austerity drive and far-right surge The Guardian - UK · May 5
Liberal Ciprian Ciucu defeats hard-right candidate to become mayor of Bucharest Ciprian Ciucu, a close ally of Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, won the mayoral election in Bucharest with around 36% of the votes, defeating hard-right contender Anca Alexandrescu, who polled at 22%. Euronews · Dec 8, 2025
Romania's new president Nicușor Dan pledges to counter Russian influence In this week's International Report, RFI’s Jan van der Made takes a closer look at the recent Romanian elections, in which centrist candidate Nicușor Dan secured a decisive victory over his far-right rival, George Simion. Radio France Internationale · May 30, 2025
Călin Georgescu, frontrunner in Romania's cancelled election, announces withdrawal from politics Georgescu said he made his decision to take a step back following the conclusion of the presidential race, which for him indicated "the sovereignist movement has come to a close." Euronews · May 27, 2025
Polish Trump Fans Gather To 'Make Poland Great Again' The crowd, some with signature red hats bearing US President Donald Trump's name, cheered when the man on the stage asked if they were happy that America was becoming great again. International Business Times · May 27, 2025
Telegram's Durov Repeats Claim France Interfered In Romania Vote The co-founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, on Tuesday repeated his allegation that French intelligence pressured him to interfere in this month's Romanian presidential election. International Business Times · May 27, 2025
Nicușor Dan sworn in as Romania's president easing country's political crisis The May election rerun was held months after the Constitutional Court voided the previous election in which the far-right outsider Călin Georgescu led the first round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference. Euronews · May 26, 2025
Romania’s President Dan sworn in amid far-right claims of stolen election Pro-European Nicusor Dan faces big challenges after defeating pro-Russian George Simion last week in a tense run-off. Al Jazeera · May 26, 2025
Pro-EU Centrist Nicusor Dan Sworn In As Romania President Pro-European centrist Nicusor Dan was on Monday sworn in as Romania's president, having pledged to stand against "isolationism and Russian influence". International Business Times · May 26, 2025
Divided Romania faces uncertain future despite rejecting the far right Romania’s new president Nicusor Dan is stepping into office amid deep political and social divisions, as fallout from Sunday’s run-off election exposes the scale of public frustration and mistrust. Economic pressures are mounting, and the far right is already regrouping. Radio France Internationale · May 22, 2025
Romanian Court Rejects Far-right Candidate's Election Appeal Romania's constitutional court on Thursday validated the results of the presidential run-off vote at the weekend, won by pro-European Nicusor Dan, after rejecting an appeal by his defeated far-right rival. International Business Times · May 22, 2025
Fake Euronews report on alleged electoral interference in Romania spreads online A doctored video using Euronews' logo falsely claims Romania cautioned France over interference in the recent presidential ballot. Bucharest has in fact accused Russia of meddling in the vote. Euronews · May 22, 2025
Romania’s top court rejects far-right candidate’s attempt to annul election George Simion, a pro-Trump ultranationalist, had alleged foreign interference in rerun vote won by Nicușor Dan The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025
The Independent UK · May 22, 2025 Romanian court rejects defeated hard-right candidate's challenge to election result A top Romanian court has rejected as unfounded a request to annul the presidential election by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-European Union opponent on Sunday
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025 Germany boosts Nato’s eastern flank with new Baltic brigade amid threat from Russia – Europe live Friedrich Merz visits Lithuania to mark the official formation of Germany’s first permanent overseas military unit since the second world war
Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2025 Hard-right candidate who lost Romania’s presidential race contests results at top court The hard-right nationalist who lost Romania’s presidential election rerun said Tuesday he has asked a top court to annul the election results, alleging that foreign interference and coordinated manipulation affected Sunday's vote.
Euronews · May 21, 2025 Hungarian minority plays key role in Nicușor Dan's Romanian presidential win High voter turnout, especially among young people and women, helped Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan win Romania's presidential runoff, defeating the hard-right George Simion.
Euronews · May 21, 2025 Fact check: Did France ask Telegram founder Durov to silence Romanian conservatives? Paris has categorically rejected the allegations made by Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who has provided no evidence to back up his allegations.
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025 Defeated Romanian ultranationalist ‘will ask court to annul election’ George Simion claims presidential election rerun was subject to foreign interference, like last year’s annulled ballot
Euronews · May 20, 2025 EU elections Super Sunday shows centre-left parties remain in freefall Experts told Euronews that centre-left parties are losing connection to voters across the continent in a period of time when social issues are pressing.
The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025 The Guardian view on Romania’s presidential election upset: a vote for stability and the west Editorial: A stunning comeback victory for the centrist mayor of Bucharest was also good news for Kyiv. But elsewhere in Europe, the far right continues to flourish
The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025 Nicușor Dan, the maths prodigy who beat an ultranationalist for Romanian presidency Bucharest’s crusading mayor appeals for ‘specialists, civil society, new people’ to help him deliver change
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Euronews · May 19, 2025 Romania breathes collective sigh of relief after presidential election thriller Romania's political crisis ends with Nicușor Dan's firm victory in the presidential elections runoff on Sunday. Dan, an independent pro-Western candidate, won 53.60% of the vote.