Following Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's resignation after a far-right leader's success in the presidential vote, Romania faces political uncertainty. Catalin Predoiu has assumed the role of ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s interim president appointed a new prime minister on Tuesday, a day after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure of his coalition’s candidate to make ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — After decisively winning the most votes in Romania’s first-round presidential election redo, hard-right nationalist George Simion will face a pro-Western reformist in ...

Propelled by nationalist rhetoric, rural discontent and a viral TikTok strategy, far-right leader George Simion won almost 41% in the first round of Romania’s re-run presidential vote on Sunday ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, won Romania’s first-round presidential election redo by a landslide after capitalizing on ...

BUCHAREST/LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - Romania's central bank said on Tuesday it was looking for the "optimal way" to counter significant capital outflows amid steep falls in the leu currency after a ...

Bucharest (AFP) – Romania's liberal interior minister Catalin Predoiu became interim premier on Tuesday, a day after the prime minister's resignation deepened political tumult in the EU nation.

Polls opened in Romania on Sunday in a rerun of November’s annulled presidential election, with a far-right candidate again expected to win the first round. The Constitutional Court cancelled the last ...

An interim prime minister will be appointed Tuesday morning, local media reported, citing Romania’s presidential administration. Ciolacu has been prime minister since 2023, leading the ruling ...

Romania is set for a sharply contested presidential election runoff between far-right candidate George Simion, who won the first round on Sunday, and centrist pro-European reformer Nicusor Dan ...

FILE - A Romanian policeman holds effigies made of brooms of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, right, and Interior Minister Catalin Predoiu, left, during a protest in Bucharest, Romania, Jan. 17, 2025.

George Simion of the ultranationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians secured about 41%, while independent Nicusor Dan won 21%, Romania's election authority said early Monday with almost all ...