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The last Holocaust survivor in Bucharest fears the rise of far-right in Romania and called on Romanians to vote for pro-European centrist mayor in a presidential runoff this weekend. Octavian Fulop recalled the “horrors of extremism, the Legionnaires and the Holocaust did not begin with camps, but with words, and from these, later, they moved on to violence and extermination.” Mr....

The ‘structures’* that had the task of "spotting" Călin Georgescu or not allowing the toy that Moscow has been crafting for over a decade to get out of hand, have the single task this week of fixing the problem and showing the people that they can still be efficient and true patriotic servants of the people. And the public, if...

Andrew Baker, a leading expert on anti-Semitism in Europe has denounced Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu for fanning 'the flames of antisemitism' and 'challenging the essential purpose of NATO'. Mr. Georgescu who was reached the December 8 runoff, has praised interwar fascist leaders such as Legionaire  leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and is known for his NATO and EU skeptic views. In...

Călin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential elections, and after his first-round victory in the worldly realm of politics, his messianic profile only took on even more biblical proportions in the eyes of his supporters. It is clear as daylight that the voters who opted for Călin Georgescu see in him a man on his feet, absolutely autonomous,...

They started timidly after the shock of Brexit, followed by the first election of Donald Trump, and then the grinding and relentless invasion of Ukraine. Since then, numerous pieces of academic research, official and unofficial reports, and media analyses have revealed the latest mechanisms that Russia systematically uses to divide the nations it targets. Moscow doesn't necessarily need to...

Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu has come from nowhere to lead Romania's presidential first round ahead of center-left Premier Marcel Ciolacu and pro-Western mayor Elena Lasconi in first round. The pro-Russia supporter who has sympathies with Romania's Nazi-allied Legionnaires of the 1930s  and 1940s is on track to make it to the final round of presidential elections, according to near-finall results, with...

Romanians were voting in presidential elections Sunday that could shatter their country's reputation as a reliable EU and NATO ally in the region. The presidential ballot is followed by crucial parliamentary elections on December 1 and a likely presidential runoff on December 8. There are 13 candidates running for Romania's top job, including two clear favorites_ the center-left Prime Minister Marcel...

Romanians on Sunday  headed to the polls for the first round of the country’s presidential elections in which anti-European candidates could test Romania's commitment to the European Union and NATO. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and a nationalist head the field of 13 candidates, at a critical time for the southeastern EU nation amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine raging at...

Preşedintele ales al SUA, Donald Trump, ia în considerare numirea lui Richard Grenell, fost şef al serviciilor naţionale de informaţii, ca reprezentant special pentru conflictul dintre Rusia şi Ucraina, potrivit a patru surse familiare cu planurile de tranziţie, citate de Reuters, preluat de News.ro. Grenell, care a fost ambasadorul lui Trump în Germania şi director interimar al informaţiilor naţionale în...

Romanian presidential candidate George Simion is facing questions about  his links to   Russian secret  services. Mr. Simion, 38, who heads the nationalist AUR party is projected by some polls to reach the second round of the Nov. 24 and Nov. 8 elections, and uncertainties about his Russia connection potentially put Romania's alliances  with NATO  and the EU in a precarious...