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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...

It would force Europe to grow up fast Few countries are more worried about President-Elect Donald Trump than Ukraine, whose determined stand against Russian aggression would collapse without outside aid. That goes double with the indications that his secretary of state will be Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has been calling for a "negotiated settlement." Whatever lipstick is smeared on...

If the opinion polls are to be believed, Liberal leader and former Prime Minister Nicolae  Ciuca has a shot at becoming Romania's next president. That's if he wants the job. First of all, he needs to gets into the Dec. 8 runoff where he would most certainly face the current premier, Marcel Ciolacu, but that's doable. On paper, the former general should...

Romania’s presidential election is all about who comes second. As no candidate is likely to get an outright majority in the Nov. 24 first round, the focus is on who gets into the runoff. Premier Marcel Ciolacu who is backed by Romania’s biggest party, the Social Democratic Party is expected to come first, polls show. The question has been who will he...