The historic decision means a second-round runoff that was scheduled for Sunday, when Georgescu would have gone head to head with his centrist rival Elena Lasconi, will no longer take place.

Romanian presidential hopeful Elena Lasconi finds herself in a weird position. Not only is she running in a controversial election do-over, but she’s now battling her own party just to stay in the ...

Calin Georgescu, who ran independently, will face off against reformist Elena Lasconi in a runoff in two weeks. Georgescu, 62, was ahead after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.95% of ...

BUCHAREST, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Romanians vote in a presidential election runoff on Sunday that could see Calin Georgescu, a far-right critic of NATO, defeat pro-European centrist Elena Lasconi ...

The postponement, coming after a court meeting in Bucharest on Thursday morning, means the two candidates who should contest the runoff on Dec. 8 — ultranationalist independent candidate Călin ...

Just days before Sunday’s presidential election, opinion polls show Elena Lasconi trailing behind the previously unknown far-right candidate, Călin Georgescu. “This is about the future of ...

Georgescu, who garnered nearly 23 percent of the vote in the November 24 poll, will face off against center-right Elena Lasconi, a staunch Euro-Atlanticist, in the December 8 runoff after both ...

With more than 99% of votes counted, ultranationalist Calin Georgescu was on 23%, followed by centre-right candidate Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union and populist social democrat Prime ...

With almost all votes counted, hard-right Călin Georgescu and centre-right contender Elena Lasconi both had around 22%, the difference between them being paper-thin. Lasconi pushed ahead of Prime ...

Romania’s ruling coalition agreed on Wednesday to rerun a two-round presidential election on 4 May and 18 May and stuck to an original plan to endorse a single candidate. Elena Lasconi, leader ...

Romania’s Constitutional Court validated Monday the results of the first round of the Nov. 24 presidential elections won by pro-Russian Calin Georgescu, who will face pro-European Elena Lasconi ...