Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the country’s 2024 presidential election process in a historic decision, meaning the first round which saw far-right ultranationalist candidate ...

He was due to face reformist Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union party in a runoff on Sunday. A new date will now be set to rerun the first round.

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 ...

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, an outcome that might isolate ...

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 ...

A survey conducted by the pollster CURS on December 1 at voting stations indicated that Georgescu could win 57.8 percent in a run-off to Lasconi’s 42.2 percent. The survey polled 24,629 people.

USR (Save Romania Union) chairwoman Elena Lasconi, one of the candidates in the May presidential elections, claimed, in an interview with AGERPRES, that she will file challenges with the ...

Elena Lasconi, leader of the opposition Save Romania Union (USR) party, confirmed she will run in the 2025 presidential elections, while Crin Antonescu's participation as the ruling coalition's ...

The leader of the USR (Save Romania Union) party and presidential candidate Elena Lasconi votes in the first round of presidential elections at a polling station in 'Mihai Bravu' technical college ...

If Elena Lasconi gets through to the second round, as expected, many supporters of the Social Democrats, especially in rural areas, would find it difficult to support such a liberal, ...

Elena Lasconi would be country’s first female president, but voters are tilting towards ultranationalist Călin Georgescu. Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer.