A month ago Mr Georgescu was seen as a crankish no-hoper, drawing about 5% in polls. But in the first round of the election on November 24th he came first with 23%. Just before the second-round run-off against Elena Lasconi, a lacklustre centre-right candidate, one poll had him leading with 58%. This was a political earthquake.

Romanian authorities raced to piece together how a little-known pro-Russian candidate won the first round of a presidential election that’s now been annulled as they carried out a crackdown of surging extremist forces.

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 Calin Georgescu emerge as a narrow leader will now not count.

Romania’s constitutional court threw out the results of the election’s first round and delayed the second round. The sitting government says there was a vast influence effort by a foreign actor to boost the candidacy of a candidate dubbed as pro-Russian,

STORY: The ongoing presidential election in Romania was annulled by the country’s top court on Friday after accusations of Russian meddling.The court said the election, due to conclude on Sunday and with voting already underway in polling stations abroad,

Russian efforts to influence the election process in Romania run counter to democratic governance, U.S. officials said after Romania's Constitutional Court nixed a run-off presidential election on Friday.

Romania’s pro-European parties kicked off talks on Monday for a new government following the shock cancellation of a presidential vote whose first round was won by a fringe Russia-friendly candidate.

VOA's Russian service speaks with regional experts about the unprecedented decision by Romania’s Constitutional Court to annul the results of the first round of the presidential election. The decision followed the publication of documents by Romanian intelligence services that claimed 25,

Officials just annulled the first round results, citing a TikTok social media campaign. Others ask, 'is this democracy'?

Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the first round of its presidential election amid mounting evidence of cyberattacks and social media influence campaigns, raising questions about the integrity of the electoral process.