The pro-European Union candidate in Romania’s critical presidential runoff has won the closely-watched race against a ...

An election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East and West comes months after the cancellation of the ...

Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, appeared on course to win the presidency on Sunday in a shock upset over a ...

Romania negated its first presidential election in December, leading to a new election in May that required a second round of ...

Exit polls suggest the 55-year-old Bucharest mayor has fended off a challenge from a firebrand candidate who modeled himself ...

Bucharest Mayor Nicosur Dan also led right-wing Euroskeptic George Simion in a partial vote count in Sunday’s presidential election.

Pro-Western candidate Nicusor Dan has unexpectedly beaten hard-right populist George Simion in the Romanian election. Mr Simion, 38, and his rival - a centrist who's mayor of Bucharest - faced off in ...

Mr Nicusor Dan, who campaigned for an “honest” Romania, gained more than 54 per cent of the vote. Read more at ...

According to the official tally, pro-Western centrist Nicusor Dan was ahead of nationalist George Simion by seven points as over 90% of the votes were counted.

The election result could reshape the direction of the pro-EU and NATO member nation bordering war-torn Ukraine.