BUCHAREST - The leadership of Romania's far-right AUR party decided to back pro-Russian independent candidate Călin Georgescu despite differences on key issues like NATO bases in Romania.

Many officials across Europe see U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration as a shared victory. Count George Simion among them.

Romania’s largest opposition party threw its support behind the poll-leading pro-Russian politician whose shock victory in last year’s presidential election prompted authorities to invalidate the result.

The leader of Romania's nationalist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, was elected, on January 14, vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party),

Călin Georgescu, an independent far-right candidate with pro-Russian sympathies, surprisingly won the first round of the presidential election on 24 November. In response, Romania's Constitutional Court decided to annul the first round of the presidential election and order a full rerun, preventing the run-off from taking place.

Thousands of flag-waving Romanians protested outside parliament on Friday against the annulment of presidential elections, where an obscure far-right candidate had been the front-runner amid claims of Russian interference.

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest A new poll by Avangarde shows ultranationalist independent candidate Calin Georgescu is the most popular candidate ahead of the May presidential election, but he may struggle to secure a second-round victory against Crin Antonescu,

Tens of thousands of Romanians angered by the cancellation of a presidential election marched through Bucharest on Sunday to demand that the ballot should go ahead and that outgoing centrist President Klaus Iohannis should resign.

Tens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate unexpectedly emerged as the frontrunner

Ultranationalist independent candidate Calin Georgescu would mark a clear win in the first round of the presidential elections (38%) but would not significantly improve his score in the second round against the candidate of the ruling coalition Crin Antonescu whom he might defeat with 39% to 38%,

The protest follows the court’s December decision to annul the election just two days before a scheduled runoff. Far-right populist Calin Georgescu had stunned many by winning the first round on November 24,

BUCHAREST, Romania — Tens of thousands protested ... the resumption of the presidential race from the second round. George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians ...