Antonescu’s second round margin over Simion has narrowed significantly, from 12.9% to 5%. Lasconi’s lead fell from 3.5% to 2%, while Dan’s advantage remained relatively stable, decreasing ...

Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, ... Elena Lasconi, who came second in last year’s first-round ballot and participated in the rerun, ...

Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, ... Elena Lasconi, who came second in last year’s first round ballot and participated in the rerun, ...

Simion said that a national ballot could see if Romanians want to "punish" those who canceled last December's election before the runoff between Călin Georgescu and Elena Lasconi.

May 5 (UPI) --Far-right candidate George Simion was declared the winner Monday in the first round of Romania's presidential election, which is being rerun after the result from a race in November ...

Both Dan and Ponta said the images were fake and that the meeting never happened, accusing Lasconi of playing into the hands of the mainstream political system. Dan and Ponta lodged a criminal ...

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate George Simion lost a legal bid Thursday to annul last weekend's run-off election after a surprise loss to centrist rival, former Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan.

Simion stepped into the race, ... At the start of a televised debate last month, he presented flowers to the liberal candidate Elena Lasconi, who came second in November’s aborted election.

Crin Antonescu, left, Nicușor Dan and Elena Lasconi, ... “Simion is qualifying for the run-off and will be an anti-EU candidate,” Mureșan said.

A win for Simion or Ponta also threatens to bring another Eastern European contrarian to decision-making in Brussels, from a country of 19 million people that has been a stalwart member of NATO and ...

Simion, the 38-year-old leader ... Elena Lasconi, who came second in last year’s first round ballot and participated in the rerun, only obtained about 2.6% of the vote.