BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, won Romania’s first-round presidential election redo by a landslide after ...

George Simion won 41% of ballots cast in the first round of the re-run on May 4 – double the number of his rival, Nicusor Dan, the centrist mayor of Bucharest.

The front-runner in Romania's presidential election, George Simion, accuses the current government of attacking democracy and says he is the only candidate who hasn't been tainted by holding power.

A confidential study found that a known Russian disinformation network had ramped up its posts by 60 percent while pushing ...

George Simion, the leader of Romania's most popular far-right party, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), speaks in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 14, 2025, after filing his candidacy ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Far-right opposition leader and presidential candidate George Simion answers questions during an interview with Reuters, in Bucharest, Romania, May 2, 2025.

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The gap between Romanian presidential candidates George Simion and Nicuşor Dan has narrowed to under 10 percentage points ahead of the second round of voting ...

Romanian hard-right politician George Simion, poised to win Sunday's presidential election first round re-run, said Russia is not a significant threat to NATO, and the only risk to the eastern ...

George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment ...