George Simion suggests Romania, a member of the European Union and NATO, should stop aiding Ukraine. Ukraine considers him a ...

Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as the front-runner. By Andrew Higgins In a setback for Europe’s surging ...

Eurosceptic hard-right lawmaker George Simion could be elected Romania's president on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger over living costs, corruption and the cancellation of a vote last year that ...

By Andrew Higgins Reporting from Bucharest, Romania George Simion, a nationalist who appears well placed to win the presidential election in Romania on Sunday, has promised to “Make Romania ...

Pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan has won Sunday's presidential runoff against George Simion, the leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians. This blog has now closed.

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. Many see him as taking up the ...

(AP Photo/Eduard Vinatoru) Presidential candidate George Simion addresses supporters via video link after polls closed for the first round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest ...

A collective sigh of relief rippled through EU capitals on May 18 when former Bucharest Mayor Nicuşor Dan secured an ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — It might be Romania ... and the right-wing firebrand nationalist George Simion, 38, who has embraced Donald Trump’s MAGA movement with a Balkan spin — his promise ...

Hard-right populist George Simion will contest Romania's presidential ... But the second round saw Mr Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, end up with 54% of the votes, while Mr Simion secured 46%.