Pro-EU forces prevail on electoral ‘super Sunday’, but far right gains ground.
Pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s presidential election, which was re-run after allegations of Russian
The European Union and Ukraine welcome the result.
The election result could reshape the direction of the pro-EU and NATO member nation bordering war-torn Ukraine.
Al Jazeera interviews the two candidates who will battle it out on Sunday after a controversial annulment.
A roundup of some of last week’s events.
Move comes after Marcel Ciolacu’s pro-EU coalition candidate fails to advance to the presidential run-off.
Vote comes after country’s Constitutional Court annulled November election won by NATO critic Calin Georgescu.
It’s the country’s second poll in less than a year after a previous election was anulled.
A roundup of some of last week’s events.
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Protests broke out in front of Romania’s Central Election Bureau after it rejected the candidacy of Calin Georgescu.
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Romania’s electoral bureau rejected Calin Georgescu’s candidacy for the rerun of last year’s annulled vote.
After the election authority’s decision, about 300 of Calin Georgescu’s supporters gather outside the election bureau.
Romanian prosecutors detain six people on charges of treason for allegedly seeking Russian help for coup plot.
