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.
Development comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the controversial influencers were not welcome in the state.
Romanian prosecutors confirm travel ban lifted as court rules to lift seizure of multiple assets.
Iohannis made his decision following mounting pressure from the far right after an annulled election.
US arms export growth was driven by countries seeking to replenish weapons stocks that were donated to Ukraine.
