Romania

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Romania carries out searches in election financing probe after vote ... (Reuters)

Romanian prosecutors searched several properties on Saturday in an investigation into potential illegal financing in the country's presidential election, ...

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Prosecutors raid properties of key Georgescu backer in Romania ... (POLITICO.eu)

Investigation focuses on money laundering, bribing voters and computer fraud in connection with Romania's canceled presidential election.

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Romania tries to suppress a far-right surge (Financial Times)

Cฤƒlin Georgescu appeared set to win the presidential election until the nation's high court annulled the first-round result.

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Confidence in Romania's democratic process hangs by a thread (EURACTIV)

The shock annulment of the country's presidential elections has plunged Romania into institutional crisis.

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Romania annuls election after Russia media claims (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

BUCHAREST, Romania -- A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after accusations that Russia ran ...

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U.S. denounces alleged Russian election interference in Romania ... (UPI.com)

Russian efforts to influence the election process in Romania run counter to democratic governance, U.S. officials said after Romania's Constitutional Court ...

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Romanian prosecutors conduct raids linked to funding of ... (ABC News)

Romanian prosecutors have conducted raids linked to an man suspected of illegally financing a campaign to promote Calin Georgescu's presidential run.

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In Romanian Village, Anger Fuels Support for Ultranationalist ... (The New York Times)

A presidential election has been called off, but the discontent that propelled the surging campaign of a rightist firebrand rages on.

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Calin Georgescu: Politician who was on brink of becoming ... (Sky News)

Calin Georgescu tells Sky News he believes his bid to become Romanian president was blocked by EU and NATO leaders who fear peace in Ukraine - but says ...

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The Observer view: from South Korea to Romania, the young are ... (The Guardian)

With illiberal regimes advancing across the globe, youthful voters are standing up to make their voices heard.

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Romanian prosecutors conduct raids linked to funding of ... (The Associated Press)

Romanian prosecutors have conducted raids linked to an man suspected of illegally financing a campaign to promote Calin Georgescu's presidential run.

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Romania's far-right presidential candidate denounces canceled vote ... (ABC News)

Romania's far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has protested outside a closed polling station against a top court's unprecedented decision to ...

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Financier of Romanian's campaign sought (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romanian prosecutors conducted raids Saturday linked to a man suspected of illegally financing a campaign to promote Calin Georgescu's ...

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Georgescu says 'democracy cancelled' as Romania set to hold ... (TVP World)

Romanian far right candidate Cฤƒlin Georgescu told journalists on Sunday "democracy was cancelled" after a top court annulled the presidential election he ...

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Romania arrests armed men headed for Bucharest after cancelled ... (Financial Times)

Presidential elections due on Sunday were called off because of alleged Russian interference.

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Far-right backers demand to vote after Romania election scrapped (CBS19 News)

Romanian far-right candidate Calin Georgescu and over 100 supporters rallied at a Bucharest polling station to protest against the cancellation of Sunday's ...

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Romanian Police Detain People 'Carrying Weapons' To Bucharest (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty)

Police in Romania have detained several people as they headed toward Bucharest carrying guns, machetes, and knives, to allegedly โ€œdisrupt public order and ...

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Romania's far-right Georgescu denounces cancelled vote outside ... (Euronews)

Standing outside a closed polling station on Sunday, the so-called 'TikTok Messiah' claimed the Consitutional Court was "cancelling democracy" by anulling ...

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Romanian far-right candidate says democracy "cancelled" along ... (Reuters)

MOGOSOAIA, Romania, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Romanian far-right presidential candidate at the centre of a Russian electoral meddling scandal turned up at the ...

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Far-right backers protest after Romanian court cancels presidential ... (FRANCE 24)

More than a 100 protesters gathered Sunday with far-right presidential frontrunner Calin Georgescu outside a voting station in Bucharest after Romania's ...

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US baldly backs a judicial coup in Romania (Asia Times)

America has just endorsed a judicial coup in Romania. This is unlike anything we've seen in the era of Color Revolutions, i.e. the post-Cold War era,

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