Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital as supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s ...

A supporter of Calin Georgescu reacts during a protest after Romania’s electoral body rejected his candidacy in the ...

while hurling Romanian flags. A police statement said: “Following a decision of the Central Electoral Bureau, participants of a public gathering… broke through the cordon of gendarmes in ...

A woman wrapped in Romania’s national flag waves a cross and shouts slogans at a protest near the Central Electoral Bureau in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE The bureau said its ...

Bucharest (AFP) – Romania's electoral bureau on Sunday rejected far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu's candidacy for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, sparking outrage among ...

It's him (Georgescu) we want. We don't want anyone else," said Marinela Simona Cheosa, a 45-year-old engineer waving a big Romanian flag. Georgescu, a 62-year-old former senior government official ...

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside BEC’s headquarters to express anger over its decision, with many waving Romanian flags and chanting: “The last resort is another revolution!” ...

Hundreds of Georgescu supporters who had gathered near the court, many waving Romanian flags, responded by chanting “Thieves!” The bureau had cited in its decision on Sunday the Constitutional ...