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Romania’s Postponed Reckoning
Although Dan’s come-from-behind victory has halted Romania’s slide into autocracy for now, it does not resolve the deeper ...
Realistic Romania 2025 budget deficit target is 7.5% of GDP, president-elect says
An "optimistic, realistic" budget deficit target for Romania in 2025 is 7.5% of economic output, President-elect Nicusor Dan ...
Why Romania’s new leader is already facing a domestic political storm
Romania’s new president has told the Financial Times that Bucharest will back Nato’s new 5 per cent spending goal even while ...
Romania’s new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain
A pro-European Union centrist pulled off an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist ...
Trump nominates Darryl Nirenberg as new US ambassador to Romania
President Donald Trump has chosen Darryl Nirenberg, a lawyer and former U.S. Senate staffer, to serve as the next U.S.
Will Romania vote take country away from European mainstream?
When Romania's presidential election was annulled late last year after claims of Russian interference, a far-right conspiracy ...
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In Upset, Centrist Wins Romania’s Presidential Election
Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as ...
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What Elections in Romania and Poland Say About Populism and the Press
Defeating populists never signals an easy return to the status quo ante.
Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania’s tense presidential race?
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied the ...
Romania Will Need to Move Quickly on Reforms, Finance Chief Says
Romania’s finance chief said a new government will need to move quickly to fix state finances even after the election of ...
Ethnic Hungarian, Moldovan voters saved Romania's democracy
Without the votes of Romania's ethnic Hungarians and Moldovans with dual Moldovan– Romanian citizenship, Nicusor Dan might ...