Nicusor Dan is taking on hard-right nationalist George Simion in a vote that could decide the direction of Romania.

In an anxiously watched race, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidency against the far-right candidate George Simion, who is banned from entering both Ukraine and Moldova due to his extremist ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Pro-EU centrist in Romania’s tense presidential race takes lead, preliminary data shows.

Bucharest Mayor Nicosur Dan also led right-wing Euroskeptic George Simion in a partial vote count in Sunday’s presidential election.

Exit polls say Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, won by about 10 percentage points in Sunday’s redo election after the vote’s cancellation last year.

Dan’s rival, the leader of the opposition nationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, George Simion, is scoring 45.9% of votes ...

Though exit polls showed centrist Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan on course to win the Romanian presidency on Sunday, FRANCE 24 correspondent on the ground Maria Gerth-Niculescu said “we have to be very ...

Candidates in Romania’s high-stakes presidential runoff are neck and neck, early preliminary results show.

Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan is on course to win a presidential runoff vote over ultranationalist candidate George Simion, according to two exit polls, a result that is seen keeping Romania on ...

Romania's Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, leads in the presidential race, promising anti-corruption reforms and alignment with European values. Facing off against hard-right candidate George Simion, Dan ...

Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, appeared on course to win Romanian presidency on Sunday in an election ...