Nicușor Dan, centrist mayor of Bucharest, is set to win Romania’s 2025 presidential election, defeating far-right candidate George Simion. The election followed the annulled 2024 vote over ...

Romanians face a presidential election redo on Sunday. Hard-right George Simion scored a victory over pro-European Nicușor Dan in the first round, but recent surveys show the race is tight. View ...

Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as the front-runner. By Andrew Higgins In a setback for Europe’s surging ...

"Fear managed to defeat fury" is how one analyst interpreted liberal Nicusor Dan beating hard-right George Simion to the presidency.

Despite coming a distant second in the first round two weeks ago, the moderate mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, won by a decisive 8-point majority over his radical rival, George Simion, who conceded ...

The question is whether Simion can maintain that huge advantage — or if Dan can attract enough support from backers of other parties to overtake him in Sunday’s second round. In the early polls ...

European leaders reacted with relief and support after the centrist, pro-EU mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, won Romania’s presidential election, defeating right-wing nationalist George Simion ...

Pro-Western candidate Nicusor Dan has unexpectedly beaten hard-right populist George Simion in the Romanian election. Mr Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, faced off against the Trump-supporting Mr ...

The Court then validated the results and held a short ceremony attended by the elected President Nicusor Dan, the Bucharest mayor who won the tense runoff, beating Simion with 53.6% of the vote, a ...

Nicusor Dan, a pro-European figure, has won Romania's presidential election with 54% of the vote, defeating nationalist George Simion. Dan campaigned on promises of change, rebuilding Romania, and ...

Romanians face a presidential election redo on Sunday. Hard-right George Simion scored a victory over pro-European Nicușor Dan in the first round, but recent surveys show the race is tight.