For 48 long days in 2012, Crin Antonescu was Romania’s president. It was only a stand-in role, gained because he was the leader of the Romanian senate, but he emerged a loser, with his image tarnished ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The speaker of Romania’s Senate has resigned before the prime minister could remove him. Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu announced Tuesday on live television that he was ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians vote on Sunday in a presidential election re-run that could propel ultranationalist George Simion to power, an outcome likely to cause unease in the European Union and ...

Marcel Ciolacu resigned as Romanian prime minister on Monday, a day after the ruling big tent coalition candidate Crin Antonescu failed to secure a spot in the presidential election runoff. Ciolacu ...

National Liberal Party (PNL) leader Crin Antonescu announced his resignation as Senate speaker on Tuesday, at the peak of a political conflict with the Social Democrats (PSD), with whom the Liberals ...

George Simion will have to face the current mayor of Bucharest and independent candidate, Nicusor Dan, in the second round on May 18. The leader of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of ...

In December, Antonescu temporarily suspended his candidacy, citing a lack of consistent support from the political alliance that had originally nominated him. [EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT] BUCHAREST – National ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A pro-European presidential contender in Romania's May 4 election has said defence spending should rise to 3.5% of GDP by 2030 from 2.5% and argued that maintaining support for ...

The second-strongest party in Romania’s government has moved to the opposition benches, with its leader, Crin Antonescu, saying on Tuesday (25 February) that his liberal party had “decided to put an ...

Liberal candidate standing for Presidency Crin Antonescu talks online with HotNews.ro readers about the political crisis and presidential elections. The best questions will be found in a coverage by ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation on Monday, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the ...

Romanian PM Marcel Ciolacu stepped down after Crin Antonescu failed to reach the presidential election runoff, further fracturing the ruling coalition amid political turmoil. Marcel Ciolacu resigned ...