Imagine having a president called Nicky.That's what Romanians just voted for: a softly-spoken, slightly geeky mathematician who everyone refers to by his first name, Nicusor – or Nicky.On Monday, hours after claiming victory in the elections,

Defeating populists never signals an easy return to the status quo ante.

France denied Pavel Durov’s claim that its intelligence agency sought to censor conservative Romanian voices on Telegram ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, however, admitting that it did meet with him to discuss the proliferation of criminal content on his platform.

There was a wave of euphoria and relief across Europe following the election of pro-European liberal Nicusor Dan as Romania’s new president. Moldovan President Maia Sandu echoed the sentiment: “Congratulations,

Romania’s finance chief said a new government will need to move quickly to fix state finances even after the election of Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan as president helped soothe market turmoil that’s engulfed the Black Sea nation.

By Luiza Ilie, Libby George and Gergely Szakacs BUCHAREST/LONDON (Reuters) -Romanian centrist Nicusor Dan may have defied the odds to win the presidency, but now he faces an even more daunting task: forming a government that can implement years of painful austerity - and revenue-raising measures - to tame Europe's widest fiscal deficit.

Romania has officially enacted a law allowing its armed forces to shoot down unauthorized drones entering national airspace, following a decree signed by interim president Ilie Bolojan on Monday, May 19.

EBRD provides €180 million loan to Rivus Investments for major regeneration project in Romania’s second city, Cluj-Napoca