Romanian presidential hopeful Elena Lasconi finds herself in a weird position. Not only is she running in a controversial election do-over, but she’s now battling her own party just to stay in the ...

The historic decision means a second-round runoff that was scheduled for Sunday, when Georgescu would have gone head to head with his centrist rival Elena Lasconi, will no longer take place.

Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent ...

Romania has announced the results of exit polls in the presidential election. Preliminary results indicate that Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and liberal candidate Elena Lasconi will advance to ...

Calin Georgescu, who ran independently, will face off against reformist Elena Lasconi in a runoff in two weeks.

Sunday's second round would have pitted Calin Georgescu, a far-right, pro-Russian candidate who was ahead in the first round, against pro-European Union centrist leader Elena Lasconi.

Reformist presidential hopeful Elena Lasconi told Romanians on Monday they faced an “existential fight” for their democracy and needed to rally to defeat a far-right candidate who would push the ...

Romania's Constitutional Court Friday canceled the presidential run-off election between far-right candidate Calin Georgescu and centrist Elena Lasconi. The court cited a Russian propaganda ...

Elena Lasconi will run for president of Romania, but the ruling coalition's candidate remains unclear.

Georgescu, who garnered nearly 23 percent of the vote in the November 24 poll, will face off against center-right Elena Lasconi, a staunch Euro-Atlanticist, in the December 8 runoff after both ...