Happy Tuesday! Attention prospective homebuyers: The Chicago childhood home of Robert Prevost, who now goes by Pope Leo XIV, ...

Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu was barred from Romania’s presidential election ... But this post-ideological claim, ”no more Left vs. Right,” normally translates into “right-wing choices only” — and ...

Elena Lasconi’s lead has narrowed from 3.5% to just 2%, and Nicușor Dan’s advantage over Simion has gone from 3.2% to 3%. Meanwhile, in a Nicușor Dan vs. Crin Antonescu runoff, the latter ...

Like Simion, he’s also trying to rally the support of Georgescu’s former voters. Last week, USR leaders threw their support behind Dan instead of their own candidate, Elena Lasconi, in a bid to keep ...

He has sought to reinvent himself politically and is now running as an independent, hoping to attract Georgescu’s voters. Lasconi came second in the annulled first round of Romania’s presidential race ...

Former prime minister Victor Ponta and Elena Lasconi, a liberal politician who qualified for the run-off in December against Georgescu, have also declared their intent to run, but their bids have ...

Elena Lasconi, of the center-right Union Save Romania, who was due to face Georgescu in the cancelled run-off last year, warned in a statement that Romania’s democracy is fragile, and a decision like ...

BUCHAREST -- Several hundred supporters of Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu gathered peacefully ... pro-European centrist candidate Elena Lasconi, 52, in a runoff, which had been ...

Riot police used tear gas in response. Elena Lasconi, president of the center-right Union Save Romania party, who had been due to face Georgescu in the runoff last year before the election was ...

BUCHAREST -- Romania's Central Electoral Board (CEB) has rejected the candidacy of far-right politician Calin Georgescu in a rerun ... centrist candidate Elena Lasconi in a runoff, which had ...

Last week, the prosecutor general charged the ultranationalist Calin Georgescu on six counts, including lying about his campaign finances and having links to a fascist group. And for weeks ...