By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The talks on the formation of a ruling coalition in Romania reached a deadlock on December 19 ...

Romania’s political crisis deepened after the largest pro-European party abruptly withdrew from negotiations to form a ...

Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party has withdrawn from negotiations to form a pro-European coalition government, ...

BUCHAREST, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Romania's ruling leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) has withdrawn from government coalition ...

saying she didn't want Romania "to go back in time to Communism in case Georgescu was elected. I don't want us to lose our freedom". Outgoing Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu -- who lost in the first ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — A top Romanian court on Friday ... voters — had cast ballots in the first round. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said in a statement the annulment was “the only correct ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on ... Most surveys had predicted the top candidate would be Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the ruling center-left Social Democrats.

Reactions in Romania were mixed, with Georgescu's opponents celebrating the decision and his supporters denouncing it. Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, who faced an upset loss in the ...

Georgescu won 23 percent of the vote, with Elena Lasconi of the opposition Save Romania Union coming second with 19 percent. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the governing Social Democrats ...