An earlier version of this article misstated the date of the first-round vote in the presidential election. It was Nov. 24, not Oct. 24. When Romania this month annulled the first round of a presidential election won by a Moscow-friendly ultranationalist candidate,

Romania’s Liberal Party is facing scrutiny after a media investigation linked their presidential campaign to that of a pro-Russian candidate who won a now-canceled first round of the election.

A new government took office in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Monday as the country faces a deep political crisis. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis tasked incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with forming the new government.

What happened in Romania’s presidential election marks the beginning of the new political era, of hybrid war, political unrest, and disdain, anger and revolt against political elites.

The Russian government has long been active in election interference and related disinformation campaigns against democracies.

Russia launched cyberattacks “aimed at influencing the fairness of the electoral process” and “the public agenda through the use of artificial intelligence and aggressive online promotion,” according to Mihai Weber,

What Europe can look forward to if Putin wins in Ukraine.

A pro-Russian Europhobe, Călin Georgescu, has surged to poll position in Romania’s presidential election by weaponising social media, with a little help from Moscow.

A campaign from a governing center-right party may have been hijacked to benefit far-right candidate Călin Georgescu, snoop.ro report shows.

Romania’s presidential election last month shocked the country and its government when Calin Georgescu, an obscure far-right candidate, secured the most votes in the first round.

According to Petko Petkov from BG Elves, who reviewed the AdNow software, the company manipulates users through social engineering.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday said he has tasked incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with forming a new government, as Bucharest reels from a deep political crisis. Ciolacu - who has been prime minister since 2023 - is to lead a pro-European coalition of his Social Democrats (PSD),