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Diana Șoșoacă is the leader of the small, far-right SOS Romania party. Photo by Lutcanu Iuliana/Getty Images

Romania bans another far-right candidate from presidential election

Romania’s electoral commission expelled another far-right candidate from May’s presidential election rerun after banning front-runner Călin Georgescu from the race last year.

Calin Georgescu supporters assembled outside Romania's Constitutional Court on Tuesday. Photo by: Robert Ghement/PAP

Hundreds protest as far-right candidate’s election ban upheld by Romania’s top court

Romania’s top court has upheld the decision to ban a prominent far-right candidate from running in the country’s forthcoming presidential election.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Photo: PAP/EPA/RONALD WITTEK

US Vice President says biggest threat facing Europe comes ‘from within,’ sparking criticism

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has said that the biggest threat facing Europe comes “from within,” not from Russia and China, accusing Europe of disregarding voters and enabling censorship of alternative views.