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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
BUCHAREST — Romania’s election winner Nicușor Dan will be sworn in as the country’s president on Monday and will immediately face a juggling act from hell as he grapples with serious economic trouble and a legacy of political strife.
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1 month ago | 
wiadomosci.onet.pl | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
Nicusor Dan mówi powoli, ważąc każde słowo, jakby od tego zależała przyszłość cywilizacji. Być może jest on jednak największą nadzieją Zachodu na to, by nie stracić Rumunii. 55-letni burmistrz Bukaresztu, znany z walki z korupcją, wygrał wybory prezydenckie w szóstym pod względem liczby ludności kraju Unii Europejskiej.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
Il est 8h30 ce dimanche 18 mai, jour d’élection, et Nicușor Dan essaie de tenir bon. Après des mois de campagne dans la course à la présidence du pays, le maire indépendant de Bucarest connaîtra son sort dans douze heures. L’air matinal est frais dans la cour de l’Ecole Numéro 4 de Făgăraș, la ville natale de Nicușor Dan en Transylvanie. Le soleil perce les nuages, faisant apparaître des tâches de neige sur les sommets des montagnes au loin.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
FĂGĂRAŞ, Romania — It’s 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 18 — election day — and Nicușor Dan is trying to hold it together. After months of campaigning in the country’s fraught presidential race, the independent mayor of Bucharest has just 12 hours left before he will learn his fate. The morning air is cool in the yard outside School Number 4 in Făgăraș, Dan’s Transylvanian hometown. The sun breaks through, picking out streaks of snow on the tops of the mountains in the distance.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
2 hours agoRomanians vote in cliffhanger presidential election as tensions continue to riseStakes have never been this high in Romania's post-communist history, as Romanians vote in a crucial and polarised presidential election. Centrist Nicușor Dan faces nationalist George Simion, with diaspora turnout doubling.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
SINAIA, Romania — Voters are turning out in high numbers in Romania to choose their next president in a pivotal election that will determine the strategically significant country’s future direction in Europe. The front-runner candidate, hard-right populist George Simion, has cast doubt on the process already, warning in a press conference that he is worried about potential fraud.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu
ALBA IULIA, Romania — Among the deep river gorges and forest-covered mountainsides of Transylvania, home to wolves, bears and folktales of vampires, a dark and destructive spirit is beginning to stir. In 1918, modern Romania was founded when Transylvania entered a formal union with the rest of the country at an assembly in the fortified citadel of Alba Iulia, an ancient Roman town that is now the focus of national unification celebrations in December every year.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Jon Henley |Andrei Popoviciu
Collecting her 10-year-old son from primary school in Bucharest’s crumbling Ferentari neighbourhood, Georgeta Petre was quite sure who she would be casting her ballot for on Sunday, and why. “I hope he will change things,” she said. “I hope he’ll do things better. Everyone before him just … lied. Look around – we can’t continue like this. I can’t afford food, or clothes for the children. I’m voting for George Simion.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Tim Ross |Andrei Popoviciu |Max Griera
ALBA IULIA, Romania — The contest for the Romanian presidency is almost over. Sunday’s vote will determine whether a strategically vital NATO member on the EU’s eastern edge takes a turn against Ukraine under the disruptive influence of a hard-right populist, or remains firmly anchored in the traditional pro-Brussels mainstream.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Rachel Chason |Rael Ombuor |Abiodun Jamiu |Andrei Popoviciu
Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future (washingtonpost.com) Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future By Rachel Chason; Rael Ombuor; Abiodun Jamiu; Andrei Popoviciu 2025042706001800 DAKAR, Senegal — Pope Francis ministered to the poor in Kenya and kissed the feet of South Sudan's feuding rulers in a plea for peace.
