Justin Spike

2 weeks ago | apnews.com | Justin Spike |Stephen McGrath

BUCAREST (AP) — Un centrista pro-Unión Europea logró una sorpresa en las elecciones presidenciales de Rumania, superando a un nacionalista de extrema derecha que había canalizado la ira de la gente hacia el establecimiento político para avanzar en las encuestas. Pero el nuevo líder ahora debe lidiar con profundas divisiones sociales que la tensa votación dejó al descubierto.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Justin Spike |Stephen McGrath

A pro-European Union centrist has caused an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist who had channelled people’s anger at the political establishment to surge in the polls. But the country’s new leader Nicusor Dan now must contend with deep societal divisions that the tense vote laid bare.

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Stephen McGrath |Justin Spike

WORLDStephen McGrath and Justin SpikeAssociated PressView Comments Bucharest, Romania — Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan on Sunday won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist who modeled his campaign after U.S. President Donald Trump. The victory marked a major turnaround in a tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice for the former Eastern Bloc country between East or West.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Matthew Brown |Carolyn Kaster |Stephen McGrath |Justin Spike

The Russian authorities on Monday outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The decision by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office, announced in an online statement, is the latest in the unrelenting crackdown on Kremlin critics, journalists and activists that intensified to unprecedented levels after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

3 weeks ago | decaturdaily.com | Justin Spike

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