Tim Ross

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Tim Ross

Presented by Hydrogen Europe By TIM ROSS with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS: If you’re contemplating a new job as a world leader, like, say, Romania’s Nicușor Dan, what you probably want most is your family’s backing.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Carmen Paun |Tim Ross

Nicușor Dan, Bucharest’s centrist mayor who ran as an independent, is expected to become Romania’s new president, according to exit polls. The 55-year-old mathematician edged out hard-right election front-runner George Simion by 55 percent to 45 percent, exit polls suggested Sunday evening. The projections are not official results, which will start coming in from Romania’s election authority in the next few hours.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks 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.