Romania’s contentious ban on a far-right candidate
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Romania’s pro-Russia presidential candidate to fight election ban
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Romania’s top court upholds election ban on Georgescu
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Romania's far-right presidential hopeful Diana Sosoaca files new candidacy bid despite previous ban
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Romanian far right in disarray after ban on Călin Georgescu
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Chaos in Romania's capital after far-right Calin Georgescu barred from presidential redo
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Supreme Court takes up free speech challenge to conversion therapy bans aimed at LGBTQ youth
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In Romania, the far right has unleashed a tide of hate and resurrected our fascist ghosts | Andrei Popoviciu
Economic uncertainty and polarisation are a potent cocktail that extremist politicians such as Cǎlin Georgescu thrive on. In a forest outside Bucharest, a woman cradled her infant in one arm while ...The Guardian - 3d -
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