Romania Court Orders

Romania’s top court orders recount of presidential votes

Constitutional Court to decide on Friday whether to annul first-round results after complaints that poll was subject to foreign interference

World - Financial Times - 15 hours ago

Romania Court Orders a Recount After Surprise Election Result

A top court issued the ruling just days after an ultranationalist outsider unexpectedly won the most votes in the first round of presidential elections held Sunday.

Top stories - The New York Times - 11 hours ago

Romania orders election recount after TikTok bias claims

TikTok denies it gave preferential treatment to any candidate in Romania's presidential election.

UEFA orders Kosovo to forfeit Nations League game after team walks off. Romania punished for chants

UEFA has ordered Kosovo to forfeit a Nations League game in Romania after its team refused to play on in second-half stoppage time, with the score 0-0, after hearing pro-Serbia chants

Sports - ABC News - November 20

Romania’s Constitutional Court asks for recount of votes from first round in presidential race

World - ABC News - 16 hours ago

Supreme Court reinstates Youngkin’s voter purge order in Virginia

Virginia can cancel more than 1,600 voter registrations the state claims are held by noncitizens in advance of next week’s election, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The emergency decision marks ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Musk ordered to attend court hearing over $1 million voter giveaway

Elon Musk has been ordered to attend a court hearing in Philadelphia Thursday after he was sued by District Attorney Larry Krasner.

Musk can continue with election cash giveaways for now, judge rules

Prosecutors say the case will now move to a federal court, following a request from Musk's lawyers.

Italian court orders migrants held in Albania to be taken to Italy

World - Yahoo News - November 11

Pennsylvania’s Top Court Tells Counties to Stop Defying Its Ballot Order

The decision came after officials in at least four counties had ignored the court’s pre-election guidance not to count mail ballots that were undated or misdated.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 18

Malaysian court orders return of Swatch watches featuring LGBTQ designs

A Malaysian court ordered the government to return rainbow-colored watches made by Swatch Group that were seized last year for designs celebrating LGBTQ rights.

Romanian court orders recount of presidential election’s first-round votes

Also, presidential office says officials detected online efforts to influence vote won by little-known far-right candidate. Romania’s top court has ordered a recount of votes in the first round of ...

World - The Guardian - 12 hours ago

Guatemala appeals court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora and orders his return to jail

World - ABC News - November 15

Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail

A Guatemalan appeals court has overturned the order freeing journalist José Rubén Zamora and ordered his return to jail

World - ABC News - November 15

Elon Musk ordered to attend $1 million voter lottery suit hearing in Philadelphia court

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his America PAC are supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the presidential election.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark ruling that ordered energy firm Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030

World - ABC News - November 12

Supreme Court releases new case order list amid rumors about justices' futures

The Supreme Court has released its new order list of cases for the coming months as speculation swirls about justices possibly stepping down. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has more.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders election officials to stop counting ballots with date errors

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday ordered election officials in the state to stop counting mail-in ballots marked with the wrong date or missing dates from their outer envelopes.

Romanian court orders recount of the 1st round of the presidential vote, won by a far-right outsider

A top Romanian court has asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election

World - ABC News - 10 hours ago

Austria set to open way for Bulgaria and Romania to gain full Schengen access

Vienna expected to drop veto on ending checks at land borders for travellers from the two countries

World - Financial Times - November 20

Romania awarded win over Kosovo after walk-off

Romania have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Kosovo after their Nations League match in Bucharest was abandoned, UEFA said on Wednesday.

Sports - ESPN - November 21

Romania holds a presidential election Sunday that could narrow to nationalist and leftist candidates

Romanians will vote Sunday in a presidential election that looks likely to pit a far-right nationalist party leader against the leftist prime minister in a runoff in two weeks

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Romania votes in presidential poll with nationalist and leftist vying for runoff

Sunday’s election could lead to a battle between far-right’s George Simion and Marcel Ciolacu of Social Democrats. Romanians are casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of a presidential ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania presidential election

Calin Georgescu, a NATO and EU critic, is ahead in the first round of voting, overtaking the prime minister.

Hard-Right Candidate Wins First Round of Romania’s Presidential Election

Calin Georgescu, who had been widely dismissed as a fringe extremist, won the most votes on Sunday. He will probably face a liberal opponent in the second round on Dec. 8.

Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago

How a pro-Putin TikTok star topped Romania’s presidential poll

Social media clips show Călin Georgescu riding on white horse, performing martial arts

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

The Guardian view on Romania’s presidential election: a stable Ukrainian ally wobbles | Editorial

The shock first-round victory of a far-right nationalist candidate has far-reaching and alarming implications. In a region shadowed by Vladimir Putin’s revanchist ambitions, Romania has been a ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Romania election: what next after ultranationalist’s shock first-round victory?

Upset in presidential ballot as frontrunners knocked out and pro-Russian Călin Georgescu comes first. After an upset in the first of three crunch votes that could lead to Romania veering towards ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Romania regulator calls for TikTok suspension amid vote interference fears

Far-right, pro-Moscow candidate Călin Georgescu came from 5% in polls to win presidential election’s first round. Romania’s telecoms regulator is asking for TikTok to be suspended as the country’s ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Trump’s new world order

A stunning victory that will radically alter America’s role

World - Financial Times - November 6

The unravelling of the international legal order

An arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister has exposed divisions among western leaders

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Kosovo FA hits out at Uefa after Nations League game in Romania is abandoned

Kosovo players left field over alleged pro-Serbia chants FFK claims it repeatedly warned Uefa of potential issue The Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK) said it had repeatedly warned Uefa about ...

World - The Guardian - November 16

Bulgaria and Romania 'one step closer' to full membership in Schengen zone, Hungary says

Hungarian officials say Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe’s Schengen travel zone starting at the beginning of 2025