The rerun of the Romanian presidential election that was annulled last December takes place on May 4. DW takes a look at the main candidates, including frontrunner George Simion, a pro-Russian right-wing extremist.

The United States has sent a team of election observers to Romania ahead of a presidential election rerun, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, amid criticism in Washington of a decision to cancel the initial 2024 ballot.

Romania will repeat the presidential elections on May 4 with a second round on May 18, after the Constitutional Court stopped the process carried out in November-December last year amid intense fraudulent online activity that has amplified the rise of radical far-right candidates amid the