Defeating populists never signals an easy return to the status quo ante.

France denied Pavel Durov’s claim that its intelligence agency sought to censor conservative Romanian voices on Telegram ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, however, admitting that it did meet with him to discuss the proliferation of criminal content on his platform.

Romanian, Portuguese and Polish nationals have been casting their ballots, with millions of Europeans taking to the polls on Sunday.

Romanian political scientist and Oxford University lecturer Vladimir Bortun joins Bianna Golodryga to discuss the Romanian election and how Nicușor Dan defeated hard-right favourite George Simion.

Romania’s finance chief said a new government will need to move quickly to fix state finances even after the election of Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan as president helped soothe market turmoil that’s engulfed the Black Sea nation.

JPMorgan said on Monday that an election win by Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan is reducing political risk ahead and that a sovereign ratings downgrade to below investment grade was now less of a concern.

Romania has officially enacted a law allowing its armed forces to shoot down unauthorized drones entering national airspace, following a decree signed by interim president Ilie Bolojan on Monday, May 19.