{"id":245213,"date":"2025-05-19T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/romanian-election-liberal-pro-eu-mayor-nicusor-dan-wins-tense-race-for-presidency-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:04:40","slug":"romanian-election-liberal-pro-eu-mayor-nicusor-dan-wins-tense-race-for-presidency-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/romanian-election-liberal-pro-eu-mayor-nicusor-dan-wins-tense-race-for-presidency-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian election: Liberal, pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan wins tense race for presidency | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KAhdtwN8o_E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Romanian election: Liberal, pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan wins tense race for presidency | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAhdtwN8o_E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The liberal mayor of Bucharest has won Romania&#8217;s presidential election after months of political turbulence. <\/p>\n<p>Nicusor Dan, who is pro-EU, saw off a strong challenge from the nationalist candidate, George Simion, who won the first round earlier in May. <\/p>\n<p>Before that, the previous election was cancelled because of allegations of Russian interference. Russia denied any involvement.<\/p>\n<p>About 11.5 million Romanians voted in Sunday&#8217;s run-off, and Dan attracted the support of more than six million of them.<\/p>\n<p>The former mathematics professor waited waited until after midnight on Sunday before he could be absolutely sure that the numbers were on his side, and he could join his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Romania #Russia #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The liberal mayor of Bucharest has won Romania&#8217;s presidential election after months of political turbulence. Nicusor Dan, who is pro-EU, saw off a strong challenge from the nationalist candidate, George Simion, who won the first round earlier in May. Before that, the previous election was cancelled because of allegations of Russian interference. 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