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Who is C膬lin Georgescu, the far-right TikTok star leading the Romanian election race 聽A Russia-supporting vaccine skeptic who praises his country WWII fascist leaders won a shock first-round victory in Romania 821
stanley cup 7 presidential election.聽Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersSilver-haired, slim and clean-shaven, Calin Georgescu spent much of his career in officialdom, specializing in agricultural affairs. | Octav Ganea/Getty ImagesNovember 25, 20246:48 pm CETBy Tim Ross,Victor Jack andAndrei PetreC膬lin Georgescu barely registered in national opinion polls, didnt take part in big TV deb
vaso stanley ates, and doesnt even belong to a political party. But hes leading the race to become Romanias next president.His shock rise from obscurity Sunday in the first round of the countrys presidential election propelled the 62-year-old Georgescu, a far-right, NATO-skeptic Russia fan, into a run-off against a more mainstream candidate.The Dec. 8 deciding round of the election will determine whether Georgescu takes charge of this strategically-placed nation of 19 million people, which borders Ukraine on the eastern edge o
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Kyprianou resignsMarkos Kyprianou has resigned as European commissioner for health to take up a new job as foreign minister in Cypruss new coalition government.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFebruary 27, 20085:00 pm CETDemetris Christofias, the communist who won the second round of the presidential election on Sunday 24 February with the support of Kyprianous nationalist Democratic party, is expected to announce his full cabinet tomorrow 29 February .Kyprianous most pressing task will be to work towards reunification of the island, which has been divided since 1974 after an invasion by Turkish troops. During the campaign Christofias pledged to renew contacts with the T
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stanley cup 04.Christofias said after his election that he had contacted the United Nations Cyprus envoy and that he would hold an exploratory meeting with Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish Cypriot leader.AdvertisementAdvertisementJos茅 Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, called on Christofias to grasp this chance and without delay start negotiations under United Nations auspices with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community on a comprehensive settlement .Christofias, the Communist candidate, won a run-off with 53% of the vote against the
