Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu on Tuesday lost an appeal against a decision barring him from standing in the country's presidential election re-run, as hundreds protested outside the court.

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday barred far-right front-runner candidate Călin Georgescu from competing in a May rerun of the country’s presidential election, despite protests and accusations of tyranny from Georgescu and his supporters.

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has appealed against the country's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) decision to bar him from participating in May's presidential election. Constitutional court judges will meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Georgescu's appeal,

The country’s electoral commission ruled on Sunday that Calin Georgescu, an outspoken critic of Ukraine and NATO, could not compete in the do-over election.

Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau, BEC, rejected the registration of Călin Georgescu's candidacy on Sunday, March 9.  Călin Georgescu, the far-right, Russia-friendly politician who surprisingly emerged as the first-round winner of last year’s annulled presidential elections,

A top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the presidential rerun.

Romania's central electoral bureau has disqualified far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from participating in the upcoming presidential election re-run, prompting backlash from right-wing leaders who label the decision as undemocratic.

Romania's electoral bureau has rejected far-right candidate Calin Georgescu's bid for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, citing legal violations tied to the original vote's nullification.

The constitutional court rejected Georgescu's appeal, several Romanian media reported, as George Simion, who leads the far-right AUR party, accused the court of "mocking the Romanian people" and "attacking our democracy and our essential rights and freedoms."

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu, who won the first round of the presidential election last autumn and tops the polls ahead of the May vote, has appealed to the Constitutional Court (CCR) over the Central Electoral Bureau’s (BEC’s) decision to block his presidential candidacy.