Exit polls have Romania's PM leading presidential vote

Romania election preview: who is running for president?

Marcel Ciolacu, prime minister and chief of the Social Democratic Party, is the frontrunner to win the presidential election, leading in all polls.

Starmer welcomes Romanian PM to Number 10

Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Romanian counterpart, Marcel Ciolacu, outside Number 10. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

'It's a presidential election that could indicate a political shake-up in Romania'

Polls open in what is expected to be first round of Romania's presidential election

There are 13 candidates in the running for Romania’s top job, including two clear favourites, but none of them are expected to gain an absolute majority, meaning the presidential race will go to a run-off on 8 December.

Romanians overseas begin casting ballots ahead of Sunday's presidential election

The President of Romania's Permanent Electoral Authority said there would be a record number of polling stations abroad for the presidential election, totalling more than 950.

Austria lifts long-held veto on the Schengen accession of Romania and Bulgaria

Budapest was the stage of a major breakthrough in Schengen after Austria agreed to lifts its veto on Romania and Bulgaria's accession.