Romania’s top court ordered a vote recount in the first round of the presidential election, it said on Thursday, in a ruling observers said risked tarnishing the credibility of state institutions ahead of two more ballots.

BUCHAREST — Romania’s Constitutional Court on Thursday asked the country’s top election authority to recount and check again all ballots from Sunday’s presidential election first round. The Central Electoral Bureau will meet this afternoon to decide on the next steps.

Romania's Constitutional Court mandated a recount of ballots from the first round of the presidential election. Calin Georgescu, a far-right populist, surprisingly led the first round, surpassing the incumbent prime minister.

A top Romanian court has asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election. The Constitutional Court in Bucharest voted unanimously in favour of the recount,

Constitutional Court to decide on Friday whether to annul first round results following complaints poll subject to foreign interference

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Romania’s Constitutional Court asked on November 28 for a recount of the votes cast in the first round of the presidential election that took place on November 24. The decision has major implications not only for the presidential election,

The surprise far-right winner of the first round of Romania's presidential election has denied he wants to leave NATO and the European Union, appearing to roll back some of his positions amid protests over his victory.