In Romania, prosecutors have launched criminal investigations against the far-right populist Calin Georgescu. Last year, the country's top court canceled elections just as he was about to sweep up the majority vote.

Calin Georgescu, the far-right winner of the first round of the annulled presidential elections in Romania, was arrested on Wednesday. "It seems that Bucharest is paving the way to block Georgescu's participation in the elections,

A far-right populist who won the first round in Romania’s canceled presidential race last year was stopped in traffic by police on Wednesday and taken in for questioning by prosecutors