He shook Romania’s political landscape in November when he secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister.Calin Georgescu,

By bne IntelliNews Romanian prosecutors have announced six charges against far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu, who was picked up by police while in traffic on the morning of February 26 and taken for questioning to the Prosecutor General's Office (PICCJ).

Dozens of searches are being conducted in Romania in connection with the case of crimes of public incitement and against the constitutional order. Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was also detained,