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Reuters
3 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Centrist mayor Dan wins Romanian presidency over hard-right rival
Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country's presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to put Romania on a path inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump's politics. Ryan Chang has more.


Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Reform UK club in Blackpool hosted hard-right events for decade
The owners of a new Reform Party pub in Blackpool hosted hard-right events in the venue for up to a decade, it can be revealed. Senior party members hailed the Talbot as a sign of the groundswell of support in Tory heartlands, pointing to the venue's near 82-year history as a Conservative club. However, the current owners, who took over the pub in 2009, have a history of renting out space to music events that campaigners claim include hard-right acts. Its owners also planned to host a 'white victims of multiculturalism' event in 2018, which promised political speeches by neo-Nazi campaigners and a Holocaust denier, but cancelled it due to a backlash. Reform won more than 600 council seats at the local elections, leading the