President-elect Nicușor Dan held a phone conversation with Moldovan president Maia Sandu on Monday, May 19, reaffirming Romania's strong support for Moldova's European aspirations.  In a post on X following the call,

Nicușor Dan swept to victory in Romania's presidential election on Sunday, defeating far-right nationalist rival George Simion with nearly 54 percent of the vote. Dan, 55 the centrist mayor of Bucharest and former mathematician who campaigned for an "honest" Romania, was victorious over Simion, 38, in a tense rerun of the contest.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Nicușor Dan on his victory in the Romanian presidential election and invited him to come to Ukraine. Zelenskyy

The École normale supérieure (ENS), the top higher education institution whose history goes back to the time of the French Revolution, has congratulated Nicușor Dan on being elected president of Romania following the May 18 run-off.

Nicușor Dan, centrist mayor of Bucharest, is set to win Romania’s 2025 presidential election, defeating far-right candidate George Simion. The election followed the annulled 2024 vote over Russian interference.

Nicușor Dan, a math prodigy and current Mayor of Bucharest, won gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1987 and 1988.

Romanians flocked to polling stations on Sunday in large numbers to elect the country’s next president, in a choice between a pro-EU centrist and a far-right Eurosceptic.