Romania’s Bucharest Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu and businessman Ionel Rusen into preventive detention for 30 days, overturning an earlier ruling that had placed them under judicial control. Police vehicles arrived at Bucharest’s Central Detention Centre as supporters gathered outside, chanting “Calin, Calin!” and waving Romanian flags, while gendarmes formed a cordon behind metal barriers. Georgescu and Rusen are being investigated by Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) over alleged involvement in an organised criminal group and aggravated fraud. Prosecutors allege that a businessman was deceived in a scheme involving promised access to foreign financing, causing an alleged loss of 1.1 million euros. Georgescu, who finished first in the opening round of Romania’s 2024 presidential election, was later barred from standing in the rerun after the Constitutional Court annulled the original vote.

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Romanian authorities took former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu into custody on Tuesday after a Bucharest Court of Appeals ordered his detention for 30 days pending a criminal investigation for fraud.

Prosecutors allege that Georgescu and two other suspects persuaded a Romanian businessman to hand over €1.1 million by claiming they could help him obtain a credit line of up to €15 million from a foreign financial institution. Georgescu denies wrongdoing.

The appeals court overturned an earlier decision that had placed him under judicial control. The ruling is final.

Hundreds of Georgescu supporters gathered outside the courthouse in Bucharest as he left the building.

Georgescu was the frontrunner in Romania's cancelled 2024 presidential election. The vote was annulled amid allegations of Russian interference, which Moscow denied. A re-run held in May 2025 was won by pro-European centrist President Nicușor Dan.

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A sharp cold snap hit the Balkans on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, bringing the season's first snow to higher mountain areas across several countries.

In Bulgaria, the first snowflakes were reported at the Pamporovo resort on September 22. According to the Mountain Rescue Service, the snowfall was light and brief, failing to form a layer of snow on the ground.

Romania recorded its first autumn snowfall in the highest reaches of the Southern Carpathian Mountains overnight between Monday and Tuesday, followed by heavier snow overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Meteorological Administration. A thick layer of snow covered the Transfagarasan, Romania's most famous mountain road.
The heaviest snow accumulation occurred around Bâlea Lake. Temperatures dropped by 10 degrees Celsius across southern and western Romania, marking a drastic shift from the previous summer-like weather.

In Serbia, the first snow fell on the highest peaks of the Golija and Kopaonik mountains ahead of the autumn equinox, according to local media reports. Temperatures across Serbia are expected to drop gradually.

Kosovo also recorded its first snowfall, as reported by Albanian-language news portals. Heavy snow was reported in the mountainous areas of the Deçan and Istog municipalities in the country's west.

Snow also fell on the highest peaks of Mount Olympus in Greece, according to photos published on Tuesday. Temperatures remained relatively high across most of the country, although weather conditions deteriorated in some areas.

Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded its first snowfall on Mount Bjelašnica. According to the country's Hydrometeorological Institute, temperatures there hovered around 0 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, dropping to minus 1 degree at the summit.

In Montenegro, temperatures considered very low for late September were recorded on Tuesday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures were also recorded at other locations, dropping to minus 3.3 degrees in Kosanica and minus 0.1 degrees in Njegovudja.


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