The Social Democratic Party (PSD) obtained 37.63% of the votes for the positions of mayor, the National Liberal Party (PNL) - 32.27% and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) - 6.38%, according to the partial results presented on Wednesday by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).The spokesperson for the BEC, Anamaria Revnic-Calugarita, announced that, following the centralization at national level of 97.23% of the 3,186 electoral constituencies, the degree of participation in voting was 51.12%, the total number of valid votes cast is 7,511,415, representing 96.63% of the number of those who went to the polls.According to the centralization of the votes for the position of mayor, the situation is as follows:* The Social Democratic Party obtained 37.63% (2,826,469 votes);* The National Liberal Party recorded 32.27% (2,424,172 votes);* Alliance for the Union of Romanians won 6.38% (479,379 votes);* United Right Alliance USR - PMP - Forta Dreptei obtained 4.66% (350,143 votes);* The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania received 4.36% (327,435 votes);* Independent candidates got 3.72% at the national level (279,295 votes).
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
