The Social Democratic Party - National Liberal Party (PSD-PNL) electoral alliance obtained 48,70% of the votes cast in the European Parliament elections, Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) 14,95% and the United Right Alliance 8,61%, according to provisional data provided by the Central Electoral Bureau on Monday evening.The data is provided following the centralisation of 19,717 polling stations out of a total of 19,870.Specifically, PSD-PNL obtained 4,304,937 votes, AUR 1,321,272 votes and the United Right Alliance 761,307 votes.They were followed by Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) with 6.53% (577,233 votes), S.O.S. Romania Party with 5.04% (445,951 votes), REPER with 3.67% (324,827 votes) and the independent Nicolae Stefanuta with 3.05% (269,488 votes).The following candidates are: independent Vlad Gheorghe with 2.46% (217,558 votes), United Diaspora Party with 1.78% (157,781 votes), Social Liberal Humanist Party with 1.47% (129,723 votes), independent candidate Sosoaca Dumitru Silvestru with 0.94% (79. 677 votes), Partidul Patriotilor with 0.73% (64,644 votes), Partidul Romania Mare with 0.66% (58,546 votes), independent candidate Paula Marinela Pirvulescu with 0.57% (50,348 votes), Partidul Alternativa Dreapta with 0.45% (39,542 votes) and Romania Socialista with 0.42% (36,760 votes).A total of 17,848,044 voters were registered on the permanent electoral rolls and copies of the special electoral rolls, of which 17,788,795 were registered on the permanent electoral rolls.A total of 9,439,644 voters turned out at the polls, of whom 8,711,414 were registered on the permanent electoral rolls, 28,519 on the copies of the special electoral rolls and 699,711 on the supplementary electoral rolls.A total of 22,137,486 ballots were received, of which 8,840,311 were valid and 484,078 invalid. 12,722,049 ballot papers were unused and annulled.
On Monday, December 23, Romanian police brought Nica Robert Florin back to the country. The man convicted of possession of high-risk drugs, bodily harm, and driving under the influence of alcohol, is listed among Romania’s Most Wanted category and was also wanted internationally. Romanian authorities revealed at the beginning of October that they had indications […]
An investigation by the famous British newspaper Financial Times revealed that the campaign of former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was supported by a Russian network also used during the pandemic in France and Germany to instill fear of vaccines. The newspaper’s investigation began in continuation of those by Bulgarian and Romanian journalists at BG...
Bucharest’s District 3 City Hall will once again organize a special New Year’s Eve event in Titan Park, with a program of live concerts, multimedia shows, and even a simulation of the Northern Lights. The event, set to begin at 8:00 PM on December 31, will focus on the theme of infinity. “If you missed […]
Traffic on Lot 1 of the A7 Ploiești-Buzău highway, stretching 21 kilometers in southern Romania, was officially opened on Monday, December 23. With this opening, 102 kilometers of the total 320 kilometers of the highway are now usable. The Moldova Highway, as it has been called, is meant to connect Romania's economically underdeveloped eastern regions to […]
The Dutch technology investor Prosus NV, also the majority shareholder of Romania’s largest online retailer eMAG, is set to buy the online travel agency Despegar.com Corp, focused on Latin America, for approximately USD 1.7 billion. The purchase consideration will be funded from existing cash resources, the company said. Founded in Argentina in 1999, Despegar is one […]
The new Forestry Code, which passed the Parliament vote on December 17 and was signed into law by president Klaus Iohannis on December 20, includes provisions that protect all forests in Ilfov, the county surrounding Bucharest, making them the cornerstone of the future green belt around the capital city. Moreover, it legislates green belts nationwide, […]
