President Klaus Iohannis called a meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) for Thursday, starting at 14:00 p.m., at the Cotroceni Palace, the Presidential Administration informs.The agenda of the meeting includes the analysis of potential risks to national security generated by the actions of state and non-state cyber actors on IT&C infrastructures supporting the electoral process.The National Cyber Security Directorate announced on Wednesday that last year, at the request of the Cyber Security Operational Council (COSC), it has officially recommended that public institutions ban the TikTok app due to the significant cybersecurity and data manipulation risks it entails, especially amid fears of the public opinion and decision-making processes being manipulated via social networks.The National Cyber Security Directorate also said that monitoring social media accounts and investigating tactics and techniques for spreading posts on social networks through algorithm manipulation do not fall under its competence.National Cyber Security Directorate representatives noted that throughout the election period, the institution has actively cooperated with the expert national authorities - the Permanent Electoral Authority, the Special Telecommunications Service and the National Communications Administration and Regulation Authority - in order to prevent cyberattacks on the electoral infrastructure and to ensure a transparent and secure electoral process.The first round of the presidential election held on Sunday ended with independent Calin Georgescu in the lead, with 2,120,401 valid votes, (22.94%), followed by USR's Elena Lasconi with 1,772,500 valid votes (19.18%). The presidential runoff will take place on December 8.
Romanian students spend an average of 13 hours a week on homework, almost twice as much as their peers in Nordic countries, according to data from the OECD’s PISA 2022 study, quoted by ParentED. Finland ranks at the bottom in Europe with just six hours per week, while countries such as Switzerland, Denmark, and the […]
Romania’s central bank BNR has sharply revised its inflation forecast for 2025, raising the year-end estimate from 4.6% to 8.8%, with the possibility of exceeding 9%, Biziday.ro reported. Governor Mugur Isărescu warned that inflation will peak in September, potentially reaching 9.6% or 9.7%, before gradually easing. The upward revision comes after the expiration of the […]
The international documentary film festival fARAD is returning to Arad, western Romania, this autumn for its 12th edition. Running from October 8 to 12, the event will feature five days of screenings and meetings with guests from Romania and abroad, according to the organizers. For the first time, the festival is introducing a national competition […]
More than 40,000 positions will be cut from local administration in Romania as part of a wider effort to reduce public expenses. In total, the expected annual financial impact amounts to RON 2.2 billion (EUR 434 million). The job cuts were announced by Romania’s minister of development, public works, and administration, Cseke Attila. Also cut […]
The residential market in Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county showed signs of cooling in the first half of 2025, with the number of transactions down 10% compared to the same period last year. Despite the decline in sales, prices continued to rise, driven by high inflation, anticipated tax changes, and limited supply, according to […]
Inflation jumped by 2.7% in a single month in Romania in July, compared to June 2025, to an annual rate of 7.8%. Although food prices did not increase significantly, the removal of the electricity price cap on July 1 led to an average 61% increase in electricity bills, according to a report from the National […]
