Romania will hold repeat presidential elections on March 23 and April 6, 2025. The previous results were canceled due to large-scale cyberattacks and suspicions of external interference. The ruling coalition of Romania has established the dates for the repeat presidential elections following the Constitutional Court's decision to annul the results of the previous vote. The pro-European coalition, consisting of the Social Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the National Liberal Party, and the ethnic Hungarian UDMR party, has already declared support for a single candidate - Crin Antonescu. Reportedly, the second round of the presidential election will be held on April 6. The pro-European PSD-PNL-UDMR coalition has already publicly announced its support for the former acting president of Romania , Crin Antonescu, as its joint candidate. Other candidates include Elena Lasconi (USR), Nicusor Dan (independent), Calin Georgescu (independent) and Daniel Funeriu (independent). The 2025 presidential election in the country will be held again after the Constitutional Court of Romania decided to annul the results of the first round of elections held in late November. The court's decision was a response to declassified data pointing to “hybrid attacks” during the election process. In this context, Romania's Supreme Security Council confirmed that the country faced numerous cyberattacks and interference with election platforms. In particular, 85 thousand cyberattacks were aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities in the voting system. At the center of the scandal is far-right candidate Calin Georgescuwho won the first round of the election, although polls before the vote predicted that he would have a much lower chance. Georgescu made extensive use of TikTok during the election campaign, which garnered him significant support on social media, but now there are suspicions of illegal campaign financing and external interference.
Real estate investment and development company Global Vision has announced its first entry into the retail sector with a commercial project in Oradea, northwest Romania. The investment exceeds EUR 10 million and is part of the company’s broader EUR 150 million investment pipeline. The new retail development, named Oradea Retail Plaza, will be located in […]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has added a second aircraft to its base at Sibiu International Airport and announced a significant expansion of its operations in the Romanian city. The airline, which has been present in Sibiu for more than a decade, is now offering over one million seats to and from Sibiu, representing a 48% […]
Romania’s main trade union confederations are preparing coordinated protest actions and considering a general strike in response to the government’s new fiscal and austerity measures, Economica.net reported. The decision was made during a meeting of union leaders evaluating the impact...
The Coalition for the Digital Economy, which brings together companies such as Uber, Glovo, Wolt, Bolt, Bringo, and Lime, in response to Ziarul Financiar's claims that the drivers of the ride-hailing operators are avoiding taxes and social security contributions, assured that this is not the case. ...
Romanian energy group OMV Petrom (BVB: SNP) will decide by the end of September on the special dividend, based on the progress of the investment projects, the impact of the present and future fiscal reforms implemented by the government, and the market conditions, the company's CFO Alina Popa explained, quoted by Cursdeguvernare.ro. ...
Romania’s teachers’ unions announced on August 5 that education minister Daniel David has pledged to ask prime minister Ilie Bolojan to drop some of the most contested measures from the government’s first package of reforms, Hotnews.ro reported. The...
