The Permanent Election Authority (AEP) announced on Tuesday the situation of the valid number of electors for the second round of presidential elections. According to the AEP press release, the total number of electors included on the permanent lists is 17,988,218 citizens. The total number of Romanian citizens living abroad, with voting right in those elections is 1,016,327 persons. 6,085 citizens chose to vote on the website www.votstrainatate.ro and were included on permanent election lists abroad, while 2,235 citizens chose to vote at polling stations abroad. At the same time, 20,326 citizens are not allowed to vote. AEP points out that the Elction Register was updated by data imported from the General Department for People's Evidence and from the General Passport Department, as well as by cancellations of registration at mayoralties. According to law 208/2015, with further amendments, the Election Register is a national registration and updating data system identifying Romanian citizens with voting right and data about their distribution to polling stations.The election register is organized for counties, municipalities, towns, communes, for Romanian citizens living in Romania. People authorized to perform operations in the Election Register, including Romanian citizens living in the country are mayors or people appointed by mayors, by decision, according to the law.
Romania has reached a purchasing power per capita of EUR 11,105, approximately 45% below the European average – a figure that places the country in 31st place in the European top, according to the "NIQ Purchasing Power Europe 2025" study. Compared to 2024, Romania moved up one position in the NIQ ranking. Comparatively, at a […]
Ionuț Costea, former head of EximBank, and Sebastian Vlădescu, former finance minister, were released on November 5 following an extraordinary prescription procedure, according to a statement from Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ). The two had been sentenced in 2023 to six and seven years in prison, respectively, for taking a EUR 5.5 […]
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan, who also serves as president of the Liberal Party (PNL), stated on November 4 that, at the meeting of the party's National Political Bureau the same day, support was renewed for resolving the issue related to special (magistrates') pensions this month, but also for the reform in public administration, according to
Knauf Insulation Romania, the local subsidiary of a division of the German group Knauf, has officially inaugurated its new glass mineral wool factory in Târnăveni, Mureș County, after an investment of EUR 140 million, for which the company also received EUR 18 million in state aid. "Our factory in Târnăveni, equipped with state-of-the-art technology, has […]
Corden BioChem, an expert in industrial biotechnology, could resume production at the bioethanol factory it took over from Swiss Clariant in southern Romania (or "Lesser Wallachia" as indicated by the company) at Podari, after the Competition Council authorised the takeover of the steam and electricity supplier. The company announced on its website that the Podari […]
Romania’s general government budget deficit can drop below 6.5% of GDP next year, possibly approaching 6% of GDP, to further drop below 5% of GDP if the tax evasion and tax avoidance are addressed, the head of the Fiscal Council, Daniel Daianu, said, speaking in a conference organised by Curs de Guvernare, as reported by […]
