AUR candidate George Simion, continues torank first in the race for the first round of presidential elections of May 4, according to an opinion poll made by AtlasIntel for HotNews, over April 17-22. Data show that Simion lost in 9 days most of what he had won in a month, for the second round of elections. At the same time, he reduced the difference to any oponent, in a presidential final round. According to the survey, Simion is credited with 31.9% of the options of people who answered the question. That means that after having grown by 3% over April 10-13, compared to March, the AUR candidate lost about half of it accrding to HotNews. Crin Antonescu, the PSD-PNL-UDMR candidate ranks second, credited with 22.6% of votes, 2% less than 9 days ago, when he had 24.7%. Independent candidate Nicusor Dan is 0.6% below, with 22%, with a slight increase to 21.2%. Ranking 4th is Victor Ponta, credited with 10.2%, from 9.7%, while Elena Lasconi is 5th, with 5.5%, slightly higher than in the previous survey. In the second round, George Simion gets fewer votes than his counterparts, except for Victor Ponta. However, Crin Antonescu's advance versus George Simion drops from 12.9% to 5%, Lasconi's advance versus Simion drops from 3.5% to 2%, Nicusor Dan's advance versus George Simion drops from 3.2% to 3%. At the same time, in a final round Nicusor Dan-Crin Antonescu, the latter would get 31% of votes versus 28% of the general mayor's votes, while the percentages of I don;t know/I don't vote/ nul vote – are the highest of all scenarios – 41%. AtlasIntel survey was made on a sample of 3,701 respondents, through the digital random recruiting methos (Atlas RDR) and has a margin of error of +/- 2%, for a confidence degree of 95%.
TikTok has launched an Election Center dedicated to Romania's upcoming elections as part of its broader effort to protect "the integrity of the platform" and promote access to reliable information. The initiative is supported by a new media literacy campaign and ongoing collaboration with more than 20 fact-checking partners, the company said in a statement. […]
Romanian acting president Ilie Bolojan met on Friday, April 25, with a delegation from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, or ODIHR, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), according to a statement from the presidential administration. The acting president told the delegation that Romania "is faithful to democratic principles […]
Shareholders of Romanian oil company OMV Petrom recently approved the distribution of record dividends amounting to RON 2.8 billion (EUR 562.6 million) for the 2024 financial year, as well as the 2025 budget, which provides for investments of RON 8.1 billion (EUR 1.6 billion). The decision was taken during the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings […]
The 2025 edition of the European Film Festival (FFE), which takes place this year in Bucharest and nine other cities, will screen more than 40 feature films, 28 of which are national premieres. The festival will also present two selections of short films, also screened as national premieres. Among them are 11 documentaries, 13 films […]
Update: The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official press release that the Romanian citizen was initially detained in the Abkhazia region four months ago and was later transferred to Sochi, Russia. "Steps have already been taken to provide consular protection and assistance with the central and local authorities, in accordance with international regulations," […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, said on Friday, April 25, that it arrested a 23-year-old Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying for Ukraine by sharing the locations of Russian air defense systems. The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to […]
