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.
Some dinners are eaten. Others are remembered. At Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard, the past few months have unfolded like a quiet culinary opera. One by one, Europe’s most celebrated chefs arrived, took over the kitchen of Boulevard 73 and left behind more than menus; they left stories. Now, on December 4, the curtain falls. […]
HORIZON CITY, a €130 million residential project, is emerging as one of the most solid and forward-thinking developments in the Pipera area—both through its scale and through the modern direction it sets for the new residential standards in the north. Developed across nearly 23,000 sqm, with 699 apartments and 926 parking spaces, the project brings […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, announced that it is putting over 16,000 Christmas trees up for sale over the winter in a press release published on Thursday, November 27. The trees can be purchased directly from the offices of the forestry districts. Prices range between RON 17 (EUR 3.3) for a spruce...
Lot 3 Pietroasele–Buzău of Romania's A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27. The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long. The A7 connects Romania’s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part. “We are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway […]
The City Hall of Sinaia, a popular mountain town roughly 120 km north of Bucharest, announced that a new attraction, the alpine coaster on Pârtia Nouă, will officially open on December 1. The installation, located in the ski area near the Sinaia Gondola, features what the authorities say is the longest track of its kind […]
The Romanian national team debuted with a victory in Group A of the Women’s Handball World Championship, organized in the Netherlands and Germany. Romania won 33–24 (13–12) against Croatia in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on Thursday, November 27. The Romanian team dominated the match in the second half, left backer Sorina-Maria Grozav scoring 7 […]
