The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) informs that the election campaign for the June 9 elections, local and European, begins on Friday, stressing that, from that moment, specific rules apply regarding the actions and propaganda materials allowed.According to the regulations in force, during the election campaign it is forbidden to use discriminatory messages or slogans or messages of incitement to hatred and intolerance, as well as any forms, means, acts or actions of defamation and religious or ethnic enmity, reads a BEC press release sent on Thursday."Voters deserve access to objective, real and accurate information in order to form their own opinion and make informed decisions," the statement says.In audiovisual, the electoral campaign is carried out in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 33/2007, of Law no. 115/2015, of the Decision of the National Audiovisual Council no. 149 of 3 April 2024 on the rules for conducting in audiovisual the electoral campaign for the election of Romanian members of the European Parliament in 2024 and of the Decision of the National Audiovisual Council Law no. 150 of 3 April 2024 on the rules for conducting the electoral campaign for the local election in 2024.The election campaign ends on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 7:00 a.m., BEC also specifies.
Radu Miruță, currently Romania’s economy minister, was proposed to lead the Defense Ministry. He will also hold the position of deputy prime minister. In his place, senator Irineu Darău has been proposed to take the helm of the Economy Ministry. The Defense and Economy Ministries are handled by the center-right reformist party Save Romania Union […]
Carrefour Romania has expanded its proximity retail network, reaching 200 Express stores and 191 Market locations nationwide, as part of its strategy to strengthen convenience formats. The retailer announced that the 200th Carrefour Express store will open on December 22. In 2025 alone, Carrefour opened 27 Express stores, including 19 company-operated units and eight franchise […]
Bucharest Tribunal rejected on Wednesday, December 17, an appeal filed by former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu against a lower court decision to keep him under judicial control in a case in which he is accused of promoting legionary ideology. The ruling is final,
European chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kovesi, the former head of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), said she was “shocked” by the revelations made by magistrates in the Recorder documentary ‘Captured Justice,' released on December 9. The media investigation, which fueled major street protests in Romania, details how...
Romania is among 19 European Union member states asking the European Commission to allocate funding for the creation of migrant return centres to be located outside the EU, amid a broader tightening of the bloc’s migration policy, Agerpres reported. The request follows decisions taken by...
The minister of economy, Radu Miruţă, announced that the Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprises' Performance (AMEPIP) fined him, as a natural person, for "wanting a clean and fair management at a state-owned company" - Avioane Craiova. The fine is apparently linked to comments made by minister Miruţă about the management teams appointed […]
