The Social Democratic Party (PSD) obtained 53.24% of the total mayoral mandates, while the National Liberal Party (PNL) - 34.69% of the mandates, and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) - 6.81%, according to the provisional results presented on Monday night by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).According to the data resulting from the centralization of 2,760 minutes out of a total of 3,186, the following results were recorded:PSD - 53.24%, representing 1,469 mayoral mandates;PNL - 34.69%, representing 957 mandatesUDMR - 6.81%, representing 188 mayoral mandates;Independent candidates - 1.41%, representing 39 mayoral mandates;AUR (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) - 1.01%, representing 28 mayoral mandates;PSD-PNL Electoral alliance - 0.76%, representing 21 mayoral mandates;United Right Alliance USR - PMP - Forta Dreptei - 0.76%, representing 21 mayoral mandates;USR (Save Romania Union) - 0.29%, representing 8 mayoral mandates;PSD-PUSL Electoral Alliance - 0.18%, representing 5 mayoral mandates; (PUSL is Social Liberal Humanist Party)Hungarian Alliance in Transylvania - Erdelyi Magyar Szovetseg - 0.14%, representing 4 mayoral mandates;The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania - 0.11%, representing 3 mayoral mandates;PUSL (Social Liberal Humanist Party) - 0.07%, representing 2 mayoral mandates.A number of 10 parties, alliances and organizations of the minorities obtained one mayor's mandate each.
President Nicușor Dan has nominated Senate president Ilie Bolojan, a leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and former interim president, for the prime minister seat. Dan said Bolojan is “the best person to carry out the needed adjustments in the state administration.” He pointed to Bolojan’s track record with reducing spending, and said he has […]
Balkanik Festival – Home of World Music, set to take place at Uranus Garden between September 5 and September 7, lines up this year artists who "celebrate that form of joy that does not ignore reality, but faces it with beauty, energy, and solidarity," the organizers said. The artists performing in September in Bucharest will […]
The mayor of Timișoara, Dominic Fritz, announced on Friday, June 20, that two new bridges over the Bega River will be built in the city. The bridges will be financed with EU-backed funds worth over RON 130 million. The bridges in question are the Solventul Bridge, which will connect Gării Street to Dâmbovița Boulevard and […]
A Sarmatian necropolis nearly 2,000 years old was discovered after archaeological excavations were carried out at the Mehala II site in the municipality of Timișoara, in western Romania. Researchers discovered 15 inhumation graves, most arranged in rectangular pits with rounded corners, although some no longer retain their original outline, having been disturbed by the passage […]
The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra will deliver on June 26 a concert marking Romania Day at the Osaka World Expo. Additionally, the Bucharest-based orchestra will present a series of other concerts and recitals, both within the Romanian Pavilion and outside, at Toyonara Hall in Osaka. The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra's concerts will be conducted by […]
Sphera Franchise Group, the largest food service group in Romania, has opened its first Cioccolatitaliani store in the seaside resort of Riccione, in Italy’s Rimini tourist area. This marks the official launch of Sphera Group’s development plan for the premium Italian brand of coffee, gelato, and pastry. Under the plan, it will open four locations […]
