The Central Election Office (BEC) released on Tuesday the final results of the first round of presidential elections, after centralizing data from the 19,919 polling stations opened in the country and abroad. Thus, following the recording of all centralized documents with voting results from county election offices, Bucharest sector offices, the election office for polling stations abroad, the situation of votes obtained by candidates was the following: Calin Georgescu (independent)- 2,120,401 valid votes, representing 22.94%; Elena Lasconi (USR) – 1,772,500 valid votes, representing 19.18%; Marcel Ciolacu (PSD) – 1,769,760 valid votes, representing 19.15%; George Simion (AUR) – 1,281,325 valid votes, representing 13.86%; Nicolae Ciuca (PNL)- 811,952 valid votes representing 8.79%; Mircea Geoana (independent) – 583,898 valid votes representing 6.32%: Hunor Kelemen (UDMR) - 416,353 valid votes representing 4.50%; Cristian Diaconescu (independent) – 286,842 valid votes representing 3.10%; Cristian Terhes (PNCR) – 95,782 valid votes representing 1.04%; Ana Birchall (independent) – 42,853 valid votes representing 0.46%; Ludovic Orban (Right Wing Force) – 20.089 valid votes representing 0.22%; Sebastian Constiantin Popescu (New Romania Party) – 14,683 valid votes, representing 0.16%; Alexandra Pacuraru (ADN Party) – 14.502 valid votes representing 0.16%; Silviu Predoiu (PLAN) – 11,246 valif votes, representing 0.12%.
Romania’s automobile production fell 2.8% year-on-year (y/y) in the first six months of 2025 to 284,216 units, despite a sharp recovery in June, data published by the Romanian Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACAROM) showed. In the first half of 2024, Romania produced 292,378 vehicles. In June, the combined output at the country’s two major...
Polish group Maspex will get 71.1% (28,78 million shares) of Bucharest Exchange-listed Moldovan winery Purcari, for a price of RON 604 million (nearly EUR 120 million), according to Profit reporting at the closure of the takeover bid on July 30. The price paid in the bid values Purcari winery...
Romania’s Economic Sentiment Indicator, or ESI, a composite indicator designed to track GDP growth calculated as a weighted average of the balances of replies to selected questions addressed to firms in five key economic sectors, plunged in July to 94.7 – the lowest level since January 2021, according to Eurostat. Romania’s ESI dropped below the […]
A celebration of Armenian culture and traditions takes place in Bucharest, while Timişoara’s city celebration brings concerts from James Bay and Mika.
The Petricani Meadow (Pajiştea Petricani) has received the protected nature area status after the Bucharest General Council (CGMB) approved on July 30 the draft decision stipulating this, the non-profit Bucharest Nature Park Association
The third breast milk bank in Romania has opened at the Sibiu County Hospital, following a RON 13.5 million (about EUR 2.7 million) investment aimed at modernizing the hospital’s neonatology department. The modernization project, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, included the replacement of old equipment, a 20% increase in the number of […]
