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%.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
