The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on Saturday established, by drawing lots, the order of registration on the ballot of the candidates for the presidential elections in May.According to a press release from the BEC, the order on the ballot is as follows:* position 1 - George Nicolae Simion (Alliance for the Union of Romanians)* position 2 - George Crin Laurentiu Antonescu (electoral alliance Romania Forward)* position 3 - Elena Valerica Lasconi (Save Romania Union)* position 4 - Cristian Vasile Terhes (Romanian National Conservative Party)* position 5 - Marcela Lavinia Sandru (Social Liberal Humanist Party)* position 6 - Victor Viorel Ponta (independent candidate)* position 7 - Sebastian Constantin Popescu (New Romania Party)* position 8 - Silviu Predoiu (National Action League Party)* position 9 - John-Ion Banu-Muscel (independent candidate)* position 10 - Petru Daniel Funeriu (independent candidate)* position 11 - Nicusor-Daniel Dan (independent candidate)The electoral campaign for the presidential elections begins on April 4 and ends on May 3.The first round of voting will take place on May 4, and the second - on May 18.
The United States has temporarily suspended the implementation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) for Romanian citizens as it conducts a review of Romania’s recent designation into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the review is aimed at ensuring compliance with the VWP’s security requirements. […]
A team of students from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA) at Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca won the gold medal at the 29th edition of the international economics case study competition titled ‘NIBS Worldwide Case Competition.’ The competition held in Nanchang, China, brought together 16 university teams from 13 countries, qualified through […]
Metrorex, the public authority managing Bucharest’s subway system, will install protective panels on platforms, starting with the Line 4 (Gara de Nord 2 - Gara Progresul) currently under construction, Profit.ro reported. The new stations will be equipped...
Romania has the lowest budget allocation for research among European Union (EU) member states, according to the latest infographic published by the Social Monitor, a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania. In 2023, Romania allocated just...
Pavel Popescu, the vice president of media regulator ANCOM, said in an interview with Politico published March 24 that Romania is fighting an information war with Russia to stop election meddling, and not censoring speech, as many US officials and figures like Elon Musk have said. The Politico article names Romania “ground zero in a […]
More than 2,300 military personnel from Romania and 11 allied nations, namely Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Turkey, will take part in the multinational military exercise Sea Shield 25, set to take place from March 31 to April 11. Training sessions will be conducted […]
