Romania will hold repeat presidential elections on March 23 and April 6, 2025. The previous results were canceled due to large-scale cyberattacks and suspicions of external interference. The ruling coalition of Romania has established the dates for the repeat presidential elections following the Constitutional Court's decision to annul the results of the previous vote. The pro-European coalition, consisting of the Social Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the National Liberal Party, and the ethnic Hungarian UDMR party, has already declared support for a single candidate - Crin Antonescu. Reportedly, the second round of the presidential election will be held on April 6. The pro-European PSD-PNL-UDMR coalition has already publicly announced its support for the former acting president of Romania , Crin Antonescu, as its joint candidate. Other candidates include Elena Lasconi (USR), Nicusor Dan (independent), Calin Georgescu (independent) and Daniel Funeriu (independent). The 2025 presidential election in the country will be held again after the Constitutional Court of Romania decided to annul the results of the first round of elections held in late November. The court's decision was a response to declassified data pointing to “hybrid attacks” during the election process. In this context, Romania's Supreme Security Council confirmed that the country faced numerous cyberattacks and interference with election platforms. In particular, 85 thousand cyberattacks were aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities in the voting system. At the center of the scandal is far-right candidate Calin Georgescuwho won the first round of the election, although polls before the vote predicted that he would have a much lower chance. Georgescu made extensive use of TikTok during the election campaign, which garnered him significant support on social media, but now there are suspicions of illegal campaign financing and external interference.
Romania’s electric car market dropped 58% in March compared to 2024, mainly due to the postponement of the implementation of the new Rabla Program and uncertainties regarding the voucher value for electric cars. As such, fully electric cars accounted for just 2.75% of total new car registrations last month. The registration figures, examined by Profit.ro,...
Former president Ion Iliescu and ex-prime minister Petre Roman will stand trial over their involvement in the 1990 miners' riot (Mineriada) case, the General Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday, April 2. The case concerns the violent repression of the protests against Ion Iliescu's regime in mid-June 1990, only six months after the 1989 Romanian Revolution. The...
The Holland & Barrett brand, a British chain of stores specializing in dietary supplements and vegan food and one of the largest companies in the health and wellness sector in Europe, is preparing to open its first own stores in Romania. The chain will enter the local market through the Greek company Fourlis, which also […]
Archaeologists from the Buzău County Museum, in southern Romania, have discovered 31 human settlements on the construction site of a wind farm. The region where the settlements were discovered was chosen for a new wind farm because of its favorable meteorological conditions, and annual tests were conducted as early as 2010. Construction work began in […]
Romania has become the EU country with the highest unemployment rate among young people under 25 (26.3%), according to official Eurostat data published in December 2024 and analyzed by the Social Monitor, a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania. Thus, Romania surpassed states such as Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment has always been […]
In its half-year report for the second half of 2024, TikTok said it blocked 33,000 spam accounts in Romania and nearly 100,000 fake accounts. It highlighted its intense activity in blocking fraudulent activity related to Romania, particularly during the electoral campaign, indirectly admitting the...
