The leaders of the governing coalition are meeting on Wednesday, at 5:00 p.m., for the first meeting of 2025, with the agenda set to include discussions on setting the date of the presidential elections, as well as on the alliance’s joint presidential candidate. Crin Antonescu recently announced that he is “unilaterally” suspending his candidacy from these parties, in the absence of official validation. The leaders of the governing coalition are to set the calendar for the presidential elections, with several dates being considered, either before the Easter holidays or after April. A discussion is also expected regarding the alliance’s joint candidate for the presidential elections, after Crin Antonescu, initially announced by the leaders of the three parties as the coalition’s candidate, declared that at this point he considers his candidacy on behalf of the Coalition for the 2025 presidential elections suspended. The liberal argued his decision by saying that, firstly, no election date has yet been set, and secondly, there was no unanimous vote from the coalition members. PSD leader, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, told Digi24, after Crin Antonescu announced that he was suspending his candidacy in the presidential elections, that he would discuss it with him. In turn, PNL leader, Ilie Bolojan, assured that liberal Crin Antonescu is still, from the National Liberal Party’s point of view, the coalition’s candidate for the 2025 presidential elections. Bolojan said that Antonescu is right when he says that the electoral calendar must be expedited, adding that the legislation must be amended so that an independent candidate can also have representatives in the polling stations, not just in the Central Electoral Bureau. UDMR leader, Kelemen Hunor, said that liberal Crin Antonescu is right and that the election date must be set as soon as possible. The coalition leaders must also establish the calendar for adopting the 2025 state budget and whether they will convene Parliament in an extraordinary session to adopt the law. The political agreement, concluded on December 23, 2024, between the PSD, PNL, UDMR and minorities and valid until 2028, provides, in addition to the formation of the governing coalition, that in the 2025 presidential elections the sole candidate of the coalition is Crin Antonescu. Each formation was to validate this decision in the leadership forums, but neither the PSD, nor the PNL, nor the UDMR have approved this decision, to date.
The Japanese premium skincare brand Onshindo Osaka officially enters the Romanian market through its exclusive distributor, Pharma Brands, marking a new milestone in its European expansion strategy. Following its successful launch in Spain, the company aims to capitalize on the growing interest of Romanian consumers in premium skincare products with clinically proven efficacy and authentic […]
Honor appointed Kerr Cheng as the new country manager for Romania, placing him at the helm during a “key phase” of the brand’s expansion in Central and Eastern Europe. The company said Romania remains one of its most dynamic and strategically important markets in the region, and Cheng will be responsible for accelerating local growth […]
Romania has closed its participation in the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale with the conclusion of Human Scale, the exhibition presented in the Romanian Pavilion at Giardini della Biennale and in the New Gallery of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research. Meanwhile, the project’s official catalogue has been made available to the public. The […]
The forests around the mountain city of Brașov and the Postăvaru Massif may be home to the largest densities of large owls in the world, according to a study by biologist Călin Vasile Hodor from Wildlife Management Consulting and professor Dan Traian Ionescu from the Faculty of Forestry Brașov, as quoted by BizBrasov.ro. The study […]
The final version of Romania's national defence strategy 2025-2030, as amended following the public consultations and approved by the members of the Supreme National Defence Council (CSAT), is to be presented by president Nicusor Dan in Parliament, where it will be debated and voted on by lawmakers. The Romanian state must be prepared to manage […]
Romania aims, through its new National Defense Strategy, to become the second military power on the eastern flank and a defense provider in the Black Sea region, according to defense minister Ionuț Moșteanu. The new National Defense Strategy is a paradigm shift, the minister said. “A fundamentally different point of view is that we are […]
