county councils

The PSD increased its control to 25 County Councils after winning 20 in 2020, and the liberals fell from 17 four years ago to 12 in the June 9 election, election results show. UDMR has now obtained four County Councils: Covasna, Harghita,…

More than nine million Romanians went to the polls in the local elections on Sunday, and the voter turnout exceeded 50%, according to the data provided by the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP). In several big cities, things were clear…

The Chamber of Deputies voted, on Tuesday, as a decision-making chamber, the bill to increase local government salaries, after several meetings with scandal in Parliament. Mayors, vice-mayors, presidents of County Councils and…

PM Ludovic Orban, the chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) has announced that his party will approve in the National Political Bureau on Monday a draft agreement stipulating the collaboration with PMP (former president Traian…

After the parallel vote counting made by the parties, PSD ranks first on number of mayors after the local elections held on Sunday. PSD also tops the ranking of chiefs of county councils, but it lost more counties compared to the elections…

The preliminary results of the local elections show revealed some surprises. For instance, Marian Oprisan, known as a longtime Social Democrat "baron" has lost the presidency of the Vrancea County Council after 20 years, while Liberal…

The judges of the Constitutional Court (CCR) have denied the motion filed by the Ombudsman on the Administrative Code adopted by the Dancila Government through emergency ordinance. The law stipulated, among others, special pensions for the…

Public servants from city halls, county councils and prefectures protested on Tuesday in front of the institutions against the unitary wage law. Among them were employees of the Consumer Protection, Environment Guard and Labour Inspection,…

Around 30,000 of city hall and county councils employees are on a one-day general strike on Tuesday, following the failure of negotiations with the Labour Ministry. The trade unionists claim that the agreement that was to be concluded with…

Special pensions for mayors could lead to collapse the public pension system in Romania. Labour Minister Dragos Pîslaru claims there’s not enough money to support these new benefits approved on Tuesday by Parliament. It is an act of…