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The Presidents of Romania, Poland and Lithuania have signed a joint statement on the situation of Belarus , the Romanian Presidential Administration has announced on Monday. The three Presidents endorse the idea of a democratic path for…

President Klaus Iohannis has warned in a press conference on Wednesday that further relaxation of restriction imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be possible if the number of infections is on the rise on a daily basis. "Considering…

The latest INSCOP poll commissioned by the National Liberal Party (PNL) reveals that Nicusor Dan might win the Bucharest mayor seat by 46.3%, at a considerable difference from the PSD candidate, Gabriela Firea, credited with 38.9%.…

President Klaus Iohannis said in a press conference on Wednesday that "there is no foreign validation for the anti-COVID vaccine announced by Russia. "At this point there is no anti-COVID vaccine approved by the European Union", the…

PM Ludovic Orban has stated on Monday that the Government will most probably extend the state of alert in Romania by 30 more days. It is the third time the state of alert is extended. "Any decision will take the epidemiological context…

President Klaus Iohannis has told a press conference on Wednesday evening that Romania is going through a critical moment and that protecting the population against the coronavirus is top priority at this point. "I will have a meeting…

The USR-PLUS Alliance has slammed both PM Ludovic Orban and the National Liberal Party (PNL) of releasing "rigged opinion polls in the hope of fooling the candidate, the party and voters". USR-PLUS members say that PNL has not learnt the…

How the future is seen by youngsters? Half of the generation aged 18 to 19 (around 1.3 million people) believes that the pandemic will affect their plans for the future, reads the latest IRSOP poll conducted on 712 youngsters aged from…

Nicusor Dan, the PNL-USR candidate, has almost nine percents ahead Gabriela Firea (PSD) in the fight for Bucharest City Hall, reads a INSCOP survey commissioned by PNL. Nicusor Dan would get 54.4% of the votes, while the incumbent mayor of…

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has ruled on Wednesday that the date of the local and parliamentary elections must be settled by law by the Parliament, not by the Government. CCR has also decided that the extension of the local…