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Pro-EU Nicusor Dan wins presidential election in Romania
Newsflash 18.05.2025

Pro-EU Nicusor Dan wins presidential election in Romania

The centrist Nicuşor Dan, the current mayor of Bucharest, won around 54,2% of the votes in Romania's presidential runoff, according to the vote count in 95% of polling stations

Pro-EU Nicusor Dan wins presidential election in Romania
ELECTION DAY: Update
Newsflash 18.05.2025

ELECTION DAY: Update

Nation-wide exit polls have the centrist Nicuşor Dan, mayor of Bucharest, ahead of the hard-right leader of the AUR party, George Simion, in Romania’s presidential runoff

ELECTION DAY: Update
Newsflash 18.05.2025

Election Day UPDATE

Around 63% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had cast their ballots in the second round of the presidential election by 8:00 p.m. local time, one hour before the polls closed.

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May 18, 2025 UPDATE 4

Over 55% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had voted by 6:00 p.m. local time on Sunday in the second round of the presidential election.

May 18, 2025 UPDATE 4

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May 18, 2025 UPDATE 3

Over 51% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had voted by 5:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, in the second round of the presidential election.

May 18, 2025 UPDATE 3
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May 18, 2025 UPDATE 2

Over 47% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had voted by 4:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, in the second round of the presidential elections.

May 18, 2025 UPDATE 2
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May 18, 2025 UPDATE

Over 37% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had voted by 2:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, in the second round of the presidential elections.

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May 17, 2025 UPDATE 2
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May 17, 2025 UPDATE 1

By 5:00 p.m. Bucharest time on Saturday, over half a million voters from abroad had cast their ballots for the election of the president of Romania.

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May 17, 2025 UPDATE

By 3:00 p.m. Bucharest time on Saturday, about 400,000 voters from abroad had cast their ballots for the election of the president of Romania, almost double the figure in the first round 2 weeks ago.

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The Week in Review
The Week in Review 17.05.2025

The Week in Review 12-18 May

A roundup of the main headline-making events in the past week

The Week in Review 12-18 May
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Romania. The Eastern Flank Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 14:00

The NATO Battle Group in Romania, a bastion of the Allied Eastern Flank

Romania hosts one of the eight permanent multinational battle groups of the North Atlantic Alliance deployed in the eastern part of its territory.

The NATO Battle Group in Romania, a bastion of the Allied Eastern Flank
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Working in Romania Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:41

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Photo:The Austrian Cultural Forum („Die StadtohneJuden/The City Without Jews” – cine-concert)
RRI Special Friday, 2 May 2025, 13:55

Interview with the Austrian pianist Gerhard Gruber

The restored version of the silent film “Die Stadt ohne Juden/The City Without Jews”, a masterpiece of expressionist cinema has been screened in Bucharest, as part of a special cine-concert by pianist Gerhard Gruber, at the State Jewish Theatre.

Interview with the Austrian pianist Gerhard Gruber
photo: Andrei Vicol/Agenția Media a Armatei
Romania. The Eastern Flank Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 14:26

Training and efficient cooperation between Romanian and French soldiers

Soldiers from the 634th Infantry Battalion in Piatra Neamț have recently held a joint training event with French soldiers from the NATO Battle Group in Cincu.

Training and efficient cooperation between Romanian and French soldiers
Photo: French Defence Ministry
Romania. The Eastern Flank Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 13:19

Different nations, one mission

Servicemen of several nations are presently training in Cincu, central Romania

Different nations, one mission

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Young jazz singer and composer Ana Dubyk's debut album is called Halcyon, the name of a Greek mythical bird said to be charming the sea wind and waves into calm

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A recent census presented by the Romanian authorities shows that the bear population in Romania has reached almost 13,000.

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World of Culture 17.05.2025

“The New Year That Never Came”, a multi-award winning film

The 19th edition of the Gopo Awards Gala celebrated the performances of Romanian cinema in the previous year.

“The New Year That Never Came”, a multi-award winning film
RRI Encyclopaedia 17.05.2025

“Prolog” Group

In the 1980s Communist Romania, five painters dared to put forth a form of resistance through spirituality and reflection

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White Smoke at the Vatican

133 cardinals from around the world elected a new sovereign pontiff, American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost

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Romanian Black Sea Coast, Riviera Sud
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Romanian Black Sea Coast, Riviera Sud

The southern coast has united, and launched a unified concept of promotion

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A malfunction has been recorded at one of the transmitters in Tiganesti, and we will temporarily be broadcasting on different frequencies.

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Radiocom has managed to fix the malfunction of one of the shortwave transmitters in Tiganesti

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Personality of the Year 2024 on Radio Romania International

Businessman Elon Musk was designated "Personality of the Year 2024 on RRI"

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The RRI programs have been temporarily moved to a second transmitter

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