Adevărul

Romanians and Bulgarians spend the largest part of their monthly income on food compared to the other countries in the European Union, with Romanians ranking first at 23.7 %, and Bulgarians following closely behind at second with 18.9%, indicate data from Eurostat for 2022, cited by the newspaper "Adevărul".

National leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu said on Wednesday that one of the reasons for his criticism of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban is that he has done no Cabinet reshuffle since November last year.

The detention this week of the owner of Romania's main media company, Adevarul Holding, Cristian Burci, is only the latest case of a media tycoon being investigated for corruption in Romania - a move affecting not only their reputation but also their businesses.

Romania's Foreign Minister has written to the British Foreign Office, expressing unhappiness over the new Chanel 4 TV series, called "The Romanians are Coming".

Two thirds of Romanians - 64.4 per cent - believe the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is dangerous to Romania, according to the findings of a recent INSCOP poll released on Monday.

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As many as 17.9 per cent believe it is not dangerous to Romania, while 17.7 do not know/did not answer.

The Presidency takes the top spot in the charts showing trust in political institutions, the Army leads the charts of executive institutions, the social and private institutions chart is led by the Church, while the European Union enjoys most trust in the realm of international institutions, according to a poll conducted by INSCOP Research on the orders of daily newspaper Adevarul

Presidential candidate of the People's Movement Party (PMP) Elena Udrea has announced the party is seeking another way of unveiling the political programme of its candidate following Udrea's cancellation of the launch of her presidential bid initially scheduled for Sunday at the Palace Hall of Bucharest.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said he disagrees with the draft autonomy of the Szekely Land released by the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), minor at rule, adding that the release of the draft was in fact an electoral moment.

Patriciu, one of the richest people in Romania and a prominent member of the center-right National Liberal Party, PNL, died of liver cancer in London on Tuesday. He was 64.

Romanian MEP Monica Macovei (of the Democratic Liberal Party, PDL) said on Thursday that the minorities' rights, of the Hungarian minority included, are respected in Romania, but an unknown problem is the fact that the Romanians' rights are not respected in Covasna and Harghita counties (central Romania).