Results Of European Parliament Elections 2014
The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) published the final results of European Parliament elections.
The PSD-UNPR-PC electoral alliance got 37.6% of the votes, followed by the National Liberal Party (PNL)- 15%, the Democrat Liberal Party (PDL)- 12.23%, actor Mircea Diaconu – 6.81%, Hungarian minority party UDMR – 6.3%, and People’s Movement Party (PMP) – 6.21%. The main surprise of the elections came from actor Mircea Diaconu, who went to the polls as an independent and got more than 5 percent of the votes.
Thus, PSD-PC-UNPR alliance will have 16 mandates, PNL-6, PDL -5, UDMR and PMP -2 each, while Mircea Diaconu will have one mandate, according to BEC results. (Gandul)
Romania Posts Budget Deficit Of Nearly RON2B In January-April
Romania’s consolidated budget posted a deficit of nearly RON2 billion in the first four months of 2014, equal to 0.28% of the gross domestic product, up from 0.14% of the GDP in March and down from 1.19% of the GDP in the same period a year earlier.
Finance Ministry data showed that the total revenue to the consolidated budget rose 4.4% on the year and totaled RON67.85 billion in the first four months of 2014, equal to 10.2% of the GDP. (Romania Libera)
Romania Sells RON800M 1-Year T-Bills; Yield Falls To 2.49%
Romania’s Finance Ministry Monday sold a planned 800 million lei (EUR181.4 million) in one-year treasury bills, at an average yield of 2.49% a year, lower than at the previous auction.
Banks offered RON1.56 billion, central bank data showed.
At the most recent similar auction in April, the ministry sold RON1 billion in one-year paper at an average yield of 2.94%. (Curierul National)
Number Of Deregistered Companies Down 2.87% In January-April
The number of deregistered companies fell in the first four months by 2.87% to 28,437 companies (237 companies per day), compared with 29,278 companies in the same period a year earlier, according to Trade Registry data.
Most of the companies were deregistered in Bucharest – 3,453, Bihor – 1,353, Constanta – 1,199 and Iasi – 1,147, Agerpres reports.
The lowest number of deregistered companies were in Giurgiu – 167, Calarasi – 214, Vaslui – 229 and Tulcea – 266. (Adevarul)
PNL Constanta Head Asks For Talks Over Party’s Candidate For President
PNL Constanta head Gheorghe Dragomir stated that the party will have talks related to the candidate for President given the resignation of PNL president Crin Antonescu.
Dragomir said that the names to be taken into account are those of Crin Antonescu and Klaus Iohannis, while opinion polls will show which of them has the highest chances to win the presidential race. (Evenimentul Zilei)