August 13, 2025. Viralized topics on the net in the last 24 hours

Foreign policy developments, domestic political debates, but also topics such as inflation and the crisis in education attracted the interest of internet users who got their news from social media yesterday. The findings relate to the top 100 viral headlines in terms of volume of interactions generated on Facebook the previous day.

In the geopolitical area, interest focused on the US - Russia - Ukraine relationship. Nicușor Dan's messages to Donald Trump and support for Ukraine's sovereignty were intensely circulated [PROTV news, 4media.info, EuropaFM], along with the announcement of a visit to Ukraine [PROTV news]. Around the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, there was interest in headlines that pointed to Romania's absence or EU appeals to Trump [stiripesurse.ro, Mediafax, Știrile PROTV], speculation about territorial ceding and Zelenski's exclusion [mariustuca.ro], comparisons of European versus American military support [Digi 24], Viktor Orbán's claims that "Ukrainians have lost the war" [Știrile PROTV] and protests announced in Alaska [Digi 24]. The reactions in Poland to the expulsions of Ukrainian citizens [Adevărul].

On the domestic political scene, audiences followed intensely the messages of former Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu about the state of the economy [aktual24.ro, EuropaFM, Mediafax], as well as announcements or comments about rising inflation [Știrile PROTV, 60m.ro],

The topic of the DNA investigation that allegedly implicated Prime Minister Bolojan has generated interest from the headlines of platforms such as [stiripesurse.ro, Realitatea, 60m.ro].

Education was a major theme, with announcements of protests and a possible general strike in September, tense negotiations and calls for school to start [Realitatea, stiripesurse.ro, edupedu.ro]. The subject of school amalgamations was debated both through interventions by Ilie Bolojan and explanations by ministry officials [edupedu.ro], while union leaders signaled the pressure in the system [edupedu.ro].

In the media sphere, the announcement of the acquisition of G4Media by Titluri Quality [g4media.ro] generated interest, including critical reactions [ziaristii.com].

ARTICLES WITH REDUCED VIRALITY

1. Nicușor Dan, message to Donald Trump: Peace cannot be built without Ukraine [ȘTIRILE PROTV]
2. Vîntu is forming a party. He announces he wants to get Romania out of the EU and will provide Georgescu with everything he needs [EPOCHCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
4. A defendant in a DIICOT case is illegally occupying a market in Bucharest. Dozens of traders, moved for 13 years in a tent without authorization [SNOOP.RO]
5. Oana Țoiu, mesaj tranșant înainte de summitul Trump-Putin: 'România susține suveranitatea, independența și integritatea teritorială a Ucrainei' [ȘTIRI PE SURSE]
6. Ukraine ready to cede Russian-held territories [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
7. Donald Trump doesn't want Volodimir Zelensky at his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
8. Andrei Caramitru announces that 15% of Romanians are clinically retarded: The problem is solved with iodine! This is why we vote what we vote [NEWS SOURCES]
9. Romania not attending Trump's meeting with European leaders. Țoiu: 'Let's focus on what matters' [NEWS SOURCES]
10. EXCLUSIVE: DNA opens case against Romsilva director who received 100,000 euros on retirement then re-employed [ROMÂNIA CURATĂ]
11. VIDEO Ilie Bolojan: The amalgamation of schools does not affect the education process. I was mayor of Oradea, we had more than 70 schools, we merged them until there were almost 50 and nothing happened [EDUPEDU.RO]

***** Synthesis realized with the help of a monitoring feed provided by the NewsVibe Romania, team based on several online monitoring software. The top viral links are measured based on the number of interactions generated on Facebook by topics from the Romanian online press. Virality is measured by the cumulative number of likes, comments and shares obtained by various links over the course of a day.