August 14, 2025. Viralized topics on the net in the last 24 hours

Political turmoil, government measures with economic impact and the war in Ukraine remained at the center of attention of Internet users who were informed yesterday on social media, according to an analysis of the top 100 viral headlines in terms of volume of interactions generated on Facebook the previous day.

The first dominant theme is that of the scenarios for a PSD-AUR government with Călin Georgescu as Prime Minister, starting from the proposal put forward by George Simion. Sources such as [epochtimes-romania.com], [ebihoreanul.ro], [EuropaFM] and [ziarulunirea.ro] reported the AUR leader's statement, as well as the message delivered by POT leader Anamaria Gavrilă. Other platforms [aktual24.ro; Digi 24] approached the subject by interpreting the political context.

The second topic is the US State Department report, which included references to the annulment of Romania's 2024 elections. Some of the headlines [Stirile PROTV; Realitatea; tvrinfo.ro] referred to factual elements in the document. Other sources [60m.ro; ortodoxinfo.ro; activenews.ro] emphasized aspects related to the rejection of the hypothesis of Russia's involvement in the events that led to the annulment of the elections.

The international component includes Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski's statements on the Donbas [mariustuca.ro; epochtimes-romania.com], President Donald Trump's meetings with NATO and European leaders in the absence of Romanian representation [Realitatea; 60m.ro; suceavatimes.ro] and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's statement on the war in Ukraine [Stiri pe surse].

In the social area, several sources [epochtimes-romania.com; g4media.ro; Mediafax; Gandul] reported on the elimination of the exemption of priests and monks from paying health insurance.

On the economic front, [biziday.ro] reported on the obligation for small shops to accept card payments and the new flat fee for non-EU parcels.

On the civic and local front, measures to ban smoking in public places in Cluj [clujuju.ro], calls for the regulation of scooters in Oradea [ebihoreanul.ro] and discussions about a ban on chain dogs [Stiri pe surse] were of interest to the public.

ARTICLES WITH HIGH VIRALITY

1. Anamaria Gavrilă: "We were waiting for Mr. Călin Georgescu to confirm that he accepts to be prime minister in a PSD government" [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
2. Dragnea's ex-premier has filed in court the request to set up the "International Foundation 'Viorica Dăncilă' for a world with equal opportunities" [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
4. George Simion wants AUR to govern from the fall alongside PSD. Călin Georgescu would be proposed prime minister [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
5. US State Department: PNL manipulated Romanian elections, not Russia [60M.RO]
6. The annulment of Romania's 2024 elections, noted in US State Department report. Criticile aduse aduse Europa [STIRILE PROTV]
7. Americans claim Nicușor Dan is illegitimate. Services canceled Romania's presidential elections on a lie [4MEDIA.INFO]
8. F Priests, monks and nuns will no longer be able to treat themselves in hospitals if they do not pay health insurance to the state [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
9. Premier Ilie Bolojan, message for teachers: We lowered teaching norms, we lowered class sizes, we raised salaries. I have not seen, unfortunately, an overall improvement in the education system [EDUPEDU.RO]
10. Transfer of pupils to another school or another class: reasons for transfer during the school year [PORTALINVAVATAMANT.RO]
11. Zelenski: 'We will not cede Donbas' - warning ahead of Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska [MARIUSTUCA.RO]

***** Synthesis made 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.