E-TRENDS by NewsVibe. Top trending economic topics over the past week

Analyzing more than 18,600 articles and posts about the economy identified and processed by media monitoring platform NewsVibe in digital content published over the previous week, we identify recent shifts in emphasis in the online conversation that have pushed ten entities to the forefront of the public spotlight. Below we unpack the themes that have driven the accelerated pace of visibility of these institutions, brands or personalities.

Top 10 trending entities in economic context

National Investment Program Anghel Saligny

António Costa

CFR SA

CFR Infrastructure

Informatica Feroviară

Romanian Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARICE)

Agenția pentru Monitorizarea și Assessanțelor Performanțelor Întreprinanțelor Publice (AMEPIP)

Electrification CFR

Doha

Railways Typography

With regard to theNational Investment Program "Anghel Saligny", the flow of mentions exploded after the coalition discussed freezing projects below the 30% execution threshold in the context of the second fiscal-budgetary package to reduce the deficit. Several local leaders have complained about the risk of blocking construction sites, and debates on television and social media have amplified the controversy.

António Costa, President of the European Council, drew the attention of the Romanian press with his July 23-24 tour of Asia with Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen (EU-Japan and EU-China summits). Online reports emphasized the EU leaders' message on the need to "rebalance the trade relationship" and the impact of the EU's 305bn trade deficit with China. on European industry.

The austerity measures announced on July 23 simultaneously pushed CFR SA, CFR Infrastructură, and subsidiaries Electrificare CFR, Informatica Feroviară and Tipografica Feroviară into the top spot. The measures include a 10% cut in directors' allowances, reduced working hours to four days a week for 1,400 employees and the suspension of some unprofitable trains.

The Romanian Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARICE) went viral after Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu publicly criticized the fact that there are employees of this agency who do not know English or the language of the country in which they operate, even though the institution's purpose is economic diplomacy. She underlined the need for rapid reform of the structure.

The Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprise Performance (AMEPIP) published on July 23 a dashboard on the 1,329 state-owned companies, bringing to light performance indicators, statistics and other details about their functioning. Discrepancies between the official figures and statements by Deputy Prime Minister Dragos Anastasiu have inflamed the discussion on corporate governance.

Doha completes the ranking of trending entities thanks to the campaign to promote Romania's tourism, which was carried out between July 21 and 27 by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism on Dooha Media screens in the Qatari capital. The videos by Charlie Ottley, which were also distributed by Romanian online sources on the occasion, raised the topic in the local trends.

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<*****Synthesis made using a data feed provided by the media monitoring platform NewsVibe Romania. The analysis is based on a Machine Learning model developed by the NewsVibe team, which has been trained to classify the content extracted from relevant online sources according to the topic. The presented data was enhanced with the help of AI tools.