July 18, 2025. Viralized topics on the net in the last 24 hours

Interviewers were interested in a variety of topics yesterday, including irrigation issues, discussions about the Beach, Please! festival, the release of Elena Udrea or the death of Mihaela Rădulescu's partner. The conclusions below summarize the topics that appear most frequently in the top 100 viral headlines according to the volume of interactions generated on Facebook the previous day.

A topic present in many viral headlines is the Lungulețu dispute over the use of water for irrigation, with reports about accusations of water "theft", farmers' reactions, the intervention of the Minister of Environment and institutional controls [Adevarul; epochtimes-romania.com; Stirile PROTV; Antena3; Realitatea; 60m.ro].

Education was once again in the foreground, through various topics, mostly covered by local or specialized press: the curriculum for the preparatory class, the performances of a high school principal, a UMF Iași graduate or a young man admitted to the Air Force Academy [portalinvatamant.ro; ebihoreanul.ro; jurnalulregional.ro; dej24.ro].

The echoes of the Beach, Please! festival continued to be of interest to Internet users. Articles with social media engagement described the experience of parents and general comments about the atmosphere and impact of the festivals, the fines and license suspension of trapper Albert NBN and Selly's reaction after the incidents at the event [republica.ro; Stirile PROTV; epochtimes-romania.com, g4media.ro].

President Nicușor Dan's opinion on the law on combating anti-Semitism and xenophobia, debated and rejected by the CCR, was also visible [g4media.ro; 60m.ro].

The release from prison of Elena Udrea [Antena3; Stirile PROTV; Hotnews] and the death of Felix Baumgartner [Libertatea; ebihoreanul.ro; Stirile PROTV] were other topics of interest.

ARTICOS WITH REDUCED VIRALITY

1. What we learned from our kids in two days at "Beach, Please!" [REPUBLICA.RO]
2. "Unacceptable": Germany rejects Ursula von der Leyen's plan for €1.8 trillion EU budget [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
3. President's hearing on law on combating anti-Semitism and xenophobia on CCR agenda / Nicușor Dan invoked lack of clarity on the notion of legionary and fascist [G4MEDIA.RO]
4. BREAKING The Constitutional Court unanimously rejected, as unfounded, the President's referral on the Law on Combating Antisemitism and Xenophobia / Nicușor Dan invoked the lack of clarity of the notion of legionary and fascist (sources) [G4MEDIA.RO]
5. The Czech Republic: 41% of voters fear that the EU could intervene in the elections or annul the results [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
6. Source: Trapper Albert NBN, who 'swore at Romania', has lost his license. He was stopped for aggressive behavior [PROTV NEWS]
7. The Dacian lizard in court: Cezar Avramuță finds out today if he will be released after 20 days on hunger strike [REALITATEA]
8. Out of the forests! Caught with stolen timber, a firm continued logging for another year before being stopped. How Romsilva bosses covered up for her [ROMANIA CURATA]
9. "We apologize". ANAF has now changed its mind about the SPV notification that outraged accountants [STARTUPCAFE.RO]
10. JOS PĂLĂRIA Young man from Dej, the first admitted to the UAV/UAS PHOTO PILOTS specialization [DEJ24.RO]

***** Synthesis realized with the help of a monitoring feed provided by the NewsVibe Romania, team based on several online monitoring softwares. 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.