July 2, 2025. Viralized topics on the net in the last 24 hours

Government decisions and reactions to them, as well as topics related to the CCR, attracted the attention of the social media yesterday. The conclusions below refer to the top 100 viral headlines in terms of volume of interactions generated on Facebook the previous day and highlight the topics that generated the most interest among the Romanian online audience.

The public has been closely following the Constitutional Court's decision to restore to Traian Băsescu all his benefits as a former president after the suspension caused by the verdict on his collaboration with the Securitate. The articles announcing the reactivation of his salary for life, protocol residence and permanent security have been widely circulated [Antena3, Biziday, G4Media, Digi 24, HotNews.ro].

Separately, but still related to the CCR, Internet users were interested in the level of allowances prepared for judges at the end of their term of office [Digi 24, EpochTimes-Romania] and the possible co-optation of Mihai Busuioc, a member of the PDS in the same institution [Biziday].

Public sector grievances over recent government decisions also dominated the flow: court clerks, ANAF employees, Apele Române staff protested against the elimination of the bonus for harmful conditions, threatening institutional blockages [Știrile PROTV, Digi 24, EuropaFM, ziarulunirea.ro]. The march announced by teachers for the first day of school was also in the spotlight [Portalinvatamant.ro, Edupedu.ro].

On the geopolitical front, users shared news about Russian sabotage networks potentially active in Romania [Investigatoria.ro], about Canada's financial support for Ukraine [EpochTimes-Romania] and about the Ukrainian drone attack on the Izhevsk arms factory [Digi 24], confirming the constant interest in the echoes of the war.

Technology came to the forefront with Microsoft's announcement of an AI diagnostic system four times more efficient than doctors [Biziday], and the celebrities area was marked by the disappearance of Ion Cernea, Irina Loghin's husband [Viva.ro, Romania TV].

ARTICOS WITH REDUCED VIRALITY

1. Who was Ion Cernea, Irina Loghin's husband. The late athlete was national champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, had two children with the artist and they had been married for 50 years [VIVA.RO]
2. CCR decides to give back to Traian Băsescu the privileges of former president, lost because he collaborated with the Securitate [ANTENA3]
3. Marian Godină, sharp lines to Georgescu's fans: You have filled the internet spewing hateful and disgusting insults and insults, even though you can't manage to string two words together [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
4. Dragnea: With Nicușor Dan and Ilie Bolojan in government, the bullet went straight through our heads [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
5. The Constitutional Court has reinstated Traian Basescu's rights as a former president - salary for the rest of his life, protocol housing and permanent security. The judges have declared unconstitutional the 2001 law which stipulated that a former president would lose these rights if he is proven to have been a former informer for the former communist Securitate [BIZIDAY.RO]
6. How court clerks explain the need for the bonus for injurious office conditions: 'The dust we inhale... lung damage' [PROTV NEWS]
7. Crackers take to the streets after the government cuts their pay for injurious conditions: 'It's just the beginning' [PROTV NEWS]
8. Union leader, serious threat: Romania will be blocked. No more coming to work on the day pensions and salaries are paid [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
9. The first day of school 2025 will be in the streets! Teachers announce massive MARS in Bucharest on September 8 [PORTALINVAVATAMANT.RO]
10. SURSE Constitutional Court restored Traian Băsescu's rights as former head of state [G4MEDIA.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.