October 14, 2025. Viral topics on the net in the last 24 hours

The internal political scene, the war in Ukraine, but also various topics with local impact were in the spotlight of the public's concerns in the online environment yesterday. We summarize below the main themes that generated a high volume of engagement on Facebook throughout Tuesday, based on the top 100 viral press headlines. The topics reflect the major areas of interest of the online public in Romania, according to the analyzed data.

The public's interest was directed towards the dynamics of the parties, such as the analysis of the causes for the PSD score in polls [epochtimes-romania.com] or the competition for positions in the social-democratic leadership [universul.net, Digi 24].

At the same time, the actions of the opposition were followed, from the motions initiated by AUR [epochtimes-romania.com, Digi 24] to data from polls indicating an increase in voting intention for this formation [ebihoreanul.ro].

The activity of some politicians like Diana Șoșoacă also constituted a subject of interest [bzi.ro, epochtimes-romania.com].

Another relevant topic was that of national security and the functioning of institutions. The subject regarding the new national defense strategy, with repositioning in combating corruption, generated engagement, a topic commented on by President Nicușor Dan [biziday.ro, g4media.ro].

The international context remained a subject of great interest. News about the war in Ukraine, such as the attack on an oil depot in Crimea [Digi 24] or threats to Ukrainian statehood [Stirile PROTV], were widely shared. Warnings regarding a possible aggression by Russia against NATO [Digi 24] were also followed.

Local events with a strong emotional impact attracted the attention of the online public. Among these were road tragedies resulting in deaths [Stirile PROTV, emaramures.ro, vasiledale.ro], a fire in which a child lost their life [salajulliber.ro], or a case of animal cruelty [Stirile PROTV].

ARTICLES WITH HIGH VIRALITY

1. Grindeanu "identified" the mistakes that led the PSD score below 20% in polls: The blame lies with PNL and Ponta [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
2. The forests of Romania are disappearing, dried up, destroyed, and cut down. The campaign "Drying Up of Negligence" has reached Nicușor Dan's desk [STIRILE PROTV]
3. Diana Șoșoacă, the only Romanian politician who stood in line at the pilgrimage dedicated to St. Cuvioasa Parascheva in Iași [BZI.RO]
4. SRI regains its role in combating corruption, in the next national defense strategy. President Dan says that the collaboration mechanisms with other institutions will be constitutional, and the lines of demarcation very clear [BIZIDAY.RO]
5. The light that goes out in fits of laughter. How we laugh at saints, but mourn our loneliness… [REPUBLICA.RO]
6. The motion through which AUR tried to dismiss the USR Minister of Economy was rejected by a large majority [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
7. Shocking act in Galați: a 52-year-old man arrested after introducing a cat into a stove with a lit fire [STIRILE PROTV]
8. Minister Daniel David: In 2026, the 9th grade will have new programs and textbooks and teachers trained in modern teaching methods [EDUPEDU.RO]
9. The oligarchy of magistrates [G4MEDIA.RO]
10. A woman found a Vietnamese man's card, with the PIN stuck to it, and when she saw how much money he had, she went straight shopping [STIRILE PROTV]

***** Synthesis made with the help of a monitoring flow provided by the NewsVibe Romania, based on several online monitoring software. The ranking of viral links is 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.