Summary
As digital media continues to mirror and magnify Romania’s public conversations, the CPD team tracked how the country’s principal public institutions fared online during spring 2025. Covering 1 March – 31 May, our latest Institutional Radar report combines social-listening and media-intelligence data to record explicit name-mentions across a broad mix of influential national and local news sites and Facebook pages. The resulting map of visibility and impact offers a clear view of the narratives that shaped the last part of a long electoral season.
Constitutional drama takes centre stage
The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) dominated both volume and reach. Its decision to disqualify Călin Georgescu from the presidential race triggered a high volume of mentions, making the Court the undisputed institutional protagonist of the spring news cycle. Legal arguments, political commentary and citizen reactions converged to keep CCR at the heart of debate.
Law-enforcement narratives sustain momentum
Prosecutorial and police bodies supplied a steady stream of high-impact stories. DIICOT gained exposure after unveiling the “Vlad Țepeș” treason inquiry and handling a celebrity complaint involving Jean-Claude Van Damme, while the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) drew comparable attention through its investigations. Seasonal fraud alerts and the institution’s own anniversary pushed the General Inspectorate of Police into similar prominence. The tax authority, ANAF, also reached high impact levels during the same period
Politics amplified every plot twist. With the presidential elections scheduled for May, parliamentary debates, presidential statements and government press briefings all enjoyed elevated exposure, pushing institutions such as the Chamber of Deputies and the Presidency into the spotlight.
National portals generated the largest share of content, yet regional outlets proved indispensable, accounting , for example, for more than half of Police mentions and 40% of DNA references.
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