Arges County

The project for the highway segment between Pitesti and Sibiu must be done in the shortest time possible, in order to support the automotive industry of Romania, said on Tuesday People's Movement Party (PMP) candidate in the presidential election Elena Udrea, following a visit to the Dacia plant in Mioveni.

The current 24 percent level of the value added tax is too high, and it is the main item of tax avoidance; the VAT should be reduced to the previous level of 19 percent, presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance said on Wednesday in a campaign stop in Curtea de Arges (northwest of Bucharest).

Local by-elections to fill the vacated seats in the local administration - County Council president, mayor or local councilor - will be organized this Sunday in 19 counties concurrently with elections for the European Parliament.

Thus, in the Arges County, by-elections will be held for the position of County Council president.