内容摘要：Proud veterans joined politicians and three generations of royals for the day's poignant and ceremonius events. Meanwhile, people around the country came together to celebrate the bank holiday with commemorative street parties.

Proud veterans joined politicians and three generations of royals for the day's poignant and ceremonius events. Meanwhile, people around the country came together to celebrate the bank holiday with commemorative street parties.

This weekend was a re-run, with Georgescu banned and Simion in his place. The two were often seen side-by-side, even on voting day.But Georgescu's open sympathy for Russia – he once told me he admired Vladimir Putin – was a turn-off for many voters.

Nicusor Dan didn't only win because he was not Simion.His voters liked what he stood for, including a future firmly within Europe.When thousands surrounded his campaign headquarters last night to wait for him to claim victory, many brought EU flags. There was relief as well as excitement.

Before the election, young voters had told me they planned radical action if Simion won."So many friends say that they will leave Romania because our values do not align with him at all," politics graduate Sergiana told me in central Bucharest. "I feel like in a year or two he would completely mess up our chances to stay in the EU."

By contrast, Dan put relations with Europe at the heart of his campaign.

"It's better for the European way, for younger people and for Romania – because we get more EU funds, more development," another young voter, Catalin Petrosanu, approved."Their work on the recovery helps to soften things slightly, but rebuilding trust is a bit harder," he said.

The costs of recovery and upgrading security systems could also have a "long-lasting ripple effect" on the company's finances, he added.Customers will likely become "more cautious about sharing personal and financial information," according to Dr Harjinder Lallie, reader in cyber security at the University of Warwick.

The hack is a a reminder for the retail industry that more complicated IT systems and advanced attacks mean "proactive investment in resilience is no longer optional - it's essential", he said.In a message sent to its suppliers earlier this week, and first reported by