Fighter jets scrambled over Romania on November 25 as Russian drones entered its airspace during an attack on southern Ukraine. There have been three incursions in the past week, which at one point forced the evacuation of two villages in the Danube Delta.
German and Romanian fighter jets scrambled on November 25 to track the latest in a series of drone incursions into the NATO-member’s airspace as Russia continues to attack targets just across the Danube River in neighboring Ukraine. One local mayor said we now "consider ourselves part of the war."
The Russian strike on the vessel sparked a blaze and forced the evacuation of several towns in the area.
Romanian authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents in the village of Plauru on the Danube River that forms the border with Ukraine after a drone reportedly struck an LPG-carrying ship on the Ukrainian side of the river.
Authorities in Romania have arrested a former senator for allegedly attempting to offer a 1 million-euro ($1.16 million) bribe to the country’s defense minister to facilitate an arms deal that could be fraudulently financed by a European Union program.
Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US soldiers from Romania, the country's Foreign Minister Oana Toiu told RFE/RL, leaving the alliance with a “stronger" presence.
The United States is significantly reducing its military presence in Romania, in what a NATO official called “adjustments to US force posture,” amid Moscow’s war against neighboring Ukraine and heightened European concern about Russian incursions into NATO airspace.
Ukrainian men seeking to avoid military service pay up to the equivalent of $15,000 to smuggling gangs that hire children as guides to get them across the border to Romania. It’s one of the phenomena contributing to persistent manpower problems as Kyiv fights against the Russian invasion.
The industrial town of Victoria was once home to the pride of Nicolae Ceausescu's heavy industry, now the factory stands mostly abandoned. But a massive spending program by Brussels to expand European weapons production is set to give the town a new lease of life.
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said sanctions against the Russian-owned Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), Serbia's sole crude oil refiner, have taken force after several delays, a move that could hit the Balkan nation hard.
A Russian drone that penetrated Romanian airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine lingered above the NATO nation for 50 minutes before swerving back toward Ukraine, Romania's Defense Ministry said on September 14.
Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu -- one of the most influential but also controversial political leaders of postcommunist Romania -- died in Bucharest on August 5. He was 95 years old.
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