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President Nicușor Dan has convened the country’s top defense body after a drone crashed and exploded on an apartment building in the eastern city of Galatti. Top defense, intelligence and government officials will meet Friday morning at the presidential the Cotroceni Palace. It follows the overnight attack, the 28th violation of Romanian airspace since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and...

Armed drone was part of attack on Ukraine, say Romanian authorities after military scrambled F-16 fighter jets in response A Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in a southeastern city in NATO-member Romania injuring two people, in what Bucharest condemned as an “irresponsible escalation” by Moscow. The drone was tracked by radar in Romanian airspace and crashed on to the...

After defeating the Democrats twice in 10 years to be elected to the White House, Donald Trump managed to give his deadly rivals two giant gifts in just two weeks. This came right in the middle of the campaign for the congressional elections; and in a fantastically adversarial context, in which from one week to the next his popularity is...

Controversial internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate are reportedly considering purchasing the abandoned Continental Hotel in central Cluj-Napoca and relocating permanently to the city in search of both culture and tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the capital.  The brothers were recently spotted in Cluj, prompting speculation about the purpose of their visit. According to local outlet Cluj24,...

Searches have been carried carried out in Ajaccio, Corsica, and surrounding areas, as part of an investigation into suspected procurement and subsidy fraud in connection with the post-pandemic recovery plan.  The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) asked for a probe into suspicions of fraud in public procurement, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the...

Romanians continue to rank among the Europeans with the longest working weeks, new data published by Eurostat on May 27 demonstrates, highlighting the persistent gap between working time and income levels across the European Union and Romania's continued lag. On average, employees in Romania worked 38.2 hours per week in 2025, which is significantly above the EU average of 35.9...

The United States has informed its NATO allies that it plans to gradually reduce the number of strategic military assets dedicated to the alliance, including bombers, fighter aircraft, drones, submarines and warships, as Washington intensifies pressure on Europe to assume greater responsibility for its own defense. The announcement was delivered during a closed-door meeting of NATO policy directors on Friday...

By threatening NATO ally Denmark, the White House fractured Western trust at the precise moment it needed Europe united against Tehran As Iran and the United States edge toward some resolution of the war, what is already clear is that there will be no capitulation in which Iran gives up its nukes, its missiles and its proxy militias which undertaking...

Immune Romania, dedicated to detecting and combating information manipulation and external interference in the digital space was launched on Wednesday at the Cotroceni presidential palace. The launch took place within the "Rapid Response - European Summit for Strengthening Resilience to Disinformation", organized under the High Patronage of the President of Romania, in the presence of Romanian President Nicușor Dan. In a...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected proposals for an “associate membership” model with the European Union, arguing that Ukraine’s future must be based on full and equal accession rather than any form of semi-membership.  This debate was sparked by a proposal from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who suggested creating a special integration framework for Ukraine outside the standard enlargement...