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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken with his Romanian counterpart Nicușor Dan ahead of this weeks's meeting of the US and Russia's presidents and a visit by the Romanian president to Ukraine. The two leaders spoke on Tuesday, ahead of the US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimr Putin's summit in Alaska on Aug. 15 to which the Ukrainian...

He's trying to sell out Ukraine on Aug. 15, but even that might not work without massive pressure on Putin. Trump evidently believes that Vladimir Putin has finally been persuaded to settle for less than the total conquest of Ukraine — specifically, for control over the Donbas region in the east. That’s why Friday’s meeting with Putin in Alaska —...

Romania on Thursday is holding a state funeral and has declared a national day of mourning its late President Ion Iliescu, a polarizing figure whose death has reignited old traumas about Romania’s brutal 1989 revolution and the subsequent tumultuous transition to democracy. Iliescu, who served three terms as president, died on Tuesday, two months after being admitted to hospital for...

A new parliamentary law that allows Romanian forces to shoot down Russian drones over its territory may have avoided a clash with NATO. Russia struck a missile close to Romania's border, but a recent law allowing its armed forces to shoot down Russian drones that fly over its territory prevented Moscow from encroaching on its territory. Russia struck a gas distribution...

Dominating the main square of the sleepy Transylvanian town of  Dumbrăveni, 20 kilometers west of Sighișoara—home of the fictional Count Dracula—an Armenian church stands witness to the ravages of time. Known as the Biserica Armeano-Catolica St. Elisabeta, the Baroque granite-and-brick structure bears this Latin inscription: “He who loved God built this cathedral between 1766 and 1791, with seven altars and...

Romania's defense minister says changes to contentious pensions paid to retired military personnel can't be done overnight even of the European Commission is demanding a faster pace in line with cuts to reduce Romania's massive budget deficit. Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said so-called special pensions paid to tens of thousands of retired defense officials should be phased out until gradually...

Președintele Nicușor Dan a afirmat, luni, că NATO, UE și Marea Britanie confirmă că Rusia desfășoară în statele europene agresiuni de natură cibernetică, manipulare și dezinformare, adăugând că statul român trebuie să vină cu noi probe privind ceea ce s-a întâmplat în noiembrie 2024, pe măsură ce le descoperă. ''Îi îndemn pe cei care încă se îndoiesc de interferențele Rusiei...

Now the Russian dictator Putin must be forced to choose   Hard as it is to take Donald Trump at his word, he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte this week gave Vladimir Putin something to focus his mind. Their announcement of a new NATO-backed weapons corridor into Ukraine, routed through European allies and structured around arms sales rather than grants,...

Romania is taking a major step to beef up its national security with the acquisition of Israel's Iron Dome air defense system from Tel Aviv. Defense Minister Ionuț Moșteanu confirmed the news during a televised interview on the national broadcaster TVR on Monday. Romania hopes to complete the Iron Dome contract in the fall of 2025 when President Nicusor Dan will...

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