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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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US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility that his Russian President Vladimir Putin may invade other countries following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday at the end of  the NATO conference in the Hague, Trump was asked whether he considered Putin an enemy and if he believed the Russian leader had territorial...

Romania’s President Nicusor Dan was assigned a plum position in the group photo at his first major international meeting where he mingled with the Western world’s top leaders. The new Romanian president stood behind US President Donald Trump and in front of  NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte president, and just behind the hosts King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the...

Mihai Razvan Ungureanu and Dan Perry write: History is littered with alliances that failed to adapt. As NATO convenes for its summit, it must reorient to the east, where threats are real and commitments strongest. For all the debates about NATO's transformation in the post-Cold War era, one truth has gone largely unspoken: the alliance was always, at its core,...