DEFENCE

Defence Minister Mihai Fifor stated on Monday, at the ceremony dedicated to Romanian servicemen who took part in the Invictus Paralympic Games, that Premier Mihai Tudose has ordered the legislation amended so as to allow Invictus members to be assimilated to other athletes who represent Romania. “You have from us all the support, from all […]

Team Romania, made up of Ionut Butoi, Dorin Petrut and Nicusor-Augustin Pegulescu, has won the gold medal in the men’s open compound – heat men’s open compound archery event at the Invictus Games Toronto 2017, while Ionut Butoi has also won the silver medal in the men’s open compound – final gold archery event. The […]

On Wednesday, Mircea Dusa, Secretary of State for Defence Policy and Planning, and Lieutenant General Laurian Anastasof, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, were present at the Monte Real Airbase in Portugal, where they attended the hand-over ceremony for three more fighter jets modernised to the F-16 MLU 5.2R standard. By receiving the three […]

It is paramount that beyond the inherent uncertainty of the security context, a minimum of predictability to those who plan in this field must be guaranteed at political level, said on Wednesday President Klaus Iohannis, in the opening of the “Europe: Building Trust” symposium, ongoing in Bucharest. “The outcome of the strategic order’s planning process […]

The Romanian Army will procure by the end of the year the first Patriot missile system, our country requesting that the payment be allowed in installments and maintenance be carried out in Romania, National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor stated on Wednesday. “What I can tell you and assure you is that by the end of […]

Major Laurentiu Serban won the bronze medal on Monday in 1,500 metres, at the Invictus 2017 paralympic games. “The first medal of the Invictus Romania team was won on Monday by Major Laurentiu Serban, who won the bronze in 1,500 metre. Laurentiu Serban, the captain of the Invictus Romania team, was wounded in Afghanistan in […]

National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor paid a visit on Tuesday, alongside Chief of the General Staff General Nicolae Ciuca to the “Cantacuzino” National Research Institute. According to a release of the National Defence Ministry (MApN), this is the first visit of Minister Fifor to the “Cantacuzino” Institute, after the Government approved last week for the […]

Team Romania had a surprise guest at the Invictus Paralympic Games: Prince Harry came to meet with Romanian #Invictus participants and to wish them good luck. “Let’s start with the initiator of these Games, himself a veteran of the Afghanistan war. Prince Harry talked with our injured fighters and Invictus volunteers. He surprised us by […]

Boosting cooperation between the Romanian and Canadian armies, by keeping up with the bilateral and multilateral training exercises and strengthening interoperability at NATO level have been the main topics for discussion at the meeting the Romanian Minister of National Defence Mihai Fifor had with his Canadian counterpart, Harjit Singh Sajjan. The meeting between the two […]

On Thursday, the Government decided via emergency ordinance to transfer the Cantacuzino Institute – along with its existing assets and personnel – under the authority of the Ministry of Defence, the urgency of the decision stemming from “hybrid warfare threats and the need to create a unitary platform for the research and national production of […]