Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelenski declared on Thursday that Romania's decision to offer his country a Patriot air defense system would consolidate Ukraine's air defense shield, as well as European security, Reuters informs. “This crucial contribution will consolidate our air shield and will help us better protect our people and critical infrastructure from the Russian air terror,” the head of the Ukrainian states reacted on platform X, when the Cuntry Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) decided on Thursday that Romania would donate Ukraine's Armed Forces a Patriot defense system. CSAT members invoked “the significant deterioration of the security situation in Ukraine as a result of Russia's constant and massive attacks on civilians and civillian infrastructure and the regional consequences of this situation, on Romania's security included, decided, in close coordination with the Allies, to donate a Patriot system to Ukraine,” a press release of the Presidential Administration reads. The donation of the air defense system by Romania “is made on condition of further negotiations with the Allies, especially with the American strategic partner, with a view to obtaining a similar or equivalent system answering the need to ensure the protection of the national air space, of modernizing the Romanian Army and ensure interoperability with the NATO system. So the identification of a temporary solution must be found to cover the operational vulnerability thus created,” the press release mentions.
Cargus, one of Romania’s leading courier companies, recorded a 15% rise in delivery volumes over the Black Friday weekend, 7-10 November, compared to the same period in 2024. In total, the company delivered almost half a million parcels per day nationwide. These results confirm the positive trend of the e-commerce market and highlight Cargus’s strong […]
Romanian authorities carried out preventive evacuations in the village of Plauru in Tulcea county early Monday, November 17, after a drone attack on the Ukrainian port of Izmail ignited a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessel located close to the Romanian border, officials said. The fire, triggered during overnight strikes by Russian forces on targets near […]
UNICEF is inviting teachers and students across Romania to take part in the 2025 edition of the World's Largest Lesson, held between November 17 and 25 to mark World Children's Day. Celebrated each year on November 20, the day commemorates the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, "the […]
PPC Group has expanded its renewable energy portfolio in Romania with the addition of a new 130 MW photovoltaic plant in Călugăreni, located 40 kilometers south of Bucharest. The project has recently been connected to the national grid. The plant was built using 227,240 bifacial photovoltaic panels and is expected to generate more than 193 […]
Several civic organisations held a protest last week targeting the leadership of Romania’s judiciary, after accusing senior magistrates of overstepping their institutional roles, Epochtimes-romania.com reported. The groups - Iniţiativa România, Corupţia ucide,...
The ruling coalition will no longer negotiate with the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) and the High Court (ICCJ) on the magistrates’ pensions law but instead will come up with a revised version of the bill by November 18, inviting magistrates’ associations to demonstrate their loyalty by issuing the necessary consultative opinion timely, such to […]
