National Defence Minister Angel Tilvar met on Tuesday at the Ministry headquarters with the new defence attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Colonel Robert Kammerer, in the presence of the latter's predecessor, Colonel Keith Derbenwick.Angel Tilvar thanked the American side for their commitment in Romania, an "essential" aspect in strengthening the deterrence and defence posture in the Black Sea region amid a constantly changing security environment, the Defence Ministry said in a release."Romania and the U.S. share a solid strategic partnership, based on common regional security and stability goals," the Romanian official pointed out.The talks also focused on the continuation of joint projects and the identification of new cooperation opportunities in the context of the current geostrategic challenges in the Euro-Atlantic region.In the end, the minister thanked outgoing Colonel Keith Derbenwick for his activity as U.S. defence attaché in Bucharest.
The Holland & Barrett brand, a British chain of stores specializing in dietary supplements and vegan food and one of the largest companies in the health and wellness sector in Europe, is preparing to open its first own stores in Romania. The chain will enter the local market through the Greek company Fourlis, which also […]
Archaeologists from the Buzău County Museum, in southern Romania, have discovered 31 human settlements on the construction site of a wind farm. The region where the settlements were discovered was chosen for a new wind farm because of its favorable meteorological conditions, and annual tests were conducted as early as 2010. Construction work began in […]
Romania has become the EU country with the highest unemployment rate among young people under 25 (26.3%), according to official Eurostat data published in December 2024 and analyzed by the Social Monitor, a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania. Thus, Romania surpassed states such as Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment has always been […]
In its half-year report for the second half of 2024, TikTok said it blocked 33,000 spam accounts in Romania and nearly 100,000 fake accounts. It highlighted its intense activity in blocking fraudulent activity related to Romania, particularly during the electoral campaign, indirectly admitting the...
Moldovan president Maia Sandu has acknowledged that some local entrepreneurs are transferring capital to Romania due to its stability as a European Union and NATO member state. Speaking about the country's economic stagnation in 2024, when GDP grew by only 0.1%, and the technical recession in the second half of the year, Sandu highlighted concerns […]
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are set to become a central component of Romania's power system, according to Oxford-based Aurora Energy Research, whose analysts see investments in Romania's BESS totaling several gigawatts of capacity and several billion euros over the next decade. Aurora pointed to both the opportunities and the risks and uncertainties associated with […]
