Interim President Ilie Bolojan convened the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) on Wednesday, April 30, starting at 2:00 p.m., the Presidential Administration informs. Interim President Ilie Bolojan convened the Supreme National Defense Council (CSAT) on Wednesday, April 30, starting at 2:00 p.m., the Presidential Administration informs. The agenda of the meeting includes Romania’s participation in the European Response Plan – Readiness 2030, the draft law on Romania’s national defense and the National Plan on military mobility. The CSAT meeting will also discuss the draft law on some measures necessary for the implementation of national security projects in the field of hydropower and the national strategic vision in the space field. “The Council meeting will also analyze other current issues in the field of national security,” the Presidential Administration’s press release states. The last meeting of the CSAT took place on March 28, the first meeting of the Council since Ilie Bolojan has been the interim president of Romania. On that occasion, the CSAT decided to continue providing military support to Ukraine. Also, at the meeting there were discussions about strengthening the defense on NATO’s Eastern Flank, and a phased increase in the percentage of GDP allocated to defense spending was agreed upon, the Presidential Administration informs. Romania will buy a new military ship, a light corvette.
TikTok has launched an Election Center dedicated to Romania's upcoming elections as part of its broader effort to protect "the integrity of the platform" and promote access to reliable information. The initiative is supported by a new media literacy campaign and ongoing collaboration with more than 20 fact-checking partners, the company said in a statement. […]
Romanian acting president Ilie Bolojan met on Friday, April 25, with a delegation from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, or ODIHR, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), according to a statement from the presidential administration. The acting president told the delegation that Romania "is faithful to democratic principles […]
Shareholders of Romanian oil company OMV Petrom recently approved the distribution of record dividends amounting to RON 2.8 billion (EUR 562.6 million) for the 2024 financial year, as well as the 2025 budget, which provides for investments of RON 8.1 billion (EUR 1.6 billion). The decision was taken during the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings […]
The 2025 edition of the European Film Festival (FFE), which takes place this year in Bucharest and nine other cities, will screen more than 40 feature films, 28 of which are national premieres. The festival will also present two selections of short films, also screened as national premieres. Among them are 11 documentaries, 13 films […]
Update: The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official press release that the Romanian citizen was initially detained in the Abkhazia region four months ago and was later transferred to Sochi, Russia. "Steps have already been taken to provide consular protection and assistance with the central and local authorities, in accordance with international regulations," […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, said on Friday, April 25, that it arrested a 23-year-old Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying for Ukraine by sharing the locations of Russian air defense systems. The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to […]
