His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain, will be in Romania on Tuesday, where, together with president Nicusor Dan, he will visit the Joint Training Centre in Cincu, informs the Presidential Administration.Felipe VI was also in Romania in July 2009, then as Prince of Asturias, together with his wife, the current Queen Letizia.The National Joint Training Centre "Getica" in Cincu is a military structure subordinated to the General Staff of the Romanian Land Forces, located in the rural town of Cincu, Brasov county. The centre facilitates the training of military formations up to brigade level, as well as of personnel participating in individual missions abroad.In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022), a NATO Multinational Battle Group (Battle Group Forward Presence - BGFP), later renamed Collective Defence Battle Group (CDBG), was established at Cincu, with France as the framework nation.The centre frequently hosts NATO exercises, such as STEADFAST DART 25 (with Romanian, French and Spanish soldiers) or SARMIS 25.1 (with the 2nd Mountain Ranger Brigade "Sarmizegetusa").
President Nicușor Dan stated on Monday, November 10, that Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. “Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. Why? First of all, because it has a […]
Officials in the mountain resort town of Râșnov, central Romania, have issued an urban planning certificate for the transformation of a Boeing 737 airplane into a premium accommodation unit. The plane will be placed near the famous Bran Castle, and organizers expect it to become a tourist attraction. “The project is located in the Pănicel […]
Traffic (Jaful Secolului), a Romania-Belgium-Netherlands co-production directed by Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, has received the award for best film at the Tertio Millennio International Film Festival in Rome. The jury of the festival noted in its motivation the film's "ability to combine formal rigor and human […]
The Romanian Justice Ministry advanced a legislative initiative according to which femicide could be punished with life imprisonment. The proposal comes after numerous women were killed this year by former partners, despite protection orders. The debate about femicide in Romania was brought back to the fore after another tragedy took place on Saturday, November 9, […]
Cultural center Apollo111, located in downtown Bucharest’s Universul Palace, has announced the program of arthouse films Apollo111 Cinema. The performance venue of Apollo 111 has been refurbished and endowed for professional film screenings. It will run a weekly program of contemporary and classic auteur films, meetings with filmmakers, and an experimental area, meant to “explore […]
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Xiaomi announced the official opening of its first own store in Romania, in Bucharest, inside the ParkLake shopping center, on the ground floor, on November 22. The new store will have a surface area of 150 square meters and will bring to the public the latest smartphones, accessories, and smart devices […]
