The Romanian Naval Forces were notified, on May 11, regarding the existence of an air wreckage (drone) that was drifting in Romania's territorial waters, in an area located between Sulina and Sfantu Gheorghe (southeast), about two nautical miles from shore.The wreckage of the drone was recovered by a ship of the Naval Forces, being later taken over by the Romanian Air Force for the carrying out of legal procedures for identifying the wreckage and investigating the circumstances in which it arrived in Romanian territorial waters, informs a press release of the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) sent on Monday.According to the cited source, the first data showed that the wreckage, which bears the insignia of the Ukrainian Naval Forces, did not have weapons and ammunition on board.As a result of the air traffic data from the Black Sea region, the aircraft crashed into Ukrainian airspace, most likely during the actions of May 7 and 8. The wreckage was later carried by currents to the territorial waters of Romania, where it was spotted on May 11, the Ministry of National Defense states.Legal procedures for notifying the Ukrainian authorities of this situation are underway.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending more than EUR 46 million as part of a EUR 93 million financing package to build and operate Urleasca Wind Farm, a 102 MW onshore wind farm in Romania, the institution announced. Urleasca Wind Farm is expected to generate 277 GWh a year of renewable energy […]
Bucharest and Ilfov County together form the region in Romania with the highest motorization rate, with an average of 640 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, a level close to most regions in France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, according to Eurostat data for 2022 cited by Ziarul Financiar. In the central, western, and northwestern regions of the […]
Nicolae Ciucă, the president of the National Liberal Party and head of the Romanian Senate, is increasingly looking like the party’s pick for the presidency. Ciucă, a former general in the Romanian army and an ally of current president Klaus Iohannis, also from PNL, is featured on dozens of billboards across the country. In parallel, a social media […]
The 28th edition of the European Film Festival opens in Bucharest on Europe’s Day, May 9. The event, which takes place in several cities in the country, will end this year’s run in Chișinău on June 8, the weekend of the EU Parliament elections. The program covers 40 feature films, 34 of them national premieres, […]
The multinational military exercise "Swift Response 24,” which will feature the largest airborne operations in Europe since World War II, has recently begun. The exercise will take place until May 24 in Romania, including in the Cincu range in Brașov County, according to Radio Brașov, as reported by Rador. According to the Ministry of National […]
The leader of Romania’s far-right party AUR, George Simion, posted on LinkedIn that he is recruiting people for "top-level representation," including positions such as senators. The recruitment announcement was posted two weeks ago from George Simion's verified official account on the platform, and over 100 people have applied so far. Simion is also looking for […]
