Bulgaria, Romania and Turkiye are preparing to launch a mine clearing operation in the Black Sea, said Defence Minister Todor Tagarev on Friday quoted by https://www.bta.bg/. He was speaking at the opening of an international conference, entitled “Winning the Peace in Ukraine” It is organized by the Sofia Security Forum in partnership with the US Embassy in Bulgaria. "We have been working for two months without making the information public,” said the Minister. “I hope that in the near future this operation will be launched which will enhance security in Bulgaria’s territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone. It will aid wheat exports from Ukraine too,” said Tagarev. The terrorist threat has become particularly visible with the terrorist acts by Hamas against Israel and the ensuing tensions which are still likely to escalate. These developments can result in increased migrant pressure on Bulgaria as well as in tensions between the different fractions which support the sides in the conflict. Currently, the likelihood is very small, said the Minister. “In this situation we are working with our allies and this is the most important guarantee for our security,” said Tagarev. He reiterated that Bulgaria will continue to provide political, military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine for as long as it is necessary. The prospects for peace in Ukraine, the strategies and the ways to achieve security in the Black Sea region, the role of NATO and the European union and the future of the European security architecture will be among the topics which will dominate the agenda of the conference.
A Romanian F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet deployed as part of NATO’s enhanced air policing mission in the Baltic region shot down a drone in Estonian airspace on Tuesday, May 19, Romania’s Ministry of Defense announced. The interception marks a first for the Romanian Air Force detachment known as the “Carpathian Vipers.” According to the […]
Cluj Business Campus, a real estate and urban workplace experience project developed in Cluj-Napoca, Romania's second-largest city, has entered a new stage of development, with investments of nearly half a million euros allocated for 2026, according to a press release from the institution. The investments are part of a multi-year development calendar and are focused […]
Around 48.6% of respondents in the most recent INSCOP Research survey believe that the no-confidence motion backed by the Social Democratic Party and Alliance for the Union of Romanians, which brought down the Bolojan government on May 5, was a useless act that...
Thirty-five years after the opening of the Șt. O. Iosif bookstore in Brașov, the starting point of Libris, the company is publishing an analysis of the bestselling books of the past decades. From previously banned authors avidly read immediately after 1989 to books about trauma, meaning and healing dominating today’s charts, Libris data reveals how […]
Earlier this week, the Romanian Senate passed a legislative proposal initiated by the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) under which non-governmental organizations are required to make public all sources of funding and the identity of donors. If the bill is adopted as law, the reports regarding an NGO’s financing would be submitted […]
The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised upward its inflation forecast for the end of 2026 to 5.5%, from a previous estimate of 3.9%, according to data presented on Tuesday, May 19, by central bank governor Mugur Isărescu. The institution expects inflation to ease to 2.9% by the end of 2027. Speaking during a […]
