Four Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) have landed at the 57th Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Air Base, in southeastern Constanta County, the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announced on Thursday.The British detachment, arrived on Wednesday, consists of about 150 military (pilots and technical staff) and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft and will carry out, together with the Romanian Air Force soldiers, enhanced Air Policing missions under NATO command in the next four months.This is Mihail Kogalniceanu's fourth rotation of the British Royal Air Force, after those executed in 2017, 2018 and 2021.The air policing missions, carried out jointly since 2017 and planned in the year before the deployment of the detachments, contribute to the development of the response and deterrence capability, as well as to the consolidation of the interoperability between the Romanian Air Force and the allied ones.
Romania's interim president Ilie Bolojan will travel to London on Sunday, March 2, for a summit of European leaders on the topic of European defense, also attended by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to Digi24. The meeting will bring together...
Romanian prosecutors are reportedly investigating a 'troll farm' using Turkish IPs and accounts based on Russian email accounts, which helped increase awareness of the former far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu ahead of last year's elections,
The coupons attached by the Romanian Treasury to the bonds on sale under the second issue of the Fidelis scheme (bonds listed at the Bucharest Exchange) were cut for both local currency and euro-denominated papers. This comes after the record demand registered in the first issue this year in February when the Treasury raised over […]
Romania's general government budget deficit increased by nearly 40% y/y to over RON 11 billion (EUR 2.2 billion) in January 2025, according to data published by the Ministry of Finance. The gap in the first month of 2025 thus measures 0.58% of the GDP projected for the full year, up from 0.45% in January 2024. […]
Romania's economy is expected to rebound at a slower rate than previously expected at around 1.8% this year (down from 2.6% y/y projected in September), given the pressure to cut government deficits in an increasingly challenging domestic and external economic environment, according to the Regional Economic Prospects 2025 report issued by the European Bank for Reconstruction […]
The authorities in Bran, central Romania, recently revealed a plan to transform the central park into an attractive spot for leisure activities that would benefit from the proximity to the small community's famous castle. A specialized design firm has been contracted to modernize the park, and has already begun the process of obtaining approvals for […]
