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.
More than a dozen individuals, among which bar administrators, bartenders, waiters, and hostesses, have been brought to trial by prosecutors on charges of intoxicating foreign tourists who visited two establishments in the Bucharest Old Town, after which they robbed them or emptied their bank accounts. In total, 16 individuals and two companies have been charged […]
Romanian Major General Florin Barbu is set to take command of the EU’s EUFOR ALTHEA mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). As a result, Romania will hold the command of two of the nine military operations and missions conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy to which it contributes personnel. Aside from holding command […]
The National Chamber Choir "Madrigal – Marin Constantin" will mark Romania's National Culture Day with an extraordinary concert titled MADRIGAL – DESPRE CULTURĂ on Tuesday, January 14, in the Aula Magna of the Patriarchate Palace in Bucharest. Under the baton of conductor Anna Ungureanu, the event will celebrate the richness of Romanian cultural heritage, spanning […]
The top players in tennis will participate in Transylvania Open WTA 250, a tournament that will take place between February 1 and 9, 2025, at BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The list begins with Anastasia Potapova, ranked 35th in the WTA rankings. In 2023, she claimed her second WTA title by winning the Linz tournament, […]
Romania has remained one of the most affordable property markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with housing prices growing slower than income levels. This trend is in contrast to neighboring countries like Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, which saw significant increases in both property prices and rents, according to Colliers' latest analysis. In […]
Mihai Spulber (picture, right), currently SVP operations and supply chain at Mega Image, will assume the role of brand president at Profi effective July 1, 2025, replacing current CEO Gaetan Pacton. The change at the top comes after Ahold Delhaize, the company behind Mega Image, completed the acquisition of Profi in Romania, welcoming the brand […]
