Turkish military land systems manufacturer Otokar is opening a subsidiary in Romania called Otokar Land Systems SRL, after winning a massive contract on the local market late last year. Otokar, Turkey’s leader in the export of such land systems, won the Romanian Ministry of Defense’s tender for 1,059 4×4 armored vehicles. In November, Otokar and Romtehnica, the latter representing the Ministry of National Defense, signed a multi-year contract worth 4.26 billion lei (approximately 857 million euros) for the supply of 1,059 COBRA II light armored tactical 4×4 vehicles to the Romanian Ministry of National Defense. According to the contract, the majority of the COBRA II 4×4 vehicles will be manufactured locally in Romania. On November 27, 2024, Otokar signed the contract by which the Romanian Ministry of National Defense awarded the company the supply of 1,059 COBRA II light armored tactical 4×4 vehicles at a value in Euro equivalent of approximately 857 million excluding VAT. According to the contract, the first 278 COBRA II light armored tactical 4×4 vehicles will be produced in Turkey, and the remaining 781 will be manufactured in Romania. Deliveries are planned to be made in batches over 5 years, starting with the last quarter of 2025. The tender also includes some integrated logistics support services, in addition to the 1059 light armored tactical 4×4 vehicles. Otokar submitted, on March 20, 2024, the bid in the procurement procedure for light armored tactical 4×4 vehicles, initiated by the company C. N. Romtehnica S.A., as a representative of the Ministry of National Defense. Following the successful completion of the qualification, technical evaluation, testing and evaluation stages of the financial offer, on October 4, 2024, Otokar was notified that it had been declared the winner of the procurement procedure. The COBRA II 4×4 tactical armored vehicle, produced by Otokar, is actively used by over 20 users in 13 countries.
Victor Ponta, who served as Romania’s prime minister between 2012 and 2015, announced on Wednesday, May 7, that he is founding a party under the name "Romania First.” The platform will bring together PRO Romania, the party he founded after leaving the center-left Social Democratic Party, with the Romanian Ecologist Party, and other specialists and […]
Romania will receive CHF 10 million in funding for the development of dual education, as part of a second Swiss contribution, the Switzerland - Romania Chamber of Commerce (CCE-R) announced. The funding is part of a program for the development of dual education that aims to support the integration of young people into the labor […]
The Romanian Parliament approved a draft law that increases the amount of punishment for unauthorized operations with pyrotechnic articles on Wednesday, May 7. Initiators of the bill say that every winter hundreds are injured due to firecrackers, most of them children. Mihai Weber, the Social-Democratic Party ()PSD) member of Parliament who initiated the bill, says […]
The second edition of the Learning Tapestry Conference takes place in Bucharest, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, on May 14th, and will bring together global experts in psychology, business strategy, education, and leadership. They will debate how we can build an education system capable of preparing young people to adapt, reinvent, and thrive in a […]
OMV Petrom, a major energy provider in Romania, announced the opening of the largest electric vehicle charging hub in Romania on the A1 motorway, at Miercurea Sibiului. It features a total of 34 fast-charging points: 17 in each direction, 16 for electric cars and 18 for electric trucks. The charging stations are high-capacity: each charger […]
The Romanian airline Dan Air recently announced that it will begin operating regular flights to Damascus from cities such as Bucharest, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Stockholm. The company is the only one from the European Union currently operating commercial flights to Syria. The flights will begin on June 15, and tickets are already available. The routes […]
