The Russian Federation's chargé d'affaires ad interim in Bucharest was urgently summoned on Thursday to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), in the context of the drone attack on the Romanian-Ukrainian border, and was informed of ''the firm condemnation of the repeated violation of Romania's airspace by unmanned vehicles of the Russian military forces'', ''which represents a blatant violation of international law by a permanent member of the UN Security Council''.''The MAE firmly condemns the irresponsible attack by the Russian forces today, February 13, 2025, when two Russian drones carrying explosive material violated the airspace and fell on Romanian territory near the border with Ukraine'', a MAE release reads.By order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Russian Federation in Bucharest was urgently summoned to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.''He was conveyed the firm condemnation of the repeated violation of Romania's airspace by unmanned vehicles of the Russian military forces, which represents a blatant violation of international law by a permanent member of the UN Security Council,'' the quoted source informs.The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that these illegal and irresponsible attacks must cease, with Romania reserving the right to take the necessary response measures.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalls that these actions are an inseparable part of Russia's illegal and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, which for almost three years has been generating security risks for the entire Black Sea region and the Eastern Flank of the North Atlantic Alliance.The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have informed the allied structures about this new incident and remain in permanent contact with them, the cited source also shows.Four fighter jets took off from the "Mihail Kogalniceanu" Air Base after radars detected, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, several targets in Ukrainian airspace, close to the border with Romania, with a possible impact zone being reported on the national territory approximately 10 km east of the administrative boundary of the municipality of Galati, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
CATANE, the feature debut of director Ioana Mischie, has received an international nomination at the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Awards for its original score composed by Emiliano Mazzenga. The film’s music has been selected among the top five film scores worldwide in the International Independent Film category. The film is the first Romanian production ever […]
Moldovan prime minister Alexandru Munteanu arrived in Bucharest on Thursday, November 13, for his first official foreign visit since taking office. He met with president Nicușor Dan and Romanian counterpart Ilie Bolojan before visiting the Parliament, where he met with the president of the Senate, Mihai Abrudean. After the first meeting, president Nicușor Dan stated […]
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The number of Romanians seeking work abroad has fallen to its lowest level in five years, according to new data from leading online recruitment platform eJobs. So far in 2025, only 106,000 applications were submitted for jobs outside Romania out of a total of 9.8 million, representing just 1.1% of all job applications. Employers abroad […]
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Banca Transilvania, a leading bank in Romania, and BPC, a global leader in payments solutions, have completed the first Romanian pilot of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) for payments, enabling cardholders to authenticate online purchases with their new European Digital ID. The project forms part of the EU Digital Wallet Consortium led large-scale pilot funded by […]
