A detachment of the French Air and Space Force, composed of about 40 servicemen and three Rafale multirole aircraft, arrived on Monday at the 86th "Locotenent aviator Gheorghe Mociornita" Air Base, in Borcea, to carry out joint training missions with military and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the Romanian Air Force."The joint training missions contribute to increasing the rapid reaction and deterrence capability, as well as to strengthening the interoperability between the Romanian Air Force and the French Air and Space Forces," the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MAI) informed on Monday.These aircraft are stationed at Fetesti Air Base and perform their mission with a reduced logistical footprint and only about 20 pilots. They are carrying out a reassurance mission on NATO's eastern flank.Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the French Air and Space Force has been participating in the NATO Eastern Flank Air Policing Mission called "Air Shielding."This engagement, usually conducted from the aircraft's home air bases, has also been implemented through easy point to point deployments called "MORANE" in Eastern and Northern European countries."In this context and for the first time, the French Air and Space Force deploys Rafale fighter aircraft in Romania for several days to carry out missions within NATO," reads a press release the French Embassy in Romania sent on Monday.This mission format, a French variant of the NATO concept known as 'Agile Combat Employment (ACE),' consists of a logistically easier deployment due to an increased interoperability of the partner air force's support equipment. In this logic of optimising resources, French pilots work in collaboration with their colleagues from other countries, using procedures common to NATO member countries.
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
