The minister of defence, Ionut Mosteanu stated on Monday that the members of the defence committees in the parliament offered unanimous opinion in favour of the purchase of a light corvette by the government from Türkiye.‘There was a meeting of the reunited defence commissions in the Senate and the Deputies’ chamber to obtain approval for the purchase of a light corvette which we are going to acquire from Turkiye. It is a procedure started last year through which the Romanian Army will buy a light corvette which is ready, it is produced in Turkiye, it is a purchase, government to government, a corvette from the Turkish army surplus, with modern equipment, NATO interoperability, corvette which the Romanian Army needs. (…) In the end of the discussion with the members of the commissions we got a unanimous opinion for the acquisition’ Mosteanu said in the Parliament Palace.He added that the Black Sea must remain a sea of peace, and this will happen ‘ only if we show we are well equipped and continue the joint missions which we have with the NATO allies’.'The value of this corvette, the price is documented by colleagues in the Ministry of Defense, 223 million euros excluding VAT. On top of this price, there will come the costs for equipment, missiles and other additional equipment; the corvette will be armed in addition to the standard equipment it has,' the Defense Minister said.
The third edition of Taifas Balkan Film and Culture Festival, set to take place in Timișoara between October 13 and October 19, will include a retrospective dedicated to Romanian director Radu Jude. The public will be able to see the director's short films, in addition to a preview of his latest production, Dracula, presented at […]
Sursa International Light Art Festival, an event featuring immersive installations, projections, and light structures, will take place at the National Library of Romania from October 13 to October 19. The event brings together international and Romanian artists “in a visual dialogue about technology, architecture and sensitivity,” the organizers announced. “We wanted to build the opportunity […]
Romania’s Defense Ministry has signed a contract worth RON 50.4 million with Rheinnmetall Automecanica, a subsidiary of the German defense industry giant Rheinmetall, for the delivery of drone detection systems, Economedia.ro reported. The radar system will be delivered within 18 months at most and will reportedly be...
The former Steaua Roșie cinema in Cluj-Napoca will reopen as Edison-House of Music, a cultural hub dedicated to music and community, the organizers of the Jazz in the Park festival announced. Built in the early 1900s, the Edison building became, after World War II, the Steaua Roșie cinema. After 1989, the venue underwent several changes […]
Unprecedented amounts of precipitation have been recorded in Romania as cyclone Barbara hit the country on October 5-8, according to the authorities. At the same time, Bucharest exceeded the absolute maximum levels of rain for October. “Between October 5–8, 2025, Romania was affected by the Mediterranean cyclone Barbara, which formed over the Ionian Sea and […]
Romania is one of six European countries recently selected to develop a new artificial intelligence and supercomputing center under the EuroHPC – AI Factories program. The project, known as the AI Factory, will be Romania’s first national AI infrastructure, marking a major step toward strengthening its digital and research capabilities. The initiative will be led […]
