* American troops will remain stationed in Romania but there will be some change in how the U.S. rotates soldiers, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth told reporters on Fridaym, Reuters informs. American troops will remain stationed in Romania but there will be some change in how the U.S. rotates soldiers, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth told reporters on Friday. Hegseth said the decision was coordinate with the White House. “It’s all part of the view that we have of Europe. And there will remain troops in Romania, but there’s some change in how we rotate and how many..,”Hegseth said, adding that the decision was coordinated with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, U.S. European Command and that allies were “notified in advance.” Last week, the U.S. said it would cut back about 800 infantry brigade troops, a decision that affected Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Still, 1,000 U.S. soldiers will remain deployed in Romania. Rutte downplayed the decision on Wednesday during his visit to Bucharest,saying the move takes place “all the time” and that NATO “can always scale up collectively, including in Romania.”
President Nicușor Dan stated on Monday, November 10, that Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. “Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. Why? First of all, because it has a […]
Officials in the mountain resort town of Râșnov, central Romania, have issued an urban planning certificate for the transformation of a Boeing 737 airplane into a premium accommodation unit. The plane will be placed near the famous Bran Castle, and organizers expect it to become a tourist attraction. “The project is located in the Pănicel […]
Traffic (Jaful Secolului), a Romania-Belgium-Netherlands co-production directed by Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, has received the award for best film at the Tertio Millennio International Film Festival in Rome. The jury of the festival noted in its motivation the film's "ability to combine formal rigor and human […]
The Romanian Justice Ministry advanced a legislative initiative according to which femicide could be punished with life imprisonment. The proposal comes after numerous women were killed this year by former partners, despite protection orders. The debate about femicide in Romania was brought back to the fore after another tragedy took place on Saturday, November 9, […]
Cultural center Apollo111, located in downtown Bucharest’s Universul Palace, has announced the program of arthouse films Apollo111 Cinema. The performance venue of Apollo 111 has been refurbished and endowed for professional film screenings. It will run a weekly program of contemporary and classic auteur films, meetings with filmmakers, and an experimental area, meant to “explore […]
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Xiaomi announced the official opening of its first own store in Romania, in Bucharest, inside the ParkLake shopping center, on the ground floor, on November 22. The new store will have a surface area of 150 square meters and will bring to the public the latest smartphones, accessories, and smart devices […]
