As part of a joint EU procurement deal, Romania will acquire 231 Mistral MANPADS and 934 missiles from France, worth more than $726 million. Romania’s defence ministry said it will buy French Mistral air defence systems worth more than 626 million euros ($726 million), part of a joint procurement deal with several other European Union […]
Romania’s new president is sworn in as a political crisis eases, but challenges loom. Romania’s newly elected president Nicusor Dan has been officially sworn in, ushering in a tentative close to the worst political crisis to grip the European Union country in decades after the annulment of the previous election. BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s newly elected president Nicusor
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Telegram head says he refused request to ‘silence’ conservative channels in Romania Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov on Sunday said that he refused a request by a “Western European government” to “silence” conservative channels in Romania, as the country undertakes a second round of presidential elections. Durov, in a statement on Telegram, did not
Romanian election annulment ‘to go to ECHR’, says victor’s lawyer. The issue of Romania’s annulled presidential election is to be heard at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), media in the country has reported. Victorious candidate Călin Georgescu had previously challenged the Constitutional Court’s decision to overturn the vote amid Russian interference claims in
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Raytheon kicks off Patriot SAM system production for Romania. Raytheon Co., the U.S. defense powerhouse based in Andover, Massachusetts, has secured a pivotal contract modification to produce the world-renowned Patriot missile defense system. This nearly $1 billion deal isn’t just business as usual—it’s a game-changer for NATO’s eastern flank and a clear signal of Romania’s
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Romania’s pro-Western parties agree to form majority government. Pro-Western parties won the most votes. Romania’s pro-European parties have agreed to form a majority government made up of groupings that were traditionally on opposite sides and shutting out far-right nationalists who made significant gains in the election on December 1. Pro-Western parties won the most votes,
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‘Romania Will Be Part Of Russia’ Russian ultranationalist ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, often referred to as “Putin’s ideologue,” caused controversy with a statement on the social media platform “X” claiming that “soon Romania will be part of Russia.” The post, which was later deleted, suggested a scenario in which Moldova becomes part of Romania, and Romania, in turn, is absorbed into
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Romania orders election recount after shock far-right win. Romania’s top court on Thursday mandated a recount of votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election, where a far-right candidate scored a surprise victory. What did the court say? The Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) “unanimously ordered the reverification and recounting of the voting ballots for the
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Romania’s Constitutional Court Orders Recount Of Presidential Election First Round. A top Romanian court has ordered the recount of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election that saw a far-right candidate take a shock lead. The Constitutional Court said in a statement on November 28 that it had “unanimously ordered the
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Romania set for right-wing run-off after PM eliminated. The run-off vote in Romania’s presidential election will be contested by the center right and far right after social democratic Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was beaten into third place. Romania’s incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) is set to be eliminated from the
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