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PM Viorica Dăncilă has sent a letter to President Klaus Iohannis proposing new names as interim ministers. The incumbent minister of Development, Daniel Suciu is proposed interim Justice minister, Research minister Nicolae Hurduc as…

Soldiers with the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment began the almost 1,000-mile tactical road march back to Germany Wednesday, hours after battling Romanian “enemies” in an exercise aimed at testing NATO forces’ readiness in the Balkans and Black…

President Klaus Iohannis and Defence Minister Gabriel Les have to examine by February 26 if they can reach an agreement on the appointment of the Army Chief of Staff. General Nicolae Ciuca is summoned at the same time to Bucharest Court of…

President Klaus Iohannis has signed the decree extending the mandate of general Nicolae Ciuca as the Chief of Staff after he had denied during the CSAT meeting  the proposal of the Defense minister to replace Ciuca. Defense minister Gabriel…

President Klaus Iohannis has met British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon on Thursday and the talks have focused on the NATO agenda and on bilateral co-operation in the fields of security and defence. “The two officials have voiced the…

PSD and ALDE are preparing the second reshuffle of the Sorin Grindeanu government, after the one when Daniel Constantin was ousted from the cabinet. According to political sources, the coalition is discussing the possible replacement of…

A delegation of the US House of Representatives, including Mike Rogers, Scott DesJarlais, Ralph Abraham, Jim Banks and Steven Palazzo was received by Defence Minister Gabriel Les on Monday. The meeting was also attended by US Ambassador…

Romania intends to buy at least 20 more F-16 aircraft, beside the current squadron with the Air Forces. Defence Minister Gabriel Les said on Monday the MoD is considering integrating the endowment programme to the national defence industry,…

While attending the Defence Ministry’s 2016 activity report meeting on Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis stated that allotting 2 percent of the GDP in 2017 for the defence enables the premises that the commitments assumed by Romania should…

After a year of negotiations, NATO has approved on Thursday the establishment of a special unit to monitor risks in the Black Sea region. The structure will operate under NATO’s maritime headquarters in the UK. It will have…