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- 2d ago
Romania offers to share US troop costs as Pentagon reviews Europe posture
Romania has offered to pay part of what the United States spends to keep its roughly 1,000 troops in the country, as the Pentagon prepares a review of its European posture. Bucharest also plans a 4 billion euro upgrade of the Mihail Kogălniceanu base on the Black Sea coast.
- 4d ago
Three Romanian minors investigated for terrorist propaganda, searches in four counties
DIICOT prosecutors are investigating two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old for repeatedly accessing and possessing terrorist propaganda. Police and prosecutors carried out home searches on Thursday, 15 October 2026 in four counties, with Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) support.
- 4d ago
Drone attacks on Black Sea ships leave at least 23 seafarers missing or dead
Romania resumed the search for seven missing sailors from a drone-hit tanker, while Bulgaria asked NATO for fighter jets and drone defences after two more merchant ships were struck.
- 5d ago
Five arrested in Norway as Eurojust-backed probe targets fraud on NATO ship services
Norwegian authorities detained five suspects in the Bergen area on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, while searches ran in Romania and Germany. Eurojust estimates losses to NATO member states at more than one million euros.
- 5d ago
Romanian prosecutors search 42 addresses in customs fraud and laundering probe with FBI
Prosecutors and police searched 42 addresses in Bucharest and three counties on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, in a case about forged customs papers for US luxury car imports. Investigators, working with the FBI, also allege thefts, fraud and robberies in the United States.
- 5d ago
Yellow wind warning and snow in Romania's mountains through Friday, 16 October
The National Meteorological Administration issued a yellow wind warning for eight Romanian counties on Wednesday, 14 October, while sleet and snow are forecast in the mountains until Friday, 16 October.
- Oct 9
Rheinmetall buys Damen's Mangalia shipyard in Romania for 138 million euros
The judicial liquidator CITR announced on Friday, 9 October 2026 that the Damen Shipyards Mangalia yard was sold at auction to Rheinmetall Real Estate România SRL. The sale closes a two-year insolvency that followed a dispute between the Romanian state and Damen.
- Sep 22
Romanian police execute 29 searches across 15 counties following Piața Victoriei protest violence
Bucharest police and prosecutors executed 29 search warrants and issued 30 summonses across 15 counties on 22 September 2026 following violent clashes at a farmers' demonstration one week earlier.
- Sep 20
Romanian Navy divers neutralize drone debris in Black Sea off Chituc coast
Romanian military divers completed an operation on Sunday morning to neutralize drone fragments discovered floating roughly 50 nautical miles east of Grindul Chituc in the Black Sea.
- Sep 19
Traian Băsescu and Kelemen Hunor exchange sharp attacks over UDMR role in government coalition talks
Former Romanian president Traian Băsescu and UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor traded personal attacks as negotiations continue in Bucharest to establish a new governing coalition.
- Sep 10
Romanian Navy neutralizes non-explosive drone wing washed ashore at Corbu beach
Romanian Naval Forces explosive specialists neutralized an inert one-meter drone fragment on Capu Midia beach on Thursday, following an overnight cordon after tourists spotted the debris washing ashore.
- Sep 5
DNA detains two university staff and two students over medical exam bribes in Constanța
The National Anticorruption Directorate detained two university assistants and two students on 5 September 2026 for allegedly collecting over €37,100 to pass students in anatomy retake exams.
- Sep 2
Emergency declared in Saturn as 58 tourists fall ill with food poisoning at Hotel Neko
Authorities in Constanța county activated a red emergency response plan on Tuesday evening after 58 guests, including 11 children, suffered severe food poisoning symptoms at the all-inclusive Hotel Neko in Saturn.
- Aug 29
Romania recovers three drone fragments from Black Sea beaches in Constanta County
Romanian authorities recovered three non-explosive drone fragments from beaches in Eforie Nord, Eforie Sud, and Constanța on Saturday, following earlier incidents involving explosive debris in the region.
- Aug 29
AUR threatens to boycott Romanian presidential talks and rejects coalition deals
AUR Senate leader Petrișor Peiu rejected coalition talks with PSD and PNL on 29 August 2026, threatening to boycott consultations while pursuing President Nicușor Dan's suspension.
- Aug 28
Romania extends energy alert and delays coal plant shutdowns past EU deadline
The Romanian government prolonged its energy alert until 30 September 2026 and deferred closing 710 MW of coal capacity at Turceni and Craiova, responding to Danube drought and the Cernavoda nuclear shutdown.
- Aug 27
Romania rescues 12 crew after Dominican-flagged cargo ship is struck and sinks in Black Sea
All 12 crew members from the cargo ship Progress IV were pulled from 2.5-metre waves off Sfântu Gheorghe after their vessel caught fire and sank following an apparent strike.
- Aug 23
Two dead in Romanian Black Sea resort drownings as lawmakers propose higher fines
A 15-year-old teenager and an 80-year-old man drowned along the Romanian Black Sea coast on Saturday during rough sea conditions, prompting a draft bill proposing fines of up to 3,000 lei for tourists ignoring red flags.
- Aug 16
Nicușor Dan calls Black Sea crucial for European security in Navy Day message read in Constanța
President Nicușor Dan marked Romanian Navy Day on 15 August 2026 with a message read in Constanța by presidential counselor Marius Lazurca, calling the Black Sea a crucial zone for European security and urging continued investment in naval modernization.
- Aug 15
Romanian Navy Day: over 3,500 troops and 50 ships to stage naval exercise in Constanța
More than 3,500 Romanian and foreign troops will join the FNR 26.10 naval exercise on the Constanța waterfront on 15 August, with interim PM Ilie Bolojan attending and President Nicușor Dan absent from the ceremonies.
