Tag: Romania

Donyell Malen’s late double steers Netherlands past Romania at Euro 2024

Donyell Malen struck twice late on as the Netherlands reached the Euro 2024 quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Romania in Munich. Cody Gakpo opened the scoring for the dominant Dutch after 20 minutes but Ronald Koeman’s side spurned a host of chances before finally making victory certain. Malen eased nerves with a close-range finish […]

Brilliant Belgium back on track with 2-0 win over Romania

A goal by Youri Tielemans after 73 seconds and a late one for Kevin De Bruyne gave Belgium a 2-0 win over Romania in an incredible game full of chances on Saturday that set up a final round showdown with all four teams in Group E on three points. It was a Saturday night special […]

US thanks Romania for its president exiting Nato leadership race

The Biden administration on Friday thanked Romania for its president withdrawing from the race to lead Nato, saying the move would help ensure the Western military alliance stays properly focused. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the message to his Romanian counterpart Luminița-Teodora Odobescu. Their meeting on Friday at the State Department came just a […]

Finland sees first NATO deployment as its jets join mission in Romania

CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) – Finland on Tuesday made its first deployment for NATO since joining the alliance in April 2023, sending seven F-18 fighter jets to a military base in southeastern Romania where they will conduct air shielding missions with Romanian and British jets. A Finnish Air Force commander said the mission would help speed […]

World’s Longest-Serving Central Bank Chief to Get New Term in Romania

(Bloomberg) — Romania’s Mugur Isarescu, the world’s longest-serving central bank governor, is poised to be confirmed for a new five-year term as lawmakers seek a vote on the extension by the end of June. Most Read from Bloomberg Isarescu took over the leadership of the National Bank of Romania in 1990, less than a year […]

Jet suit paramedic zooms to rescue drill in Romania

STORY: ::May 20, 2024 A paramedic zooms to a mountain rescue in Romania using a jet suit ::Rimetea, Romania The flight to the mock casualty took two minutes, when the hike would take 2.5 hours The demonstration in the Trascaului Mountains in Transylvania saw the jet suit developer Gravity Industries’ founder and CEO Richard Browning […]

Major NATO airborne exercise starts in Romania

A major NATO exercise involving airborne troops went into its main phase in Romania on Monday with paratroopers dropped to the south of the city of Cluj-Napoca. In the exercise, the troops are tasked with liberating the military airfield at Câmpia Turzii, which has been seized by hostile forces. Around 1,500 troops were to land […]

Andrew Tate served with UK civil proceedings papers at Romania home

Social media influencer Andrew Tate has been served with civil proceedings papers at his home in Romania. Lawyers on behalf of four British women said the alleged victims are bringing a case against Tate at the High Court in the UK, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to prosecute in 2019. McCue Jury […]

Romania and Bulgaria partially join Schengen travel zone

Romania and Bulgaria have partially joined Europe’s identity check-free travel zone, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union. After years of negotiations to join the so-called Schengen area, there is now free access for travellers arriving by air or sea. Land border checks will remain in place, however, due […]