Romanian authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents in the village of Plauru on the Danube River that forms the border with Ukraine after a drone reportedly struck an LPG-carrying ship on the Ukrainian side of the river.
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Authorities in Romania have arrested a former senator for allegedly attempting to offer a 1 million-euro ($1.16 million) bribe to the country’s defense minister to facilitate an arms deal that could be fraudulently financed by a European Union program.
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Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US soldiers from Romania, the country's Foreign Minister Oana Toiu told RFE/RL, leaving the alliance with a “stronger" presence.
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The United States is significantly reducing its military presence in Romania, in what a NATO official called “adjustments to US force posture,” amid Moscow’s war against neighboring Ukraine and heightened European concern about Russian incursions into NATO airspace.
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Ukrainian men seeking to avoid military service pay up to the equivalent of $15,000 to smuggling gangs that hire children as guides to get them across the border to Romania. It’s one of the phenomena contributing to persistent manpower problems as Kyiv fights against the Russian invasion.
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The industrial town of Victoria was once home to the pride of Nicolae Ceausescu's heavy industry, now the factory stands mostly abandoned. But a massive spending program by Brussels to expand European weapons production is set to give the town a new lease of life.
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