Romania to host Ukrainian pilot training

1 min read Romania, Ukraine, Fetesti, Finland, Iohannis

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has approved the transit of Finnish equipment and supplies to Ukraine as well as the relevant training of around 50 Ukrainian pilots, the Romanian parliamentary press service announced on Monday, 18 March. The training of the pilots will take place in the second half of the

Romania loosens surplus tax on OMV Petrom

2 min read Romania, Ciuca, Iohannis, oil

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the revised law that lays down a “solidarity contribution” from the “excessive profits” of energy companies, on Friday 12 May. The new provisions were much softened compared to the initial version, which was deemed “unconstitutional” by a furious OMV Petrom, the Romanian integrated oil company

NATO Summit to decide on troop deployments in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

2 min read Baltic countries, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Iohannis, Joe Biden, NATO, Sanctions, Stoltenberg

NATO representatives meeting on Thursday will consider boosting the strength of the defence alliance’s eastern flank even further given Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. While NATO has already bumped up troop numbers, which now number 40,000 on its eastern border, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia could see