Tag: Carrier

  • Romania played host to the Land Corps’ Commanders Conference

    Romania played host to the Land Corps’ Commanders Conference

    The South-East Multinational Corps in Sibiu (Central Romania) has recently played host to the 25th edition of the Land Corps’ Commanders Conference. Land corps commanders of the allied states convened for a series of high-ranking talks focusing on land command and control, operational planning, but also on the proper integration of the land forces into NATO’s strategic framework.

    For the Romanian Army’s Media Agency, here is what the Commander of NATO’s Allied Land Headquarters, general Darryl Williams, said “the Black Sea region is very important for the security of the Alliance as a whole, while Romania, through the South-East Multinational Corps is the guaranteeing entity for stability and security in this NATO region.”

    Romanian Defence Minister Angel Tilvar in Bucharest has recently met his Portuguese counterpart, Nuno Melo, who paid a visit to several military structures in Romania. The two ministers held talks on the cooperation in the field of security and joint exercises and initiatives. The Portuguese army has a company in Romania as part of the Craiova-based South-east Multinational Brigade, as well as military in the structures hosted by Romania.

    Minister Tilvar stated Romania and Portugal enjoyed mutual support in the management of the security challenges the two countries face in their regions. Nuno Melo also paid a visit to the Galati Damen Shipyard in the east. We recall the construction in underway, in the Damen Shipyard, of a drone carrier for the Portuguese Military Navy. The contract was signed in November 2023 following a tender.

    The project is financed by the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Program. The ship will carry unmanned underwater, surface and air vehicles. The delivery of the ship was estimated for 2026.
    The North-Atlantic Alliance has dispatched to Romania an AWACS air surveillance aircraft, in a bid to support the Allies’ strengthened presence in the region and in order to monitor the Russian Federation’s military activity.

    According to the Allied Air Commander, the enhanced vigilance in the Romanian air space was legitimate. It had the purpose of strengthening Romania’s capacity to respond to the increased air activity in the vicinity of its borders. Among other reasons, the Alliance took such a measure in the wake of Russia’s recent drone attacks on objectives in Ukraine. The attacks trespassed into Romania’s air space, while pieces of the drone fell on Romanian territory.

    Romania Navy’s Dredger 30 has returned to Constanta Military Port in the south-east. We recall the dredger took part in the second activation of the Operative group for combating sea mines in the Black Sea. For ten days running, the Romanian vessel, jointly with a mine sweeper and a logistics ship, both from Turkey, and accompanied by another mine sweeper of the Bulgarian Navy carried sea surveillance and research missions in a bid to eliminate the danger of mines and to ensure Freedom of navigation in the Black Sea. MCM Black Sea, the Operative group for combating sea mines in the Black Sea, is a three-party initiative of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. The initiative contributes to strengthening the ties with the Allies as well as to the enhancement of the interoperability level between the crews of the partner ships.

    Allied troops from Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxemburg, North Macedonia, Polonia, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey and Great Britain, jointly with Romanian Army’s Mountain Hunters, until October 11 participate in the Sarmis-Olt 24. Exercise. The exercise seeks to train and perfect the military’s abilities to activate in a multinational and inter-institutional framework, laying emphasis on interoperability and cooperation between the participating structures.

  • October 3, 2024 UPDATE

    October 3, 2024 UPDATE

    SUMMIT Romania’s development depends on investment and initiative and our country needs people with a western attitude towards work – Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Thursday during a summit for the Romanians the world over staged in Bucharest. The head of the Romanian Executive said that over 3 million Romanians migrated between the years 2008 and 2022. However, Ciolacu said that last year was for the first time when 190 thousand Romanians returned home. Also attending the event, the Senate president, Nicolae Ciuca, voiced his wish that the Romanians in the Diaspora come back home, adding the state’s involvement in easing their return is ‘absolutely necessary and important’.

     

    DRONES The construction of Europe’s first drone carrier kicked off at the Damen Shipyard in Galati, eastern Romania, on Thursday. This multi-role ship, which is being built for the Portuguese navy and will be used in rescue and research missions, has been designed to launch underwater, surface and aerial drones. Other three military vessels are being built for European states at the Damen Shipyard.

     

    DEFICIT The Romanian minister for investments and European projects, Adrian Câciu, said a 7-year plan to reduce the budget deficit would be presented by the October 15 deadline set by the EC. According to Câciu, the plan is accompanied by reforms included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The measures mainly consist in cutting unnecessary expenditure by public institutions and improved collection of government revenues.

     

    YOUTH European youth born in 2006, including in Romania, may enroll in the 2024 DiscoverEU programme, which provides free travel across the Union. A dedicated European Commission webpage is available for young people to enroll in order to win one of the 35,000 free travel permits and discount accommodation and meal cards. Each permit allows for one trip between March 2025 and May 2026. Winners may choose certain destinations in Europe, including ones on the DiscoverEU cultural route that connects EU capital cities, UNESCO sites and European heritage sites. Applications may be submitted until October 16. More than 300,000 youth have benefitted from this programme since its launch in 2018.

     

    WB The country partnership framework between the World Bank and Romania for 2025-2029 was launched in Bucharest. PM Marcel Ciolacu says that in the next 3 years the estimated funding for Romania from the WB group will be over USD 6 bln, in favourable financial terms. The money is intended to help bridge the gap between the more developed and integrated urban communities and the poorer and more isolated rural environment. A USD 500 mln loan agreement has also been signed, for the funding of disaster risk management policies.

     

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