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  • September 30, 2023 UPDATE

    September 30, 2023 UPDATE

    SEARCH The search
    operations of any possible drone debris the Romanian authorities kicked off in the
    outskirts of the city of Galati, in south-eastern Romania ended on Saturday.
    The operations commenced after a citizen had called the 112 emergency service
    to report a strong explosion in the area but the teams have found no debris
    fallen from the sky. We recall that last night the locals received a series of Ro-alert
    messages about the fall of dangerous objects from the sky and were advised to
    take cover. On Friday night the Defence Ministry alerted the Air Policing
    Service after having detected a group of drones flying towards the Ukrainian
    territory close to the Romanian border and notified the General Inspectorate
    for Emergency Situations over instating the alert measures for the population
    in the counties of Tulcea and Galati. According to the Defence Ministry on the
    night of September 29th the Russian forces launched a new series of strikes
    against targets in Ukraine. The same sources say that the army radars detected
    a possible breach of the national airspace. No objects fallen from the sky have
    been identified yet. The ministry has been informing the allied structures on
    situations like these, keeping a permanent contact with them.




    ART Almost 100
    works of art by Romania’s famous sculptor Constantin Brancusi are on display as
    of Saturday in Timisoara, western Romania, in the most important exhibition
    dedicated to this major artist in the past half a century. The exhibition
    includes sculptures, photos, archive documents and film footages on display at
    the local National Art Museum until late January. The exhibits’ total insured
    value stays around half a billion euros. Under the suggestive title, Brancusi,
    Romanian sources and universal prospects the exhibition invites the public to
    explore the way in which Brancusi managed to cross all geographic, historical,
    formal and gender borders in order to ensure that special place unattached to
    any artistic current. The exhibition has on view a series of artefacts borrowed
    from the National Museum of Modern Art, Pompidou Center, in Paris, the Tate
    Gallery in London, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Art Museum in
    Bucharest, the Art Museum in Craiova and some private collections. Among the famous
    artefacts visitors can admire in Timisoara, there is the Bird in Space, the
    Kiss, Mademoiselle Pogany or Sleeping Muse. The aforementioned exhibition is
    part of the programme Timisoara – European Capital of Culture.




    WEATHER The
    weather is incredibly warm for this time of the year especially in the
    country’s southern and southeastern regions. In the rest of the territory the
    weather is going to get cooler though with temperatures within the average range
    registered in early October. The highs of the day in the next 24 hours will stay
    between 19 and 30 degrees with a noon reading in Bucharest of 30 degrees
    centigrade.

    FAIR Romania participates in the 28th
    edition of the International Book Fair in Budapest, Hungary, an event due to
    end on Sunday. On this occasion the Culture Ministry in Bucharest has prepared
    a series of events to be attended by Romanian writers Alina Nelega, Mihai Radu,
    Florin Irimia and Horia Garbea as well as translators Andras Orsolya, Szocs
    Imre, Szonda Szabolcs and Lajos Nagy. Saturday saw the launch of As if nothing happened, by Alina Nelega, a
    double UNITER award recipient and the winner of the ‘European Author’ award at
    the Heidelberger Stuckemarkt Festival. The aforementioned participation in this
    edition of the Book Fair in Budapest has been made jointly with the Romanian
    Cultural Institute in Budapest.

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  • Romania’s Defence Policy

    Romania’s Defence Policy

    It was to be expected that Russia’s fresh appetite for territorial expansion and the aggressive way in which it pursues its expansionist inclinations would also influence the Romanian defence policy.



    Following the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis last year, the activity of the Romanian defence ministry was determined by a change in the security environment in the larger Black Sea area and the growing instability on NATO’s southern borders, said defence minister Mircea Dusa at a meeting to present his ministry’s activity report for 2014.



    National training for the Romanian military increased by 25% compared to the previous year, and regional and international training as part of NATO by 133%. In 2014, the Romanian army, together with its US partners, took part in its most complex exercise in the last five years. Training using live ammunition, bombs, air-to-air missiles and anti-tank missiles was conducted again after a long time. A total of 1,200 Romanian military took part in operations and missions outside Romania’s borders.



    Also in 2014, Romania reinvigorated its strategic partnership with France and consolidated a special relationship with Germany, by means of permanent consultations. An integral part of the security of the free world, Romania reiterated its willingness to place a multinational command unit at NATO’s disposal and to host an integrated multinational structure, both of which will become operational within the next few years. President Klaus Iohannis, who attended the presentation of the defence ministry’s report for the first time, emphasised that complying with these commitments was vital, particularly within the current security context:



    Klaus Iohannis: “In the short run, it is mandatory for us to comply with the commitments we made at the latest summit of the North Atlantic Alliance, in particular with regard to making the two new command structures operational. We must also make the base in Deveselu operational, in keeping with the calendar agreed with our strategic partner, the US. Last but not least, I would like to emphasise the need for a more active presence in the development of the European Union’s common security and defence policy, given that the process to revise the European Security Strategy will begin soon.”



    The supreme commander of the armed forces as part of his presidential responsibilities, the president also said he would present Parliament with a new National Defence Strategy. The document will assess the international situation and present new lines of action to ensure the country’s long-term security. At the president’s initiative, a political agreement with the parliamentary parties was signed in January on the provision of at least 2% of the GDP to the defence budget by 2017.