Romania

Elbit Systems set to start delivery of drones to Romania after delays, threats of cancellation

The deal for seven unmanned aircraft systems was signed in 2022, with deliveries due to start in 2025.

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Elbit System's Watchkeeper X drones, April 6, 2026.
Golden Helmet of Cotofenesti and gold bracelets recovered after being stolen from a Dutch museum, April 3, 2026.

Priceless Romanian artifacts recovered a year after being stolen from Dutch museum

The Dutch government last year paid 5.7 million euros to compensate Romania for the theft.

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A Thor, a VTOL-UAV (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) drone is seen on display at the Elbit-Systems stand at the XPONENTIAL Europe autonomous systems and robotics trade fair on March 26, 2026 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Romania weighs cancelling drone contract with Israel's Elbit Systems

The deal, signed in 2022, envisaged deliveries beginning in 2025, but delays prompted Romanian Defense Minister Miruta to consider canceling the deal.

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Photographer Edward Serotta takes a self-portrait in a hotel room during his efforts to document Romania in the 1980s.

Decades after Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer, their files have become a film

“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which premiered at the Berlinale international film festival, features photojournalist Edward Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s.

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Andrew Tate to stand trial in Romania for human trafficking, sex crimes

The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have US and British nationality with millions of online followers, are the highest-profile suspects to be sent to trial in Romania for human trafficking.

JUNE 20, 2023ByREUTERS
Andrew Tate is surrounded by media as he leaves the building that houses the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) in Bucharest, Romania, April 10, 2023/

Architect and craftsman Amir Rozei flourishes in Eretz Israel

Rozei’s art installations are on display during a two-month group exhibition at the Umm el-Fahm Art Gallery from May 20. His solo exhibition will premiere at the Art Lab in Tel Aviv on June 1.

MAY 19, 2023ByJARED FELDSCHREIBER
Amir Rozei

Grapevine May 17, 2023: True friendship

“I’m here two months after I assumed my duties, and I’m here despite the terrorist attacks that we fully condemn, because I want to send a strong and clear message” Christodoulides said to Netanyahu

MAY 17, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides

Israel Police teams aid as father takes daughter hostage in Romania

A team of Israel Police negotiated with a Romanian suspect who barricaded himself in his house with his daughter for over 28 hours.

MAY 6, 2023ByALON HACHMON/MAARIV ONLINE
An apartment in Romania where the father threatened to blow up his apartment.

Alleged Hezbollah financier extradited to US on sanctions evasion charges

The US Treasury Department placed Bazzi, 58, on its sanctions list in 2018 over his alleged ties to Hezbollah.

APRIL 26, 2023ByREUTERS
HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags during a rally marking the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last month

Countries around the world wish Israel happy Independence Day

Ukraine, Germany and Romania are just three of the countries wishing Israel a happy birthday on its 75th Independence Day.

APRIL 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023.

Wiesenthal Center urges Moldova to remove antisemite, Nazi monuments

The monuments honor a 'notorious antisemite' and events which led to the slaughter of 150,000 Bessarabian Jews.

APRIL 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Moldova's national flag is seen in central Chisinau, Moldova

Romania to buy F-35 fighter jets from US in bid to boost air defenses

"The air force's modernization process will continue through the acquisition of last generation F-35 jets," Romanian military officials said.

APRIL 11, 2023ByREUTERS
Two U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets are about to receive fuel mid-air from a KC-135 refueling plane over Norway en route to a joint training exercise with Norway's growing fleet of F-35 jets August 15, 2018.

Violeta from Italia - short story

I wonder where Violeta is now, if she ever heard what happened to Niko. Whenever we see a redhead on the bus, Oren and I look to see if maybe Violeta has come back.

APRIL 9, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
Illustrative image of a ledge with plants.

Internet personality Andrew Tate moved to house arrest after court ruling

Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects have been under police detention since December 29 as prosecutors investigate them for suspected human trafficking and rape.

MARCH 31, 2023ByREUTERS
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, January 10, 2023.