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.

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

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

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


‘Metronom’: Rebellious youth in Romania’s troubled times - review

It’s an ambitious movie, told mainly through two long scenes, the party and investigation, and it won Alexandru Belc the directing prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.

 A SCENE FROM ‘Metronom.’

This brutal dictator helped bring about the Israel-Egypt peace - opinion

Paradoxically, it was a ruthless Romanian Stalinist who helped initiate the process that started with Sadat’s groundbreaking 1977 visit to Jerusalem.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and then-Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu walk in the garden of the presidential residence near Bucharest, in August 1977.

How it really was: Why did we create Israel? A reminder

We may have lost sight of why we created the State of Israel. This memoir should serve as a timely reminder.

 The Ostbahnhof (Eastern Railway Station) in Vienna, built between 1867 and 1870, was replaced by a new Südbahnhof in 1955, which in turn was demolished in 2009 and replaced by the Hauptbahnhof (Main Railway Station). Painting based on a photograph by Ellen Harvey: ‘The Disappointed Tourist.’

Hezbollah financier arrested in Romania

Hezbollah has thrived over the years by using complex means that span the globe, including flows of money from West Africa and South America.

A Hezbollah flag and a poster depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah are pictured along a street, near Sidon, Lebanon July 7, 2020

Israeli maestro opens celebrations of country’s 75th anniversary in Romania with special concert


Bucharest Part 2 - Parliaments, Opera, Yiddish and So Much More

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 53

 Uniri Square

These ‘living rocks’ in Romania are able to grow and even move

The “living rocks” are native to Costesti, a small town north of Bucharest and the home of extremely unique rocks that are hard to find elsewhere.

 Costesti, Romania.

Romania investigates doctors suspected of reusing implants from dead patients

Many of the patients did not need the implant and were given fake a fake diagnosis and medication to simulate a heart problem.

 Doctor writing notes during a session with a patient.

Bucharest has big plans for visitors

Bucharest’s Jewish past is celebrated by its small community of maybe 3,000 but also by the city’s architects, who have big plans for rejuvenating the city-center Jewish neighborhood and its heritage

 THE PALACE of Parliament is the building to see in town.

Israel pushes Bulgaria, Romania to designate IRGC a terror group

The ministers discussed strengthening ties against Iran together.

 FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen attends a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Monday, at which he is welcomed as the new minister.