Bucharest — Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday announced his candidacy to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as chief of NATO, vowing a "renewal of perspective" at a crucial time for the alliance.

NATO has called on Romania to "effectively respond" to recent incidents involving violations of its airspace by Russian missiles and drones, says NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a press ...

The Mihail Koğalniceanu Military Base in Romania, built during the communist era on the Black Sea opposite Crimea, has undergone a transformation to strengthen NATO's capabilities in the east of ...

The leader has promised to support NATO’s proposed new defense spending target of 3.5% of the country’s GDP. An extra 1.5% will be used for better infrastructure and stronger cybersecurity.

Two of three NATO surveillance planes deployed temporarily to Romania have arrived at an air base near Bucharest, from where they will fly missions to monitor Russian military activity near the ...

SMARDAN, Romania (AP) — Around 600 French soldiers deployed as part of a NATO battlegroup in Romania held a combat exercise on Wednesday to test the 30-nation military alliance’s readiness on ...

Romania’s president says he will enter the race to become the next leader of the 32-nation NATO military alliance, emphasizing his country’s proximity to Ukraine and the threat from Russia ...

Romania is a serious military power, which is why the risk that NATO-skeptic, pro-Russia candidate Călin Georgescu will become its president next Sunday is confounding the alliance. The country of 19 ...

It is not his background but his ideas that have struck fear into the NATO and EU establishments. Romania is home to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, the easternmost NATO base in Europe.

Finland on Tuesday made its first deployment for NATO since joining the alliance in April 2023, sending seven F-18 fighter jets to a military base in southeastern Romania where they will conduct ...

A NATO surveillance plane arrived in Romania on Tuesday to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank and help monitor Russian military activity.

Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu speaking to reporters in Bucharest, Romania on October 1, 2024. Georgescu is ahead in the polls and has spoken out about his anti-NATO, anti-Ukraine ...