Romania

The EU has long been dependent on the United States’ support in military affairs. Now, 23 armies of the European Union are coming together to form a unified front, joining their militaries in several different ways: financially, with tech and weapons development, and the mechanisms through which they deploy their forces. The member states are expected […]

As NATO continues to bolster its defenses in Eastern Europe, and Russia participates in large-scale military exercises that seem to directly approximate war in the Baltics, some could be forgiven for lamenting the arrival of what appears to be a second Cold War.  Russia and the United States, for instance, have already announced contracts for […]

Traveling to the United States many years ago from her native Romania, Gizela Lupescu never dreamed at the time of becoming an American citizen. But all of that changed and many years later, not only is she now an American but serves as a Specialist in the North Carolina National Guard and as an independent […]

Traveling to the United States many years ago from her native Romania, Gizela Lupescu never dreamed at the time of becoming an American citizen. But all of that changed and many years later, not only is she now an American but serves as a Specialist in the North Carolina National Guard and as an independent […]

BUCHAREST, Romania — Officials say 12 U.S. paratroopers have been hospitalized after they sustained minor injuries during a nighttime parachute jump in Romania. Brent M. William, a spokesman for the “Atlantic Resolve” military exercises, told Romania’s Agerpres news agency the accident occurred early Saturday at the Campia Turzii air base in northwest Romania.  He said […]

U.S. European Command commenced this year’s Getica Saber exercises in Romania on Monday with artillery and mortar fire.  The exercises anticipated to continue through Saturday will see U.S. and Romanian forces working to “integrate and “synchronize” their defensive capabilities against the possibility of Russian incursion. Paladin mobile artillery launchers and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket […]

Ukraine’s civil war, their effort toward energy independence from Russia and a desire for a nationalist state might be a glimpse into the  European future. Ukraine is a wreck, and there’s no easy solution, or any at all, in sight. In Syria, there are options to act as band-aids. But, in Ukraine, we see opposing […]

In a letter published at 9th of January, seventeen former and current leaders of the European Union, warn President elect Donald Trump that Vladimir Putin is not a friend of the United States. -Vasilis Chronopoulos Europe and the United States will face negative consequences if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump seeks an alliance with Russian President […]

In a show of US force and capability, it is reported that the Pentagon is considering deploying F-35’s to Europe next year. If this actually happens it would be the first operation overseas deployment of the aircraft. Last year the Air Force sent a deployment of F-22’s to Romania. “Now that the F-35 has been […]

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said on Monday there were preliminary grounds to believe U.S. forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan and at secret detention facilities elsewhere in 2003 and 2004. In a report, prosecutors said there was a “reasonable basis to believe” that U.S. forces had tortured prisoners in Afghanistan […]

Britain said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO’s biggest military build-up on Russia’s borders since the Cold War. Germany, Canada and other NATO allies also pledged forces at a defense ministers meeting in Brussels on the same […]

Middlemen such as Serbia’s CPR Impex and Slovakia’s Eldon have played a critical role in supplying weapons and ammunition to the Middle East.