Romania

In first, NATO fighters in Romania shoot down drone in airspace incursion

Later that day, NATO Air Command confirmed that a drone was shot down by allied fighters under NATO command and control in Romanian airspace.

An Iranian Shahed Drone is displayed by the United Against Nuclear Iran at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 22, 2025.
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Japanika probe goes international as FBI, Romanian police join investigation

President Isaac Herzog addresses the joint plenary of the Romanian Parliament on June 29, 2026.

Israeli nationalists are foolish to flirt with Romania’s antisemites - opinion

Police officers in Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand (illustrative)

Israeli arrested in Thailand for allegedly operating childcare center without license, work permit


Israel sent dozens of IDF soldiers, Iron Dome system to UAE during Iran war, minister confirms

Multiple Israeli officials have stated that the decision to send the Iron Dome battery and interceptors was made after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed.

Iron Dome batteries are seen stationed near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, August 6, 2022

Herzog addresses Romanian Parliament, thanks Trump, Rubio for Israel-Lebanon deal

President Isaac Herzog addressed the joint plenary of the Romanian Parliament during his state visit to the country on Monday.

President Isaac Herzog addresses the joint plenary of the Romanian Parliament on June 29, 2026.

Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis

Israel’s recognition of the genocide has been decades in the making. It's been a strange aspect of Israel’s history that, for many years, the Armenian genocide was downplayed in official circles.

Members of the Armenian community in Jaffa perform a pray during a memorial service held to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, at the Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas, in Jaffa, April 24, 2021.

Romania buys Israeli air defense system in Rafael’s biggest deal ever

The deal is the largest contract in Rafael’s history and the second-largest defense deal in Israeli defense-industry history

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems's SPYDER air defense system

Herzog warns of 'alarming' surge of antisemitism at Romanian pogrom memorial ceremony

In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.

In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.

Quds force commander demands Israel leave Lebanon as Iran's deputy FM threatens Italy, Romania

"You Zionists must leave all of Lebanon. This land is the arena of resistance and steadfastness, not a playground for occupiers," he demanded in a social media post.

 BRIGADIER-GENERAL Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force.

Grapevine, June 24, 2026: Reliving the nightmare - opinion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog meet with residents of the northern moshav of Netu’a, northern Israel, June 10, 2026.

Drone detonates near oil terminal in Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta

The port was evacuated, residents along Romania's Black Sea coast were warned to take cover, and two helicopters were surveying the area for any further drones, the deputy interior minister said.

Romanian soldiers practise an approach with a Bulgarian ship during the Sea Shield 25 multinational military exercise on board the frigate "Regina Maria" on April 8, 2025 in the Black Sea.

NATO condemns Russia after drone crashes into Romanian residential building

Authorities evacuated dozens after a drone hit a 10-story apartment block near the Ukrainian border, intensifying concerns over regional security.

A fire burns on the roof of a 10-story block of flats after a drone crashed into the building, causing an explosion and injuring two people, near the border with Ukraine, in Galati, Romania, in this handout image released on May 29, 2026.

Romania: Fashionable antisemitism

Antisemitism in Romania today is visible in far-right demonstrations, extremist political movements, and hostile rhetoric in parts of the media.

DIANA IOVANOVICI-SOSOACA,  European Parliament member and far-right Romanian politician, holds religious icons as she speaks to the media, before a vote to choose the next European Commission president, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 2024.