Eurasia Press & News
The United States will move approximately 3,000 service members to Romania, Poland and Germany in response to Russia’s continuing build-up of forces on its western border with Ukraine and in Belarus, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today during a news conference. The move demonstrates America’s commitment to the …
Read More »Romania Seeks to Buy 32 Old Norwegian F-16 Fighter Jets Replaced by F-35s
Norway’s fleet of F-16 will be replaced by F-35s, in whose development and production the Nordic country has played an important role. The procurement of the 52 warplanes has been described as the largest defence deal in the country’s history. Romania wants to purchase 32 F-16 fighter jets from Norway. …
Read More »Call for Moldova-Romania Defence Treaty Draws Hard Questions
Critics say formal military ties between Bucharest and Chisinau would inflame Russia, strain Romania’s military capacities – and require a good deal of political will in both capitals. As Russia-Ukraine tensions continue amid talk of a possible spring invasion of Ukraine, Moldovan ex-defence minister Viorel Cibotaru has proposed an extended …
Read More »USS Arleigh Burke enters Black Sea to Russian consternation
Another U.S. warship has sailed into the Black Sea, again drawing intense Kremlin scrutiny amid continued concerns about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. The destroyer USS Arleigh Burke entered the sea via the Bosporus Strait on Thursday for a routine patrol in support of NATO allies and partners, U.S. …
Read More »How Russia Weaponized Gas Deliveries To Moldova – Analysis
Analysts say that Russia has ensured Moldova stays in its economic orbit, despite its new pro-European government, after successfully pressurising Chisinau to signed a five-year gas deal. Moldovan vice-prime minister Andrej Spinu said that prices would immediately nearly halve from the 790 US dollars per 1,000 cubic metres the country …
Read More »Mołdawski przykład ku przestrodze Europy. Rosja użyła broni gazowej
Mołdawii skończył się długoletni kontrakt z Gazpromem. Rosja zagroziła, że pozostawi Mołdawię bez gazu, jeżeli Kiszyniów nie zgodzi się na rosyjskie warunki. Są to warunki polityczne. Mołdawii, która w 90 procentrach zależna jest od rosyjskiego surowca, grozi brak dostaw rosyjskiego gazu. Fiaskiem zakończyły się dwudniowe rozmowy w Moskwie, gdzie wicepremier …
Read More »Romanian socialists to take advantage of the ‘momentum’
Iohannis, the first ethnic German to be elected president of Romania, has long been seen as a close ally of Angela Merkel in EU summits. He has so far been silent on the results of the German elections, as well as the vast majority of his allies. PNL, the center-right …
Read More »De ce sunt importante alegerile din Germania pentru România
Rezultatul alegerilor de duminică va juca un rol semnificativ pentru păstrarea continuității atât pe axa București-Berlin, cât și pe verticala România-Uniunea Europeană. România și Germania au devenit și mai apropiate după ce românii și-au ales în 2014 un președinte care are ca limbă maternă germana. În afară de Germania, România …
Read More »Moscow Eyes Moldova’s and Ukraine’s Warming Relations With Suspicion
As Kyiv and Chisinau firm up once weak bilateral ties, the Kremlin observes the formation of what it suspects is an anti-Russian alliance with alarm. Moldovan and Ukrainian leaders aim to build a solid relationship to boost their respective European aspirations, having big players on the eastern flank of the …
Read More »Moldova’s Pro-European Victors Face Huge Challenge in Delivering Reforms
The pro-Western winners in July’s elections have promised the country a long list of changes – but actually implementing them will be far from easy. The crushing victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s July 11 early parliamentary elections over pro-Russian parties has brought the country potential benefits but also many …
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