October 21, 2025 UPDATE
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 21.10.2025, 20:18
VISIT Romania’s President, Nicusor Dan, will be participating in the European Council proceedings in Brussels on Thursday. The meeting agenda includes several topical issues such as Ukraine, the Middle East, European Defence and Security, the Union’s competitiveness and double transition, the access to housing, migration and the Republic of Moldova. On Wednesday, the Romanian president will be attending the working dinner staged by the European Council President, Antonio Costa with the participation of the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on the sidelines of the EU-Egypt institutional summit aimed at strengthening the partnership between the bloc and Egypt. Also on the sidelines of the aforementioned proceedings, the Euro Summit in enlarged format will have high on the agenda, the economic situation at EU level with emphasis on the Economic and Monetary Union and the digital Euro.
SRI The Romanian Intelligence Service, also known as SRI, says that jointly with national and international partners, it managed to prevent a new sabotage operation masterminded by the Russian Federation on the Romanian territory, consisting of an attack against a Bucharest-based company. According to the sources, the two Ukrainian citizens who were involved in the operation were under the direct coordination of representatives of the Russian Secret Services and their mission was to destroy by arson Nova Post offices in Bucharest. Nova Post is the biggest Ukrainian delivery company. Over October 14 and 15, the SRI identified and monitored two Ukrainian nationals who came to Romania from Poland and who deposited two parcels at the Nova Post headquarters, which contained home-made remote-controlled ignition systems hidden in headphones and car parts, as well as GPS tracker devices. The SRI expert teams managed to discover the parcels in time and neutralize the devices. According to the intelligence, the two Ukrainian agents are part of a large-scale network of saboteurs operating in European countries, a network controlled by Russia.
ELECTION Parties in the ruling coalition in Bucharest, made up of the PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR on Tuesday set the election date for the Bucharest mayor seat, which remained vacant after the former mayor had been elected the country’s president. Citizens are expected to cast their ballot for the Bucharest mayor on December 7. According to some political sources, several candidates will be vying for the mayor seat.
MEETING Romania’s Prime Minister, Ilie Bolojan, received, on Tuesday, the visit of the Head of the Chancellery of South Korea’s President, Kang Hoon Sik, who is on an official visit to Bucharest. He is accompanied by a delegation made up of government officials and representatives of strategic South Korean companies. The meeting takes place in a symbolic context, in which Romania and the Republic of Korea mark 35 years since the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations. The discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between Romania and the Republic of Korea, in the context of the strategic partnership between the two countries. The visit of the South Korean delegation aimed to present cooperation opportunities in the field of the defense industry, with an emphasis on South Korean investments in the production of military equipment and on joint technological development projects. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan mentioned that Romania already has a contract in place with Hanwha Aerospace for the acquisition and production of K9 ‘Thunder’ self-propelled howitzers and reiterated the Romanian Government’s interest in possible future collaborations with South Korean partners, both in the field of defense and in other economic and technological sectors of common interest.
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