Romania and Bulgaria need to increase defense spending beyond 2% of GDP to strengthen NATO's southeastern flank amid escalating security concerns.

Spend, spend, spend On average, in 2023, EU member states’ government expenditure on defence amounted to just 1.3 per cent of GDP. This fell way short of NATO’s target of at least two per cent. Even ...

Romania is a major NATO military power, which is why a NATO-skeptic Romanian president could pose a problem for the military alliance. With hard-right nationalist George Simion set to secure a ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian hard-right politician George Simion, poised to win Sunday's presidential election first round re-run, said Russia is not a significant threat to NATO, and the only ...

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.

Romania is a key Nato member on the bloc's eastern flank, and shares a long border with Ukraine. It is the latest eastern European nation to have an election marred by claims of Russian interference.

Romania is viewed as a critically important NATO ally, gaining high marks from Washington for spending more than 2 percent of its GDP on defense and providing military support to Ukraine.

A controversial right-wing populist TikTok star is leading in polls to be the next Romanian president, with views that could spell trouble for NATO and support for Ukraine. Romania witnessed the ...

A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a center-right opposition leader in a presidential election runoff in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a ...