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Located at the extremes of European Latinity, one on the Atlantic Ocean, the other on the Black Sea, both ruled, for decades, by hateful dictatorships, a right-wing dictatorship in Lisbon, and a communist dictatorship in Bucharest, Portugal and Romania are today stable democracies, partners in the European Union and allies within NATO. Thursday’s visit to Romania by the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa was also an occasion for the signing of a bilateral defense cooperation agreement. It includes defense management and planning, participation in bilateral and multinational military exercises, cyber defense, and counteracting hybrid warfare.
Prime Minister Costa's political consultations with his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciucă and President Klaus Iohannis have highlighted that Romania and Portugal are well coordinated in strengthening defense in the Black Sea region, as well as on NATO's Southern Flank. President Iohannis recalled that in 2014, afte
UKRAINE - Ukrainian troops have
successfully launched counteroffensives on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Oleh
Synyehubov, governor of the Kkarkiv Oblast announced on Monday. According to
information published by the Ukrainian media, Russia s attacks targeted several
cities on Sunday evening. The capital Kyiv and the cities of Lutsk, Rivne and
Kharkiv were reportedly rocked by several powerful explosions. Air raid sirens
went off in most regions, and a fuel depot in Lutsk, in the northwest, was hit
by a missile strike. The Ukrainian leadership accused the Russian army of
inhumane tactics and for the partial or complete blocking of humanitarian
corridors and cities under siege, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak
tweeted.
SCHOOLS - The number of Ukrainian
children enrolled in Romanian schools stands at 1,140, out of a total of nearly
34 thousand underage children who arrived in Romania fleeing the Russian
invasion, Education Minister Sorin Cîmpeanu, has announced. Th