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Turkey's defence ministry says an airborne early-warning aircraft will fly over Romanian airspace as an assurance operation.

Defence Minister Yasar Guler said Ankara will keep working with Romania and Bulgaria to protect shipping, coastal security and underwater infrastructure in the Black Sea.

Three naval drones hit a container ship sailing from Haifa to Constanța in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, and all 18 crew members reached shore safely.

After drones hit a container ship off Bulgaria, Sofia is asking for dedicated EU money to set up a Black Sea Maritime Security Hub with Romania.

Brussels called attacks on commercial vessels a dangerous escalation and said it is ready to work with Romania and Bulgaria on Black Sea maritime security.

Defense ministers from Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey met in Sofia on Black Sea security as three maritime drones struck a container ship off Bulgaria.

Foreign Minister Dan Neculaescu said he represented Romania at a Finland-Norway meeting where governments treated control of advanced AI as a security issue.

Romania was among the abstentions as the UN General Assembly backed an end to the US embargo on Cuba by 130 votes to 17, Havana’s weakest result since 1992.

Defence leaders from Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria met in Sofia on 28 October 2026 and pledged joint patrols, intelligence sharing and exercises after drone attacks on commercial ships.

Social Democrats and Liberals are arguing over the finances left by Ilie Bolojan as Romania still expects 6.43 billion euros from the European Commission and is described as having the EU’s largest deficit.

A Liberian-flagged, Greek-managed container ship was hit by naval drones off Bulgaria while sailing from Haifa to the Romanian port of Constanța.

After talks with county councils, Luca Niculescu said Romania is very close to OECD membership and that support was agreed to finish EU-funded projects.