Romania approved a 7 million lei temporary barge intervention at the Bala-Dunarea Veche split to preserve the Danube flow needed by Cernavoda Unit 2.
Technology & Science
Romania disconnected Cernavoda Unit 1 on July 28 after unprecedentedly low Danube water levels reduced its operating margin. The shutdown is preventive, not a nuclear incident.
Business
Romania's Senate adopted a six-month fuel-market bill that would cut diesel excise by 300 lei per 1,000 liters, apply 19% VAT to gasoline and diesel, cap markups and restrict diesel exports. It is not yet law.
News
Romania's Defence Ministry says two F-16s intercepted and neutralized a drone after a new unauthorized airspace entry near the Ukraine border on July 25.
News
Romania's Defence Ministry says an F-16 shot down a drone near Padina, Buzau, after radar tracked it from the Black Sea coast. The incident is the country's first reported aerial shootdown of an unauthorized drone during the Ukraine war.
Sports
Sweden and Hungary will meet in the Men’s 20 EHF EURO 2026 final in Cluj-Napoca on July 19, after a tournament that also decides European qualification places for the 2027 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship.
World
No one was hurt when a Ukrainian maritime drone exploded at Constanta. The deeper warning is about how drone warfare, electronic interference and port security now spill across Black Sea borders.