Romania

Elbit Systems set to start delivery of drones to Romania after delays, threats of cancellation

The deal for seven unmanned aircraft systems was signed in 2022, with deliveries due to start in 2025.

Elbit System's Watchkeeper X drones, April 6, 2026.
Golden Helmet of Cotofenesti and gold bracelets recovered after being stolen from a Dutch museum, April 3, 2026.

Priceless Romanian artifacts recovered a year after being stolen from Dutch museum

A Thor, a VTOL-UAV (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) drone is seen on display at the Elbit-Systems stand at the XPONENTIAL Europe autonomous systems and robotics trade fair on March 26, 2026 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Romania weighs cancelling drone contract with Israel's Elbit Systems

Photographer Edward Serotta takes a self-portrait in a hotel room during his efforts to document Romania in the 1980s.

Decades after Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer, their files have become a film


Romania's ornate, crumbling synagogues get new access via virtual tours

The website includes interviews with current Jewish leaders of each community, as well as the English and Romanian transcriptions of oral testimonies collected throughout the decades.

The historic Orăștie synagogue in Romania.

Meet the rabbi behind a new transliterated Chumash for Romanians

Rabbi Sorin Rosen has been working for seven years trying to finish his transliterated version of the Chumash into Romanian for the Jewish community in Romania.

Bucharest, Romania

Nazi warship, sunken during WWII, exposed amid drought on Danube

The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces.

 Wreckage of a World War Two Nazi German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia August 18, 2022.

Who is Andrew Tate and how did he become popular? What you should know

The former kickboxer and current influencer has skyrocketed in popularity thanks to TikTok but is mired in controversy for sexism, rape allegations and more.

 Andrew Tate

Spectacular success for Vertigo Dance Company at Sibiu Festival of Performing Arts

'Pardes' by Vertigo Dance company

Habima National Theatre plays Bucharest

R to L: :Matan Shavit, Nir Zalikhovski, Ruby Porat Shoval, Tataina Kanlis Ollier, Aya Kaplan, Shalom Shmolov, Noam Semel, Hila Shaliu, David Saranga, Yuval Shlomovich and Hagar Tishman

On This Day: Romania orders Iași purged of Jews in pogrom in 1941

This pogrom took place in the city of Iași saw where Romania's Nazi-aligned regime slaughtered over 13,000 Jews. It remains one of the worst pogroms of all time, even in the Holocaust.

 Death train from Iaşi during the pogrom.

Romanian Art Safari Fair highlights work of Israeli-Romanian artist Marcel Janco

  Ambassador of Israel David Saranga at Art Safari fair

EU leaders visit Ukraine in show of support after criticism

Leaders back EU candidate status for Ukraine • Kyiv asks for tougher Russia sanctions, weapons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron as they pose for a picture with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 16, 2022.

Grapevine May 22, 2022: Back to roots

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Ioana Ciocan, the director of Art Safari, is seen with Israel Ambassador to Romania David Saranga.