Romania

Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis

Israel’s recognition of the genocide has been decades in the making. It's been a strange aspect of Israel’s history that, for many years, the Armenian genocide was downplayed in official circles.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the Armenian community in Jaffa perform a pray during a memorial service held to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, at the Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas, in Jaffa, April 24, 2021.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems's SPYDER air defense system

Romania buys Israeli air defense system in Rafael’s biggest deal ever

The deal is the largest contract in Rafael’s history and the second-largest defense deal in Israeli defense-industry history

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.

Herzog warns of 'alarming' surge of antisemitism at Romanian pogrom memorial ceremony

In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
BRIGADIER-GENERAL Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force.

Quds force commander demands Israel leave Lebanon as Iran's deputy FM threatens Italy, Romania

"You Zionists must leave all of Lebanon. This land is the arena of resistance and steadfastness, not a playground for occupiers," he demanded in a social media post.

|ByTZVI JASPER, REUTERS

Romania to buy F-35 fighter jets from US in bid to boost air defenses

"The air force's modernization process will continue through the acquisition of last generation F-35 jets," Romanian military officials said.

APRIL 11, 2023ByREUTERS
Two U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets are about to receive fuel mid-air from a KC-135 refueling plane over Norway en route to a joint training exercise with Norway's growing fleet of F-35 jets August 15, 2018.

Violeta from Italia - short story

I wonder where Violeta is now, if she ever heard what happened to Niko. Whenever we see a redhead on the bus, Oren and I look to see if maybe Violeta has come back.

APRIL 9, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
Illustrative image of a ledge with plants.

Internet personality Andrew Tate moved to house arrest after court ruling

Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects have been under police detention since December 29 as prosecutors investigate them for suspected human trafficking and rape.

MARCH 31, 2023ByREUTERS
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, January 10, 2023.

‘Metronom’: Rebellious youth in Romania’s troubled times - review

It’s an ambitious movie, told mainly through two long scenes, the party and investigation, and it won Alexandru Belc the directing prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.

MARCH 29, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE FROM ‘Metronom.’

This brutal dictator helped bring about the Israel-Egypt peace - opinion

Paradoxically, it was a ruthless Romanian Stalinist who helped initiate the process that started with Sadat’s groundbreaking 1977 visit to Jerusalem.

MARCH 16, 2023ByMARK REGEV
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and then-Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu walk in the garden of the presidential residence near Bucharest, in August 1977.

How it really was: Why did we create Israel? A reminder

We may have lost sight of why we created the State of Israel. This memoir should serve as a timely reminder.

MARCH 10, 2023ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
The Ostbahnhof (Eastern Railway Station) in Vienna, built between 1867 and 1870, was replaced by a new Südbahnhof in 1955, which in turn was demolished in 2009 and replaced by the Hauptbahnhof (Main Railway Station). Painting based on a photograph by Ellen Harvey: ‘The Disappointed Tourist.’

Hezbollah financier arrested in Romania

Hezbollah has thrived over the years by using complex means that span the globe, including flows of money from West Africa and South America.

FEBRUARY 26, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Hezbollah flag and a poster depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah are pictured along a street, near Sidon, Lebanon July 7, 2020

Israeli maestro opens celebrations of country’s 75th anniversary in Romania with special concert

FEBRUARY 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bucharest Part 2 - Parliaments, Opera, Yiddish and So Much More

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 53

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Uniri Square

These ‘living rocks’ in Romania are able to grow and even move

The “living rocks” are native to Costesti, a small town north of Bucharest and the home of extremely unique rocks that are hard to find elsewhere.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByWALLA! TOURISM
Costesti, Romania.