Allied Joint Force Command

Romania's Chief of Defence Staff (CoD) Daniel Petrescu is paying an official visit to the Netherlands March 3-4. According to a press statement the National Defence Ministry (MApN) sent to AGERPRES, Petrescu is scheduled to meet Dutch Chief of Defence Rob Bauer to discuss bilateral co-operation inside NATO and the EU.

Turkey has withdrawn 40 of its troops from a NATO military drill in Norway after scandals regarding the country’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

For over ten years, the local authorities in Cincu, a village in the mountains of central Romania, said they did not have the money to refurbish the main road connecting their village to the surroundings.

But, this week they found some 116,000 lei (27,000 euro) from the budget to plug potholes and fix the road, battered by harsh winters.

The missile defence base of Deveselu will operate under the authority of the Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples, Defence Minister Mircea Dusa announced on Tuesday. The base's objectives will become operational by the end of this year, he mentioned.

"Cooperation with NATO should reflect Serbia's needs"

BELGRADE -- Cooperation with NATO "should reflect Serbia's needs," Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic said on Wednesday as he met with a high ranking NATO official.

BELGRADE - Cooperation with NATO should reflect Serbia's needs, Serbian Minister of Defence Bratislav Gasic said on Wednesday, adding that by participating in the Partnership for Peace program, the country is building the necessary capacities for the engagement in the UN and EU operations.