Ministry of National Defence

Vigorous Warrior 19 - VW19, the most complex medical exercise in the history of NATO, is currently being conducted, April 1-15, at several units of the Romanian Armed Forces.

Minister of National Defence Gabriel Les gave assurance that the Hospital Military will benefit from the entire support of the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) in ensuring all the necessary resources for the development of its infrastructure projects meant to improve the work conditions of the medical staff, so that the military and civil patients will benefit from medical services to match

President Klaus Iohannis on Friday stated after the meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) that he signed a decree by which he prolonged the mandate of General Nicolae Ciuca as Chief of Defence Staff, specifying at the same time that the proposal made by the Minister of Defence, Gabriel Les, was rejected.

President Klaus Iohannis convened the meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) on Friday, 12.00 pm, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

At the meeting they will analyze the requests of the Minister of National Defence, Gabriel Les, regarding the filling in of certain offices at the Army level of command.

Rehearsals for the December 1 Greater Union centennial parade in Bucharest continued on Saturday at Arcul de Triumf, the Triumphal Arch, the venue for the parade, to correct some elements in the event's schedule.

Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said on Monday that he will begin the procedure for acquiring coastal artillery systems.

Secretary of State with the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) Mircea Dusa on Wednesday had a meeting at the MApN headquarters with a delegation of the Japanese Diet, in which context he underscored the strictly defensive nature of the Component of the ballistic missile defence system in Deveselu.

Bucharest, July 7 /Agerpres/ - The pilot of the MiG 21 LanceR that crashed Saturday in Fetesti was killed in the accident, the Ministry of National Defence announced.

Defence Minister Mihai Fifor sent a message on Thursday, May 17, Heroes Day, underlining that modern Romania was achieved through the sacrifice of generations of heroes who defended the nation's ideals at the expense of their life.

All four Romanian servicemen who were wounded on Thursday in a booby-trap attack in Afghanistan are recovering well and are out of danger; two of them will be transferred to a hospital in Germany for further investigations, the Ministry of National Defence announced on Saturday.

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