October 25, 2025
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 25.10.2025, 13:57
DAY On Saturday in Iasi, north-eastern Romania, President Nicusor Dan has said that upgrading the Romanian army is a priority. He underlines that it is not enough to say that you want peace, but you have to be responsible and get ready to deter war. As all opinion polls describe the Romanian army as the most trusted institution it means that inside it we find professionalism and professionals, President Dan went on to say. Nicusor Dan on Saturday participated in the military ceremonies and religious services staged in Iasi, with the occasion of Army Day. In turn, the Senate president, Mircea Abrudean, has said that Romania is today a safe country and a pillar of stability in Eastern Europe and the Romanian citizens are benefitting from the most solid security guarantees in the country’s history. Army Day is being celebrated today all over Romania, in the military units abroad where Romanian servicemen are serving, in military theatres of operation as well as in the countries where Romania has military attaches or representations. Military and religious ceremonies are being held at the monument of the Unknown Soldier in Bucharest where wreaths of flowers are being laid. Aircraft of the Romanian Air Forces flew over the monument while military ceremonies and religious services were being held at army barracks across Romania, at heroes’ monuments and military cemeteries in Romania and abroad in countries like Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, the Republic of Moldova and Hungary.
DST Together with most European countries on Saturday night Romania will adjust to the Daylight Saving Time with clocks rolling back one hour and Sunday becoming the longest day of the year. The DST has been part of a seasonal adjusting system since the 20th century aimed at making the most of the sunlight and curbing electricity consumption. The DST is still a controversial topic at European level and although the European Commission has proposed its elimination, the member states have failed to reach a consensus in this respect.
CATHEDRAL The paintings of the National Cathedral will be sanctified on Sunday by Bartholomew 1st, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, which is the majority denomination in Romania. The event, which is expected to bring together over 100 thousand people is marking the centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate. This year we celebrate 140 years since the Romanian Orthodox Church’s status of autocephalous church was recognized and 100 years of its Patriarchate status. The National Cathedral’s altar was sanctified on November 25, 2018, when the Big Union Centenary was celebrated. The National Cathedral is 120 thousand meter high and its bells had a total weight of 33 tons. Its architecture is a synthesis of traditional and modern elements blending architectural elements from various parts of Romania with elements from foreign cathedrals, as a big part of the Romanian Diaspora is presently in the West. Its mosaics are covering a surface of 25 thousand square meters and are inspired from Byzantine and Romanian medieval art.
F-16 A fresh squadron of F-16 jet fighters are joining missions under NATO command, the Romanian Minister of Defence, Ionut Mosteanu has announced. The new F-16 squadron, certified for NATO missions, is a clear proof of the professionalism of the Romanian Air Forces and our capacity to operate jointly with our allies. Romania is presently boasting three squadrons ensuring the protection of the airspace, two Romanian and an allied one made up of Typhoon jet fighters of the German Air Forces deployed at Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in south-eastern Romania. These three units are forming an umbrela of real security on NATO’s Eastern Flank. Every air police mission, flight hour, every team behind these aircraft are part of a collective effort – namely that of preserving peace and security in the region, Minister Mosteanu went on to say.
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