November 6, 2026 UPDATE
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 06.11.2026, 20:03
THREATS On Thursday, false bomb threats targeted several aircraft at Bucharest’s Henry Coanda Airport, where a crisis response team was set up and bomb disposal experts from the Romanian Intelligence Service conducted inspections. In fact, Bucharest has been caught up in a wave of false bomb threats that have affected at least 20 flights and European airports in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, and Poland. The European Aviation Safety Agency announced that it is monitoring the situation and assessing the potential implications for aviation safety.
EXPO According to a communiqué by the Romanian Consulate in Shanghai, Romania will be attending the ninth edition of the International China Import Expo, with two stands, one National and another one showcasing Agrifood products. The event will be taking place over November 5 and 10 in Shanghai. The exhibition, which is staged annually, is the biggest world exhibition dedicated to promoting imports on the Chinese market. According to the communiqué, the National stand will be introducing companies from the industries of wine, cosmetics, from the chemical industry and fashion, while the agrifood stand brings together companies from the industries of meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables and pastry.
EU The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, will arrive in Romania on Monday part of her Black Sea tour, official sources in Brussels have announced. On this occasion, Ursula von der Leyen will be having talks with Romanian President, Nicusor Dan, and Prime Minister Luca Niculescu. Defence and European security, particularly security in the Black Sea region, European competitiveness with the present energy component, the EU enlargement, especially Romania’s support for the Republic of Moldova as well as the negotiation of the EU multiannual financial framework are high on the talks agenda, presidential adviser, Valentin Naumescu has announced. On Tuesday, the head of the European Executive will fly to Varna, in Bulgaria while on Wednesday she will be attending the UN conference on climate change in Antalya, Turkiye. On Thursday and Friday, the EU official will be attending the meeting of the European political community and the informal proceedings of the European Council in Dublin, Ireland.
PLANT One of the two units at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant (in southeastern Romania, on the banks of the Danube) has been restarted, nearly four months after it was shut down due to low water flow in the river, which provides cooling for the reactors. On Friday the unit was resynchronized with the national power grid, so that it can reach full capacity by Saturday. Unit 1 was shut down in a controlled manner on July 28 due to the extremely low water level of the Danube, caused by a severe drought. For reasons of nuclear safety, the plant specialists determined at that time that operations could not continue safely. The hydrological crisis subsequently led to the shutdown of Unit 2 as well. The Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant provides 20% of the country’s energy through its two units, each of which supplies 700 megawatts to the national power grid. Energy production in Romania is also provided by hydroelectric power (30%), natural gas (17%), wind power (approximately 15%), coal (13%), and solar power (5%).
TALKS The Romanian Foreign Minister Dan Neculăescu met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sîbiha, in Bucharest on Thursday to discuss the security situation in the Black Sea, noting that Romania is strengthening its capabilities to protect freedom of navigation. The discussion took place following a new drone attack on a foreign-flagged commercial vessel near Romania’s territorial waters, an incident that resulted in the death of one sailor and the disappearance of three others. Dan Neculăescu also mentioned that next steps had been agreed upon to strengthen the strategic partnership and continue Romania’s support for Ukraine. At the same time, he emphasized the importance of respecting the rights of persons belonging to national minorities, a key issue on the Romanian-Ukrainian bilateral agenda.
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