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Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden expel over 100 Russian diplomatic staff from their countries. Latvia closes the Russian consulates in Daugavpils and Liepāja, while Estonia closes the Russian diplomatic facilities in Narva and Tartu. These actions come as a reaction to the newly revealed Bucha massacre.
2022-04-5

France announces that it will deploy "several hundred" troops to Romania in order to support NATO's eastern flank amid tensions with Russia.
2022-01-29

Eastern Europe surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, with Russia, Ukraine and Romania reporting the most deaths.
2021-10-24

An anomalous weather event caused due to dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara, leads to an orange snow blanketing several Eastern European countries, including Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia. This weather event happens roughly every five years; a similar event occurred in Siberia in 2007.
2018-03-25

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, warns Romania and Poland against hosting parts of the U.S. missile defense shield.
2016-05-28

The United States deploys F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania's RoAF 86th Air Base, near the Black Sea, in a show of strength and cooperation against Russia. "The United States and Romania enjoy a very strong partnership," said Hans G. Klemm, the United States Ambassador to Romania.
2016-04-26

NATO's Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System becomes partly operational at Romania's Deveselu airbase, as U.S. Navy personnel takes control of the site after years of construction. Aegis Ashore facilities in Romania form part of NATO's European missile defence system, with another site under construction in Poland expected to become operational by 2018. The United States Ambassador to Romania Hans G. Klemm says that they have explained to the Russians on numerous occasions that the missile system is, "not directed at Russia, nor does it have the capability to threaten Russia." The head of Russia's Strategic Missile Troops, Colonel General Sergei Karakayev, has dismissed the purported effectiveness of the missile defense system, saying Moscow develops “brand new and effective means and techniques to penetrate any missile defense system”.
2015-12-18

Russian state television reports that at least 59 bodies have been recovered from the sinking of the cruise ship "Bulgaria" on the Volga River, with more than 200 people on board.
2011-07-12

Romania expresses dismay at Russia after it arrests and expels one of its diplomats; it is now to do the same in return.
2010-08-17

The United States Department of Justice announces that ten people have been arrested for allegedly spying for Russia.
2010-06-28