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Before 1989, Romania was among the top ten arms exporters in the world, however its arms industry declined considerably during the 1990s. Exports fell from roughly $1 billion before 1989 to about $43 million in 2006, [ 1 ] and the number of employees also fell from 220,000 in 1990 to 20,000 in 2009. [ 2 ]
The National News Agency returns to the AGERPRES name in July 2008, following the amendment of Law no. 19/2003 on the organization and functioning of the National Press ROMPRES. Agerpres has the largest archive of photographs from Romania , as well as an internal and external photo service which provides in real-time, over 1,000 photos.
After 10 years, the plant comes under the authority of the Ministry of Industry and Resources and is renamed S.C. "ARSENAL" S.A. - Bucharest branch. [20] In 2001, following the reorganization of the defense industry, the unit reverted its name to the Bucharest Mechanical Plant and became a subsidiary of ROMARM. [20]
News agencies were created to provide newspapers with information about a wide variety of news events happening around the world. Initially the agencies were meant to provide the news items only to newspapers, but with the passage of time the rapidly developing modern mediums such as radio, television and Internet too adapted the services of news agencies.
Romania started pursuing nuclear technology, according to some scholars, as early as 1967. [1] In the 1980s, during the long rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romania had a secret program intended to develop nuclear weapons, violating its word on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1970. [2]
Agerpres produces around 300 news items daily and takes part in the European Alliance of News Agencies. [22] [24] NewsIn is the newest national agency, launched in 2006 by the Realitatea-Catavencu group. It produces around 300 news items daily and focuses on business and technology, targeting companies directly rather than journalism outlets ...
The Bucharest court of appeals ruled on Thursday against sending internet personality Andrew Tate to trial on charges of human trafficking and sent the case back to prosecutors. The ruling deals a ...
This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents." [3] The world's armed forces control about 133 million (about 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries, the Russian Federation (30.3 million) and the People's Republic of China (27.5 million). [2]