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Oana Țoiu joins The Delegates Lounge. We sat down for a one-on-one interview for the second year in a row with Ms. Țoiu, who served as Romania's foreign minister from June 23, 2025, to October 20, 2026. She remains a member of Romania's Chamber of Deputies. We interviewed her in New York on September 25, 2026, during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, while she was still serving as foreign minister. The conversation delved deep into Russian hybrid attacks in NATO territory, artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons, and the impact that all of this has on vital Black Sea shipping lanes for food and energy.
Watch our 2025 interview with Oana Țoiu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJDqsTcujcs
Speakers:
J. Alex Tarquinio (host) is a resident correspondent at the United Nations in New York and co-founder of The Delegates Lounge® podcast. @alextarquinio of @delegateslounge on X and @thedelegateslounge on Instagram.
Oana Țoiu (guest) served as Romania’s foreign minister from June 23, 2025, to October 20, 2026. She remains a member of Romania's Chamber of Deputies. @oana_toiu on X and Instagram.
Chapters:
0:00 "Bread should not be weaponized"
0:13 Introduction
1:05 AI at the UN and autonomous weapons
5:04 AI, maritime security and drones
9:30 Black Sea security and the grain deal
13:03 NATO, Turkey and the wider Black Sea
15:16 Grain exports: "Bread should not be weaponized"
16:53 Romania's natural gas and Neptun Deep
19:11 Keeping pressure on Russian energy
20:47 Drone incursions and NATO's eastern flank
24:22 Hybrid attacks, Leipzig and the Security Council
26:37 Hybrid attacks around major summits
27:24 Romania and Ukraine: drones, F-16s and Zelensky's visit
29:29 Romania as a logistics hub for Ukraine
30:07 Patriots and Ukraine's winter war
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Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, arrivals, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, December 3, 2025. Also used in the thumbnail. | NATO
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, attending the High Level Ministerial Global Alliance of the Two-State Solution, September 24, 2026. | UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist
Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to Istanbul and oversaw the departure of two ships involved in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a UN-brokered operation to bring urgently needed hunger relief to the Horn of Africa, August 20, 2022. | UN Photo/Mark Garten
Signing of the Graham Act in the Oval Office, September 18, 2026. | Official White House Photograph by Joyce N. Boghosian
Official visit of the President of Ukraine to Romania, March 12, 2026; Ukrainian Air Force Day, August 6, 2023. | Office of the President of Ukraine, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, https://www.president.gov.ua
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Meeting of the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania, Chernivtsi, August 8, 2025 (reframed). | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, licensed under CC BY 4.0
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Neptun Deep offshore natural gas project, Romanian Black Sea. | OMV Petrom media library, © OMV Petrom
Security Council meeting 10228 on artificial intelligence, September 23, 2026; Event: Global Food Security and the Black Sea, September 22, 2026; Security Council meeting 10162 requested by Romania, June 1, 2026. | United Nations
HMS Stirling Castle conducts mine countermeasures training at Sea Breeze 26, Weymouth Bay, England, July 20, 2026. | U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leon Vonguyen
Polish and Romanian F-16s patrolling NATO airspace, Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, July 16, 2025. | NATO
Air Assault Course, Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, May 21, 2025. | U.S. Army video by Sgt. Kyle Kimble
Medical evacuation exercise, Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, December 23, 2025. | U.S. Army video by Sgt. Terron Williams
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A drone strike set a chemical tanker ablaze in the Black Sea off Romania, leaving seven people missing and raising fresh concerns over the spillover of Russia’s war in Ukraine into NATO territory. Romanian authorities said five crew members were rescued from the San Marino-flagged *Wine Trader* after the incident southeast of Sulina on October 15, while another tanker, the 'Yara J', reported a fire in Romanian territorial waters a day earlier. Romania and Bulgaria have reported a series of drone-related maritime incidents in the Black Sea, prompting renewed calls for stronger NATO counter-drone defenses. Romanian defense analyst Radu Tudor urged the alliance to move beyond political statements and strengthen its military response, including deploying anti-drone systems on land and at sea. Romanian authorities have not publicly confirmed who launched the latest drone strike. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance had discussed Black Sea security with Romanian President Nicusor Dan and Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, adding that NATO was strengthening counter-drone capabilities along its eastern flank. The incidents underscore growing security concerns for commercial shipping and NATO allies bordering the Black Sea.
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Romania’s Bucharest Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu and businessman Ionel Rusen into preventive detention for 30 days, overturning an earlier ruling that had placed them under judicial control. Police vehicles arrived at Bucharest’s Central Detention Centre as supporters gathered outside, chanting “Calin, Calin!” and waving Romanian flags, while gendarmes formed a cordon behind metal barriers. Georgescu and Rusen are being investigated by Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) over alleged involvement in an organised criminal group and aggravated fraud. Prosecutors allege that a businessman was deceived in a scheme involving promised access to foreign financing, causing an alleged loss of 1.1 million euros. Georgescu, who finished first in the opening round of Romania’s 2024 presidential election, was later barred from standing in the rerun after the Constitutional Court annulled the original vote.
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Romanian authorities took former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu into custody on Tuesday after a Bucharest Court of Appeals ordered his detention for 30 days pending a criminal investigation for fraud.
Prosecutors allege that Georgescu and two other suspects persuaded a Romanian businessman to hand over €1.1 million by claiming they could help him obtain a credit line of up to €15 million from a foreign financial institution. Georgescu denies wrongdoing.
The appeals court overturned an earlier decision that had placed him under judicial control. The ruling is final.
Hundreds of Georgescu supporters gathered outside the courthouse in Bucharest as he left the building.
Georgescu was the frontrunner in Romania's cancelled 2024 presidential election. The vote was annulled amid allegations of Russian interference, which Moscow denied. A re-run held in May 2025 was won by pro-European centrist President Nicușor Dan.
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A sharp cold snap hit the Balkans on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, bringing the season's first snow to higher mountain areas across several countries.
In Bulgaria, the first snowflakes were reported at the Pamporovo resort on September 22. According to the Mountain Rescue Service, the snowfall was light and brief, failing to form a layer of snow on the ground.
Romania recorded its first autumn snowfall in the highest reaches of the Southern Carpathian Mountains overnight between Monday and Tuesday, followed by heavier snow overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Meteorological Administration. A thick layer of snow covered the Transfagarasan, Romania's most famous mountain road.
The heaviest snow accumulation occurred around Bâlea Lake. Temperatures dropped by 10 degrees Celsius across southern and western Romania, marking a drastic shift from the previous summer-like weather.
In Serbia, the first snow fell on the highest peaks of the Golija and Kopaonik mountains ahead of the autumn equinox, according to local media reports. Temperatures across Serbia are expected to drop gradually.
Kosovo also recorded its first snowfall, as reported by Albanian-language news portals. Heavy snow was reported in the mountainous areas of the Deçan and Istog municipalities in the country's west.
Snow also fell on the highest peaks of Mount Olympus in Greece, according to photos published on Tuesday. Temperatures remained relatively high across most of the country, although weather conditions deteriorated in some areas.
Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded its first snowfall on Mount Bjelašnica. According to the country's Hydrometeorological Institute, temperatures there hovered around 0 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, dropping to minus 1 degree at the summit.
In Montenegro, temperatures considered very low for late September were recorded on Tuesday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures were also recorded at other locations, dropping to minus 3.3 degrees in Kosanica and minus 0.1 degrees in Njegovudja.
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