Romania
Military: ROMANIA
Military branches:
Land Forces, Naval Forces (Fortele Naval, FN), Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romane, FAR) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
20-35 years of age for compulsory male military service; conscription ended 2006, but military service remains mandatory; 18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36 (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 5,601,234
females age 16-49: 5,428,939 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 4,550,409
females age 16-49: 4,507,880 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 117,798
female: 111,607 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 74
Transnational Issues: ROMANIA
Disputes - international:
the ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
stateless persons: 248 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin transiting the Balkan route and small amounts of Latin American cocaine bound for Western Europe; although not a significant financial center, role as a narcotics conduit leaves it vulnerable to laundering, which occurs via the banking system, currency exchange houses, and casinos