Continued support for Ukraine should remain a key priority for the European Union, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said at the European Parliament on Feb. 7. “We must support Ukraine and its people,” the parliament’s press service quotes Iohannis. Read also: Ukrainian Parliament approves bill to use Canadian funding to complete Holodomor Museum He added that […]
Romania’s coalition government has reached an agreement with the country’s farmers and truck drivers to end a weeks-long protest against the import of products from Ukraine and other non-EU countries, the Romanian government announced on Feb. 2. Romanian farmers and haulers joined forces on Jan. 14 and have been at the center of border blockades, […]
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has disagreed with the statement by General Gheorghiță Vlad, Romania’s Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, regarding the need to prepare for the potential expansion of Russian aggression beyond Ukraine. Source: Euractiv, citing Marcel Ciolacu, as reported by European Pravda. Ciolacu stated that Romania will not participate in any wars. Ciolacu’s […]
General Gheorghiță Vlad, Romania’s Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, believes that the Romanian people, like all Europeans, should prepare for the potential spread of Russian aggression, which Putin will escalate if he wins in Ukraine. Source: Gheorghiță Vlad in an interview with the Romanian service of Radio Liberty on 1 February, reports European Pravda Details: […]
Employing language more often heard by politicians in neighboring Hungary, Romanian nationalist party leader Claudiu Târziu has called for Romania to annex parts of Ukraine. Mimicking Moscow’s talking points, the Romanian senator and leader of the nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party called for Romania to “reunify sovereignty” by claiming parts of […]
Romanian protesters unblocked the Vicovu de Sus crossing on the Romanian-Ukrainian border, which had been blocked since Jan. 15, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reported on Jan. 19. Romanian farmers and truck drivers reportedly joined forces in mid-January, slowing traffic on major roads in protest of issues such as high tax rates, long waiting times […]
Romanian haulers and farmers have blocked the Halmeu-Diakove checkpoint, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported on Jan. 18. This information was received from representatives of the Romanian Border Police at 10:30 a.m. This is the third checkpoint on the Romanian border with Ukraine that has been blocked by protesters, and the Siret-Porubne and […]
Romanian farmers and truckers started blocking another border crossing with Ukraine as protests in Romania have continued for over a week, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reported on Jan. 18. Romanian farmers and truck drivers reportedly joined forces on Jan. 14, slowing traffic on major roads in protest of issues such as high tax rates, […]
Traffic can now move freely through all checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border, though checkpoints on the Romanian border are still being blocked. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guards Service of Ukraine on Ukraine’s national 24/7 newscast Quote: “Unfortunately, [Ukrainian-Romanian border] continues to be blocked at the Porubne and Krasnoilsk checkpoints on our […]
Romanian farmers continue to partially block lorry traffic near the Siret and Vicovu de Sus checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, despite having reached an agreement with the government. Source: Ihor Zarudniev, aide to the head of the Chernivtsi Border Guard Detachment, reported by Ukrinform news agency Quote: “Near the Siret checkpoint, which is opposite […]
The Ministry of Agriculture of Romania and representatives of major agricultural organisations have reached an agreement on 15 January, addressing several demands of farmers protesting for six days and blocking the border with Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing Euractiv Details: Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu reported that the agreement covers 13 farmers’ demands, but discussions will […]
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry agreed to meet several demands of Romanian farmers who have been blocking the country’s major roads and two crossings on the border with Ukraine, Euroactive reported on Jan. 16. The protests in Romania started a week ago, with the farmers protesting against high tax rates, long waiting times at border crossings, slow […]