Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited Bucharest with a request to buy gas from Romania. Another topic she and her Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis discussed was connecting Moldova’s and Romania’s electricity grids. Romania is the first country in the European Union to have a plan with concrete measures in the medium and long-term to integrate Ukrainian refugees. And more €€€ are coming from Brussels but some think tanks have doubts that Romania can absorb them.
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Romanian Dispatch #52 (July 30, 2022)
Hoteliers uit de Bulgaarse badplaats Sunny Beach en Oekraïense vluchtelingen protesteerden vorige week dinsdag tegen vertragingen in uitbetalingen van de ‘vluchtelingensubsidie’. ‘De staat komt zijn verplichtingen onder het programma niet na’, vertelde Radostin Datsjev, een hotelier in Sunny Beach, de nationale radio. ‘De situatie is kritiek.’ Dit was het meest recente protest in verschillende plaatsen langs de Zwarte-Zeekust tegen de vertraagde betalingen.
Lees verder in De Groene Amsterdammer.
The war in Ukraine continues to dominate the news and the prices at the pump and (super)markets. Romanian prosecutors announced they are starting an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by Russia. The government plans to revise this year’s budget in the first half of August. It will include cuts, but also support measures to mitigate high inflation and increasing energy prices. And no, she will not run for president in 2024 — ‘she’ being European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi.
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Romanian Dispatch #51 (July 23, 2022)
Mijn interview met Standplaats Verweggistan, nieuwsbrief van De Buitenlandredactie. De Buitenlandredactie zet zich sinds 2012 in voor een nieuwe buitenlandjournalistiek en de verbetering van de positie van freelancers in het buitenland.
Lees verder in Standplaats Verweggistan.
De burgemeester van Boekarest wil de inwoners verleiden tot fietsen. Correspondent Frank Elbers vertelt in Buitenland Uitgelicht tegen welke obstakels de burgervader aanloopt.
Lees en luister verder bij VPRO Bureau Buitenland op NPO Radio 1.
It’s been 135 days since Russia invaded Ukraine and its impact is felt in Romania and around the globe — from rising prices and inflation to energy infrastructure. This week the EU revised its “green taxonomy” to include natural gas and nuclear energy, a decision that can be good for Romania given its reliance on gas and nuclear power. This week more candidates to replace President Klaus Iohannis in 2024 appeared on the political scene. Meanwhile more and more Ukrainian refugees are leaving Romania to return to their homeland whereas others plan to stay.
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Romanian Dispatch #50 (July 9, 2022)
Southeast Europe – Zuidoost-Europa correspondent
