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)