When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, refugees fleeing the war began arriving in neighboring countries, adding Romania. Three main border issues were used: Sighetu Marmatiei, Siret (northeastern Romania) and Isaccea (eastern Romania). In Sighetu Marmatiei, northern Romania, a wooden bridge over the Tisza River became a “toy bridge” after local border police officers and other citizens brought toys and scattered them over the bridge for Ukrainian refugee children.
In Bucharest, the Gara de Nord station, the largest in the city, has the main transit point for Ukrainians crossing the country. State railway operator CFR Călători introduced loose transport to Ukrainians, many of whom departed for Budapest and other destinations in Europe. .
The Bucharest Emergency Inspectorate set up a refugee point, while NGOs worked on the floor to provide services.
The central pavilion of the Romexpo exhibition and congress center in the northern component of the city was remodeled this spring to become a refuge for Ukrainian refugees. refugees.
The center was also visited by then-Prince Charles, who met with refugees fleeing war in Romania’s northern neighbor and saw reaction from local authorities, as well as NGOs and volunteers flocking to Ukrainian refugees.
The King in Romania will launch Europe’s largest transboundary forest recovery task. The task reaches more than one hundred forest science and practice organisations in 20 countries and includes 12 large-scale forest reclamation demonstration sites across Europe. One of the sites is located in the Romanian Carpathians and is funded through the Prince’s Circular Bioeconomy Alliance.
His stopover is one of many high-profile stopovers over the past year, adding U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ stopover at the assembly with President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest and assuring the country of U. S. commitment to NATO Article 5.
In May, Jill Biden, the first girl from the United States, began her brief European excursion from Romania, attending Bucharest and Constanța several times. He visited the Mihail Kogălniceanu military base near Constanța, where he met the American infantrymen stationed there. In Bacucharest, he met with the Romanian president’s wife, Carmen Iohannis, and the two visited a school in Bucharest where young Ukrainians displaced by the war attended classes and talked to them and their families.
In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Romanian parliament and presented the horrific crimes committed by Russian foot soldiers against Ukrainian civilians in the regions around Kiev. He said that Russia had to be stopped and that he was convinced that Romanian corporations would participate in the reconstruction of Ukraine. systems after the end of the war.
Two months later, in June, President Klaus Iohannis visited Kyiv together with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. There they visited the suburbs bombed by the Russian invaders and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At a joint press conference at the convention with EU leaders in Kyiv, Iohannis called for giving prestige to EU candidates for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, which he said are “key to building a strong and sustainable shield around our non-unusual values. “
Young Romanian swimmer David Popovici has been the star of Romanian sport this year, having won no less than 14 medals this year and breaking several records. At the European Aquatics Championships in Rome, he won gold medals in the hundred m and two hundred competitions. In the hundred-meter final, he set a new world record after swimming the distance in 46. 86 seconds, breaking a 13-year record held by Brazilian César Cielo Filho. In the final of two hundred meters, he set a new junior world record completing just under 1:43 and in his previous result.
2022 also marked the end of pandemic-related restrictions and many festivals and occasions returned to their same old format. We are one, the first to take a position in Bucharest since the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and a concert of gaining advantages for Ukraine in March. which raised more than 750,000 euros. Proceeds from the event, led by Armin van Buuren and Tom Odell, went to the Romanian Red Cross.
Also in Bucharest, the Open Streets event, which closes some arteries to car traffic to make way for pedestrians, was held for the first time outdoors in the city center.
#StandWithUkraine: War divides Ukrainian families as women and youth seek protection in Romania and Europe
(Opening photo: Sliviu Filip/ Inquam Photos)
simona@romania-insider. com
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, refugees fleeing the war began arriving in neighboring countries, adding Romania. Three main border issues were used: Sighetu Marmatiei, Siret (northeastern Romania) and Isaccea (eastern Romania). In Sighetu Marmatiei, northern Romania, a wooden bridge over the Tisza River became a “toy bridge” after local border police officers and other citizens brought toys and scattered them over the bridge for Ukrainian refugee children.
In Bucharest, the Gara de Nord station, the largest in the city, has the main transit point for Ukrainians crossing the country. State railway operator CFR Călători introduced loose transport to Ukrainians, many of whom departed for Budapest and other destinations in Europe. .
The Bucharest Emergency Inspectorate set up a refugee point, while NGOs worked on the floor to provide services.
The central pavilion of the Romexpo exhibition and congress center in the northern component of the city was remodeled this spring to become a refuge for Ukrainian refugees. refugees.
The center was also visited by then-Prince Charles, who met with refugees fleeing war in Romania’s northern neighbor and saw reaction from local authorities, as well as NGOs and volunteers flocking to Ukrainian refugees.
The King in Romania will launch Europe’s largest transboundary forest recovery task. The task reaches more than one hundred forest science and practice organisations in 20 countries and includes 12 large-scale forest reclamation demonstration sites across Europe. One of the sites is located in the Romanian Carpathians and is funded through the Prince’s Circular Bioeconomy Alliance.
His stopover is one of many high-profile stopovers over the past year, adding U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ stopover at the assembly with President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest and assuring the country of U. S. commitment to NATO Article 5.
In May, Jill Biden, the first girl from the United States, began her brief European excursion from Romania, attending Bucharest and Constanța several times. He visited the Mihail Kogălniceanu military base near Constanța, where he met the American infantrymen stationed there. In Bacucharest, he met with the Romanian president’s wife, Carmen Iohannis, and the two visited a school in Bucharest where young Ukrainians displaced by the war attended classes and talked to them and their families.
In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Romanian parliament and presented the horrific crimes committed by Russian foot soldiers against Ukrainian civilians in the regions around Kiev. He said that Russia had to be stopped and that he was convinced that Romanian corporations would participate in the reconstruction of Ukraine. systems after the end of the war.
Two months later, in June, President Klaus Iohannis visited Kyiv together with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. There they visited the suburbs bombed by the Russian invaders and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At a joint press conference at the convention with EU leaders in Kyiv, Iohannis called for giving prestige to EU candidates for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, which he said are “key to building a strong and sustainable shield around our non-unusual values. “
Young Romanian swimmer David Popovici has been the star of Romanian sport this year, having won no less than 14 medals this year and breaking several records. At the European Aquatics Championships in Rome, he won gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres competitions. In the 100m final, he set a new world record after swimming the distance in 46. 86 seconds, breaking a 13-year record held by Brazil’s Cesar Cielo Filho. In the 200m final, he set a new junior world record by completing just under 1:43 and improving on his previous result.
2022 also marked the end of pandemic-related restrictions and many festivals and occasions returned to their same old format. We are one, the first to take a position in Bucharest since the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and a concert of gaining advantages for Ukraine in March. which raised more than 750,000 euros. Proceeds from the event, led by Armin van Buuren and Tom Odell, went to the Romanian Red Cross.
Also in Bucharest, the Open Streets event, which closes some arteries to car traffic to make way for pedestrians, was held for the first time outdoors in the city center.
#StandWithUkraine: War divides Ukrainian families as women and youth seek protection in Romania and Europe
(Opening photo: Sliviu Filip/ Inquam Photos)
simona@romania-insider. com
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, refugees fleeing the war began arriving in neighboring countries, adding Romania. Three main border issues were used: Sighetu Marmatiei, Siret (northeastern Romania) and Isaccea (eastern Romania). In Sighetu Marmatiei, northern Romania, a wooden bridge over the Tisza River became a “toy bridge” after local border police officers and other citizens brought toys and scattered them over the bridge for Ukrainian refugee children.
In Bucharest, the Gara de Nord station, the largest in the city, has the main transit point for Ukrainians crossing the country. State railway operator CFR Călători introduced loose transport to Ukrainians, many of whom departed for Budapest and other destinations in Europe. .
The Bucharest Emergency Inspectorate set up a refugee point, while NGOs worked on the floor to provide services.
The central pavilion of the Romexpo exhibition and congress center in the northern component of the city was remodeled this spring to become a refuge for Ukrainian refugees. refugees.
The center was also visited by then-Prince Charles, who met with refugees fleeing war in Romania’s northern neighbor and saw reaction from local authorities, as well as NGOs and volunteers flocking to Ukrainian refugees.
The King in Romania will launch Europe’s largest transboundary forest recovery task. The task reaches more than one hundred forest science and practice organisations in 20 countries and includes 12 large-scale forest reclamation demonstration sites across Europe. One of the sites is located in the Romanian Carpathians and is funded through the Prince’s Circular Bioeconomy Alliance.
His stopover is one of many high-profile stopovers over the past year, adding U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ stopover at the assembly with President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest and assuring the country of U. S. commitment to NATO Article 5.
In May, Jill Biden, the first girl from the United States, began her brief European excursion from Romania, attending Bucharest and Constanța several times. He visited the Mihail Kogălniceanu military base near Constanța, where he met the American infantrymen stationed there. In Bacucharest, he met with the Romanian president’s wife, Carmen Iohannis, and the two visited a school in Bucharest where young Ukrainians displaced by the war attended classes and talked to them and their families.
In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Romanian parliament and presented the horrific crimes committed by Russian foot soldiers against Ukrainian civilians in the regions around Kiev. He said that Russia had to be stopped and that he was convinced that Romanian corporations would participate in the reconstruction of Ukraine. systems after the end of the war.
Two months later, in June, President Klaus Iohannis visited Kyiv together with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. There they visited the suburbs bombed by the Russian invaders and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At a joint press conference at the convention with EU leaders in Kyiv, Iohannis called for giving prestige to EU candidates for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, which he said are “key to building a strong and sustainable shield around our non-unusual values. “
Young Romanian swimmer David Popovici has been the star of Romanian sport this year, having won no less than 14 medals this year and breaking several records. At the European Aquatics Championships in Rome, he won gold medals in the hundred m and two hundred competitions. In the hundred-meter final, he set a new world record after swimming the distance in 46. 86 seconds, breaking a 13-year record held by Brazilian César Cielo Filho. In the final of two hundred meters, he set a new junior world record completing just under 1:43 and in his previous result.
2022 also marked the end of pandemic-related restrictions and many festivals and occasions returned to their same old format. We are one, the first to take a position in Bucharest since the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and a concert of gaining advantages for Ukraine in March. which raised more than 750,000 euros. Proceeds from the event, led by Armin van Buuren and Tom Odell, went to the Romanian Red Cross.
Also in Bucharest, the Open Streets event, which closes some arteries to car traffic to make way for pedestrians, was held for the first time outdoors in the city center.
#StandWithUkraine: War divides Ukrainian families as women and youth seek protection in Romania and Europe
(Opening photo: Sliviu Filip/ Inquam Photos)
simona@romania-insider. com
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