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Romanian Gendarmes Break Protesters' Blockade Of Border Crossing With Ukraine


Protesters had jammed traffic at the Siret border crossing with Ukraine for the past 11 days, causing a 20-kilometer backup.
Protesters had jammed traffic at the Siret border crossing with Ukraine for the past 11 days, causing a 20-kilometer backup.

Romanian gendarmes overnight broke a blockade by protesting farmers and truckers of a northeastern border crossing point with Ukraine, Romanian media reports said on January 20. Protesters with tractors had jammed traffic at the Siret border crossing with Ukraine for the past 11 days, causing a 20-kilometer backup. At least one other border crossing with Ukraine remains blocked by protesters demanding a moratorium on loan repayments, faster subsidy payments, and separate lines at border crossings and the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta for non-EU trucks, including Ukraine. Ukrainian border authorities confirmed that traffic was restored through the border crossing. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Romanian Service, click here. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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