MEETING – EU Foreign Ministers are today examining the sixth package of sanctions against Moscow during their meeting in Luxembourg. The EU’s 27 Foreign Ministers have their differences over a possible ban on Russian energy. Germany, Italy, Austria and Hungary are largely reliant on Russian gas imports. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has constantly asked European leaders to adopt „harsher sanctions”, including to stop purchasing oil and fuel from Russia and to provide Ukrainian forces with heavy weapons in order to resist the Russian attacks in Donbas. According to several European diplomats, EU Ministers are expected to disburse another €500 million to fund a new delivery of weapons to Kyiv.
VISIT – Projects on future mobility in the EU have three key words – sustainability, performance and resilience, EU Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, said on the sidelines of Monday’s conference about the future of Europe hosted by Bucharest. The EU official expressed hope Romania’s infrastructure should improve in terms of quality in the shortest time possible. On Tuesday, Commissioner Vălean will attend a videoconference with the ministers of transport of Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. Adina Vălean said she wants to discuss with Bucharest officials about a better absorption of European funds devoted to infrastructure and to find solutions for the rail, road, river and maritime transport of goods from Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
REFUGEES – Over 85,000 people, of whom 7,915 Ukrainian citizens entered Romania on Sunday. According to a Border Police release, a little over 677 thousand Ukrainians have reached Romania since the start of the war in Ukraine, most of whom were headed to Western Europe.
(Radio Romania International)
