The government in Bucharest on Thursday endorsed a series of bills to implement the solutions agreed upon after the talks it had with transporters and farmers following the latter’s protests of late. Among them there are amendments to the ways of weighing products at the border checkpoints. Aspects regarding the periodical technical checking of the vehicles registered in Romania and the professional certification of the specialized personnel in the field of road transportation have also been clarified. Under the new amendments, the prices of the mandatory insurance for trucks will go down. In another development, the government is granting a direct support of 100 Euros per hectare to the producers of vegetables in order to offset the losses they incurred due to the war in Ukraine. Farmers and transporters of Romania carried on their protests on Thursday for the ninth day in a row. They took to the streets of Afumati, a commune close to Bucharest, and to the checkpoints at the border with Ukraine. Also on Thursday, the mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, announced the local authorities approved a fresh protest on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Bucharest. Five thousand people, 100 tractors and 100 tractor heads are to participate in the aforementioned protest. Another professional category who is protesting against the government’s austerity measures these days is the family physicians and the medical personnel in the outpatient care units.
Eugen Cojocariu, RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL
