President Klaus Iohannis attends the B9 meeting in Bratislava
The presidents of the countries of the Bucharest 9 Format are meeting, starting this hour, in Bratislava, to discuss a series of issues related to regional security and the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Central Europe. The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, also participates in the meeting. Romania is represented by President Klaus Iohannis, who co-chairs the summit together with his Slovak counterparts, Zuzana Čaputová, and Polish, Andrzej Duda. The meeting takes place about a month before the NATO summit in Vilnius. B9 is an organization founded in 2015 at the initiative of President Iohannis and his Polish counterpart, in response to the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. (RADIO ROMANIA NEWS)
The leaders of the countries of the Bucharest 9 format reaffirmed their support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations
The leaders of the countries of the Bucharest 9 format, which includes NATO member states from Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, reaffirmed their support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. In the joint statement at the end of the meeting in Bratislava, in the capital of Slovakia, the nine reiterated the decision from Bucharest in 2008, according to which Ukraine will become a member of NATO. The RRA envoy, Adrian Lungu, reports.
Reporter: The summit meeting of the states in the Bucharest 9 format is considered particularly important by the leaders of the member states, the need to strengthen security in the region being obvious. In her speech at the opening of today’s summit, the president of the Slovak Republic, Zuzana Čaputová, pointed out the importance of continuing policies to support Ukraine, but also to maintain security in vulnerable areas.
Zuzana Čaputová: We have the opportunity today to discuss our priorities for the Vilnius Summit, for example, what steps we need to take to ensure that our allies and our citizens are protected against possible attacks, but also how to continue our policy of support for Ukraine. (RADIO ROMANIA NEWS)
A new week of general strike in education
A new week of general strike in education begins today, the third since the start of the protest. The government considers that it has satisfied all the demands of the employees in the field, while the unions stated that the last offer from the Victoria Palace does not correspond to the requests. In the absence of a compromise, the continuation of the strike risks postponing the national exams and prolonging the school year. Thus, according to the current calendar, the Baccalaureate should start next Monday, and the National Assessment in another week. This is in the conditions in which the period for the conclusion of the averages in the final years and that of registration for the Baccalaureate have already been extended until Friday. (RADIO ROMANIA NEWS)/aboboc
