NATO. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has stated that, in the context of the war in Ukraine, the North Atlantic Alliance needs to be strong and united more than ever before. After a meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, he said that he expected the meeting of the NATO foreign ministers, due on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bucharest, to reconfirm this goal. In turn, Stoltenberg has stated that NATO will do everything necessary to protect and defend all allies. He also said that the foreign ministers will look for ways to further support Ukraine and to face the Russian pressure in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova and Georgia. „As a neighbor to Ukraine, you have proven a generous host to over 1.5 million refugees. You assist with the export of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain to help ease the global food crisis. And you provide significant military assistance to Ukraine. We cannot let Putin win”, the NATO Secretary General said.
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MLM. The transatlantic unity in the context of the war in Ukraine was ‘a strategic surprise to Russia’, said, on Monday, in Bucharest, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, in his address at the Munich Leaders’ Meeting. „We are more united, more determined to protect our core values: democracy, human rights, rule of law and the right of every nation to choose its friends and allies. Unity means also solidarity. Our solidarity with Ukraine must carry on in a coordinated manner. All partners should continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend its sovereignty and democracy for as long as it takes,” the head of state pointed out, in the speech he delivered at the Munich Leaders Meeting.
Center. The Save the Children organization has inaugurated, in Bucharest, the Counseling and Integrated Services Center for Refugees from Ukraine, which provides assistance to more than 7,100 beneficiaries, approximately half of whom are children. They receive information and advice in the legal, financial, educational or social fields, as well as other types of services. The center has a mother and child unit, spaces for children and places for teenagers. There are specialists who can offer counseling and individual or group therapy, and non-food products are distributed to those who need them. They can also benefit from financial support, mostly vouchers, but also cash. International studies show that 50% of the children who fled Ukraine for fear of war suffer from anxiety, and the figure is even higher, close to 75 percent, in the case of teenagers above 16. Although attending school reduces the risk of feeling alone, the rate of participation in classes is worryingly low, Save the Children specialists say. Official data provided by the Ministry of Educations show that, in Romania, approximately 3,000 applications for enrollment of refugee children from Ukraine in the national education system have been registered so far.
