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Update 01:05. Police in riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, dislodging hundreds of protesters by truck. Police in riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, dislodging hundreds of protesters by truck. Several young people were detained by the forces of order.
Update 01:00 Street clashes between gendarmes and protesters. Hundreds of boulders, stones, curbs were thrown. Several stores in the center of the Capital were robbed. “It’s chaos! I can’t describe what is happening here”, was the report by a journalist from România TV.
Updated March 30 at 00:48. The situation has degenerated between the young protesters and the forces of order. According to the information provided, the protesters again threw blunt objects at the gendarmes.
Scouts were called in and law enforcement was called in. The gendarmes have called on the peaceful protesters to liberate the area because tear gas will be used.
The Romanian Gendarmerie blocked the center of the Capital with hundreds of scooters and dozens of cars. As a result of the conflict, several people from both camps were injured.
Update 00:07. Digi 24 reporter Ioana Ciurlea experienced tense moments after several protesters threw blunt objects at her. In addition, one of the protesters had a hostile and verbally violent attitude towards the journalist.
UPDATE 00:00. The gendarmes say there have been challenges on the Internet. People are called to the streets because the gendarmerie will intervene by force. And the line is being called. The gendarmerie said it was “fake news”
The Romanian Gendarmerie refutes this information stating that there were no incidents that could impose intervention to restore public order.
UPDATE 23:45. Street fights took place in Galați. The gendarmes pull one or two people out of the enraged crowd. In a chorus of boos and bottle showers. However, the number of protesters dropped considerably and many protesters withdrew to their homes.
UPDATE 23:10. In Victoriei Square the situation has ignited. He threw firecrackers and bottles at the gendarmes. Stacks of masks burn on the road. In response, the gendarmes fired gas. Some of the gendarmes were equipped for war. Headphones, armrests, shields, the whole arsenal. The question on everyone’s lips is whether or not we will reach a new August 10.
People demand high-level resignations. “Arafat, Voiculescu, the Government, to return home. We do not agree with the imposed measures,” say those in the market.
UPDATE 22:05. Clashes between protesters and gendarmes. One of the protesters is beaten and arrested by the gendarmes.
UPDATE 22:03. The anger of the protesters grows in the Capital. Thousands of people are in the center of Bucharest. Throw firecrackers and smoke bombs.
UPDATE 21.58.2018 More than 1,000 people protest in front of the Galati prefecture, against the new restrictions.
Some of the participants in the protest began to show violence against the gendarmes, who, equipped with shields, formed a cordon to prevent them from approaching the Administrative Palace and completely blocked road traffic in the area.
Some protesters tried to attack the police and threw three firecrackers at the Prefecture.
The protesters hold banners that read “The resignation of Iohannis”, “The resignation of Arafat”, “The resignation of the government of Câţu”, “Tecuciul is here / The mustard has jumped!”.
UDPATE 21:48 They called an ambulance to the Tenth Police Station of the Capital. The protester who was detained by the gendarmes assures that he was injured during the immobilization, announces Antena 3.
UPDATE: Clash against the Government.
The protesters, several thousand, took advantage for a few seconds of the inattention of the cordon of gendarmes, forcing them to enter the Government courtyard. The forces of order regrouped and recovered their positions with a few shoves.
Paradoxically, now, people have marched towards Stefan cel Mare Boulevard.
UPDATE: The hard core of the Dinamo Bucharest team gallery is taking to the streets.
“Ultras Tei”, one of the tough factions of the Dinamo gallery, announced its presence in the anti-restriction protests that will take place today in Bucharest, but also in several cities of the country.
UPDATE: The protesters in the University Square marched towards the Government.
Several thousand people occupied the road leading to the Government building. Traffic is difficult on one of the main boulevards of the Capital. “Freedom”, “Down with the mask” and “Down with the government” are chanted. The protesters crossed the Roman Square at this time.
Citizens say they are tired of government restrictions, lies and stutters. The main demands: not to be locked in the house, terrorized and abused by the police, the reopening of gyms, restaurants, shops and, last but not least, freedom of movement on weekends.
TO UPDATE. Images from Sibiu also appeared.
TO UPDATE: “The man refused to wear a mask, he refused to receive a mask from our colleagues. He refused to identify himself, refused to go to the room, and became violent in language and physical. Suspicion of outrage hangs over him. he, in addition to the refusal to legitimize himself. He is the only person, “said Alexandru Iacob, spokesman for the Bucharest Gendarmerie.
A fight ensued, which took place on the sidewalk, until the protester was handcuffed and got into the gendarmerie van at the scene. He was transferred to the police, where he will most likely be fined.
The gendarmes say the man picked up from the street refused to identify himself and reacted violently. The man was forcibly shot down by an army of gendarmes, dragged away and mistreated.
Gendarmes without masks arrest Romanians who do not wear them
Except for this incident, the situation is calm. Really friendly in places. And that means that even the gendarmes do not wear the mask, which is mandatory.
Robert Turcescu, present in the place, immortalized the moments. You can see them in the photo gallery below.
PHOTO: Robert Turcescu
Several protests against the government restrictions take place in the capital on Monday. Unirii Square, University Square and Victoriei Square are the hot spots, starting tonight in Bucharest.
PHOTO: Robert Turcescu
Street riots are announced in several cities in Romania
At this time in Constanta, several hundred people gathered for an organized protest against the new measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
They are protesting in front of the Prefecture, against abuses by the authorities as a result of the restrictions imposed in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. People shout “Freedom!”, “Down with Arafat!”, “Resignation!”, “Arafat, don’t forget, Romania is not yours!”, “Down with the masquerade!” Or “Get out of the house, if you care!”
Protests across the country Sunday night
More than 200 sanctions, amounting to almost 100,000 lei, were applied Monday night in 24 cities across the country. In Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, Constanța and Timișoara, Brăila and Galați.
Romanian Gendarmerie, that in 7 of the 24 localities where public demonstrations took place, the maximum number of participants established by law was exceeded, respectively 100 people. The main reason for the fines.
It must be said that some people were also fined for not wearing a mask, although many of the gendarmes did not wear a mask either.
The government is not considering easing anti-COVID-19 restrictions after Sunday’s protests. The Executive’s reaction comes after government sources specified that the variant of the hours change in stores and the reopening of restaurants is analyzed under the condition of an anti-COVID test.
