PressTV: Romania steps up security measures amid protests
On Monday, the Romanian government urged the country’s police to beef up security measures across the country amid “unauthorized” street protests.
On the same day, Romanian Interior Minister Radu Stroe warned that “The organizers of the protests need to understand they have to observe the law, willy-nilly.”
On Sunday night, Romanians held a demonstration near the University Square in the capital Bucharest to criticize a Canadian firm's plan to mine gold in the town of Rosia Montana by using cyanide in its extraction process.
On Saturday, nearly 1,000 people rallied in the northeastern village of Pungesti, located 340 kilometers (211 miles) northeast of the capital, to protest shale gas extraction in their village.
Although US oil giant Chevron suspended shale gas exploration for fear of prolonged protests, the villagers demonstrated chanting slogans such as “Chevron, go home” and “We say no to shale gas.” MORE