Serbian president receives Romanian counterpart

Glad to see our president in Belgrade. Hopefully, more joint projects will be developed between Serbia and Romania. The huge hydro-electric plant at Iron Gates, on the Danube, shows that such projects will always be possible.
Also, in Romania, many people think that we are not doing enough to promote tourism on Danube, and Danube Delta. I really hope to see something done in this regard, as a result of cooperation between Romania, Serbia and of course Bulgaria (as we share with Bulgarians a great length of Danube valley).

Mr. Dragoljub Djurkovic,

I get that you hate Germany and other NATO countries. But it is not for me to judge you. However, in the interest of keeping the good relations between our peoples, please pay attention to these points:

1. Do not mix Romania with Croatia. We are really different, in every respect. For example, you will not see in Romania zvastikas painted on soccer fields.

2. There is no binding of "Germany and Romania". We did not elect our president because he is (also) German, but because he is a serious Romanian, intellectual and with liberal political beliefs. As much as we would like to have stronger relations with Germany, we are quite behind other countries in this domain, e.g. Hungary and Poland, or even Croatia.

3. There is no need to spread lies. There was not a single NATO airplane leaving from Romanian soil to bomb Serbia in 1999. What Romania (and Bulgaria and Hungary) did was to open the airspace for NATO access. By the way, instead of inventing things, why don't you mention the millions of tons of fuel we sent discreetly from Romania to Serbia, across the Danube, during the years of embargo?

4. Not all Germans are like Hitler, as not all Serbs are like Milosevic. Beware, the measure you use for others, will be used by others on you, as the Bible says.

5. As we are one of the few EU countries that still don't recognize Kosovo, would you be so kind and next time you feel like insulting us, just drink some water and abstain?

I thought romanians killed all their Germans after the war.
(josefklose, 16 July 2015 16:52)

You are very young and/or have few knowledge on Romanian history. Be careful in wording your questions, you may be found offensive.

Romania had 786,000 Germans in 1930s. They are Saxons (Sachsen), colonist settled into Transylvania from 12th century onwards. 100,000 left with Nazis in 1945, up to 75,000 were taken by Red Army to Ukraine as labour force. However, Romania did not conduct a mass-scale expulsion of Germans at war's end, like Czechoslovakia and Poland, because there was no such animosity towards Germans and the Romanian Royal House is of German origin (Hohenzollern). From 1948, Germans were rehabilitated and declared a national minority in Romania (singular case among Eas-Europe countries). Many emigrated to West Germany during Communism and after the reunification of Germany. Today, we have 38,000 Germans in Romania.

Klaus Iohannis is from a Saxon family of Sibiu (Hermannstadt). He is of Luteran faith, (85% of Romanians are Christian Orthodox). A a highschool teacher, he was elected Mayor of Sibiu for several mandates, by the 95 percent Romanians inhabiting the city.
Last year, I voted for him as President, and not only because he run as a serious liberal against a young Socialist with a lot of nerve, but because I believe Romania should give an example in terms of minorities integration, as we are flanked by Ukraine in North and Western Balkans in South.

I thought romanians killed all their Germans after the war.

Very nice, a lot of imput regarding the binding of Germany and Romania from our dear Romanian Christian Eastern Orthodox brothers! Romania like Croatia became EU and NATO member real quick, I remember all them USA, English and German killer aircraft that was based and took off from Romania to bomb and murder Serbia in 1999! Maybe Serbia should also make Hitler the president, then Serbia can also gain prosperity and grace. HA HA HA!!!

I thought romanians killed all their Germans after the war.

Very nice, a lot of imput regarding the binding of Germany and Romania from our dear Romanian Christian Eastern Orthodox brothers! Romania like Croatia became EU and NATO member real quick, I remember all them USA, English and German killer aircraft that was based and took off from Romania to bomb and murder Serbia in 1999! Maybe Serbia should also make Hitler the president, then Serbia can also gain prosperity and grace. HA HA HA!!!

Glad to see our president in Belgrade. Hopefully, more joint projects will be developed between Serbia and Romania. The huge hydro-electric plant at Iron Gates, on the Danube, shows that such projects will always be possible.
Also, in Romania, many people think that we are not doing enough to promote tourism on Danube, and Danube Delta. I really hope to see something done in this regard, as a result of cooperation between Romania, Serbia and of course Bulgaria (as we share with Bulgarians a great length of Danube valley).

I thought romanians killed all their Germans after the war.
(josefklose, 16 July 2015 16:52)

You are very young and/or have few knowledge on Romanian history. Be careful in wording your questions, you may be found offensive.

Romania had 786,000 Germans in 1930s. They are Saxons (Sachsen), colonist settled into Transylvania from 12th century onwards. 100,000 left with Nazis in 1945, up to 75,000 were taken by Red Army to Ukraine as labour force. However, Romania did not conduct a mass-scale expulsion of Germans at war's end, like Czechoslovakia and Poland, because there was no such animosity towards Germans and the Romanian Royal House is of German origin (Hohenzollern). From 1948, Germans were rehabilitated and declared a national minority in Romania (singular case among Eas-Europe countries). Many emigrated to West Germany during Communism and after the reunification of Germany. Today, we have 38,000 Germans in Romania.

Klaus Iohannis is from a Saxon family of Sibiu (Hermannstadt). He is of Luteran faith, (85% of Romanians are Christian Orthodox). A a highschool teacher, he was elected Mayor of Sibiu for several mandates, by the 95 percent Romanians inhabiting the city.
Last year, I voted for him as President, and not only because he run as a serious liberal against a young Socialist with a lot of nerve, but because I believe Romania should give an example in terms of minorities integration, as we are flanked by Ukraine in North and Western Balkans in South.

Mr. Dragoljub Djurkovic,

I get that you hate Germany and other NATO countries. But it is not for me to judge you. However, in the interest of keeping the good relations between our peoples, please pay attention to these points:

1. Do not mix Romania with Croatia. We are really different, in every respect. For example, you will not see in Romania zvastikas painted on soccer fields.

2. There is no binding of "Germany and Romania". We did not elect our president because he is (also) German, but because he is a serious Romanian, intellectual and with liberal political beliefs. As much as we would like to have stronger relations with Germany, we are quite behind other countries in this domain, e.g. Hungary and Poland, or even Croatia.

3. There is no need to spread lies. There was not a single NATO airplane leaving from Romanian soil to bomb Serbia in 1999. What Romania (and Bulgaria and Hungary) did was to open the airspace for NATO access. By the way, instead of inventing things, why don't you mention the millions of tons of fuel we sent discreetly from Romania to Serbia, across the Danube, during the years of embargo?

4. Not all Germans are like Hitler, as not all Serbs are like Milosevic. Beware, the measure you use for others, will be used by others on you, as the Bible says.

5. As we are one of the few EU countries that still don't recognize Kosovo, would you be so kind and next time you feel like insulting us, just drink some water and abstain?