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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Hundreds of Romanian farmers and truck drivers ramped up a week-long protest against high business costs on Wednesday, blocking access to a border crossing with Ukraine and protesting on the outskirts of capital Bucharest. Farmers and hauliers started protesting eight days ago by blocking highways and slowing traffic with convoys of tractors and trucks decked in Romanian flags. The protests are against the high cost of diesel, insurance rates, EU measures to protect the environment and pressures on the domestic market from imported Ukrainian agricultural goods. “We will c…

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