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A reporter and a camera operator of Romanian TV station Antena 3 were expelled from the Republic of Moldova Wednesday night after they had reached the airport in Chisinau and were told they required a visa.

Moldovan authorities declared persona non grata Ioan Gaborean, minister councilor of the Romanian Embassy to the Republic of Moldova, alongside Romanian ambassador Filip Teodorescu, according to a press release posted on the website of the Moldovan Foreign Ministry.

The public safety measures adopted by the Italian government mainly target non-EU immigrants, not particularly Romanians, but the Romanian government needs a thorough assessment before expressing an informed viewpoint, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Thursday.

Italy needs to prove the urgency and seriousness of threats posed by immigrants to motivate individual expulsions, European Commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban said, cited by Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

The prefect of Italian city Treviso, Vittorio Capocelli, signed the expulsion papers for four European citizens – three Romanians and a French national – under the country’s controversial security decree enacted last year.

The Italian government adopted Wednesday a new decree regarding the expulsion of EU citizens who commit crimes on Italian territory.

Italian authorities in the city of Bologna will apply, for the first time since the adoption of the Italian government’s decree easing expulsion procedures for foreign citizens, an immediate deportation order on two Romanians who assaulted five Italian police officers and opposed a routine checkup.