How long can we spit at the 450-million-strong trading block on our borders, with which we do 60percentt of our business, before it has consequences?
As has often been the case, the worst hit areas of the country were in the northeastern counties, Bacău, Botoşani, Iaşi, Maramureş, Neamţ and Suceava, some of which form Romania's northern border with Ukraine, which was also badly hit.
But this explanation doesn't account for the thousands of troops which remain deployed along Pakistan's eastern border with India, which could be sent to North Waziristan without compromising Islamabad's gains elsewhere on its northwest frontier.
Yemen also shares a long and porous border with Saudi Arabia, which stretches for 1,100 miles through mountains and desert, and across which guns, qat and Islamic militants are smuggled into the Gulf kingdom, a historic enemy of Iran.
Security was tight in constituencies in the four small states close to the disputed border with China, which were part of the second wave of voting in the election, which has been staggered to allow security forces time to redeploy.
The eventual aim is to capture the UNITA base at Cazombo, and to secure the border with Zambia, which is at present controlled by the rebels.Understandably, this is causing serious tensions with Zambia, which currently shelters 200,000 Angolan refugees.
Hungary has built a razor-wire fence on its border with Serbia, which it plans to extend to Romania and Croatia.
"It also lies on the border with Pakistan, which is not totally secured — weapons can come through.
Along the Syrian border with Lebanon, which has never been properly demarcated, Hizbullah men patrol Shia villages.
According to UNHCR, attacks occurred near the DRC's border with Uganda, which also was hit by the bombings.
Finland has an 833 mile long border with Russia, which also makes the bulk of the European Union's border with the state.
