 Between 28 June and 4 July, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed Bessarabia, northern Bukovina and the Hertza region of Romania.On 30 August, Ribbentrop and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano issued the Second Vienna Award, giving Northern Transylvania to Hungary.On 7 September, Romania ceded Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria (Axis-sponsored Treaty of Craiova).