Ca Fetele grabs Best Film trophy at Bucharest Best Comedy Film
The film Ca Fetele, directed by Camelia Popa, received the trophy for Best Film in the competition of the Bucharest Best Comedy Film Festival 2024, a press release from the organizers sent to AGERPRES on Monday, reads. The award for Best Performance - Leading Role was awarded to actress Maia Morgenstern for the role of Silvia in the Ca Fetele film, and the awa
UDMR chairman on Diana Sosoaca's candidacy annulment: The electorate, not institutions should decide
Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Chairman Kelemen Hunor said in a press conference in Arad on Sunday, regarding the annulment of Diana Sosoaca's candidacy by Romania's Constitutional Court (CCR), that the electorate should decide and not the state institutions, and that any person who has not been convicted should have the right to run for office.
Constitutional Court's main role is to defend candidates and their right to be elected, says Marcel Ciolacu
Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu says that the main role of the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) is to defend the candidates and their right to be elected, "not to be a barrier" for their participation in the elections. "The decision of the CCR in the case of Mrs. Diana Sosoaca seems, at first sight, in the absence of an explanatory, dispropor
Romania's Molnar wins bronze at Mountain Bike Eliminator European Championships
Romanian cyclist Ede Molnar won the bronze medal at the Mountain Bike Eliminator European Championships on Sunday in Gibraltar. Molnar (CS Dinamo/BikeExpert Racing Team), the former reigning European champion, lost in the final to Austrian Theo Hauser, gold medallist, and Slovenian Jakob Klemencic, who won the silver medal. Another Romanian, Rob
PM Ciolacu conveys His Eminence Metropolitan Petru support for Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu met on Friday, during his official visit to the Republic of Moldova, with the Archbishop of Chisinau, Metropolitan of Bessarabia and Exarch of the Regions, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru, during which he said he will support "with all his strength" the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia, including "financially, for the constructio
Three-decade long collection of 'Cuvantul romanesc' newspaper in Canada donated to Oradea University Library
The Oradea University Library has received, as a donation, the newspaper collection of the longest-running publication belonging to Romanians in the diaspora, "Cuvantul romanesc", published monthly in Canada between 1976 and 2005, the Press Office of the University of Oradea informs in a press release on Friday. The publication "Cuvantul romanes
Cristian Diaconescu files independent candidacy for president
Cristian Diaconescu filed his independent candidacy for the office of president of Romania with the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on Friday. The Central Electoral Bureau for the election of Romania's president in 2024 announced that Cristian Diaconescu's independent candidacy has been registered, along with the electoral sign that will be used in this
Another 74 Romanian citizens, family members, repatriated to Romania from Lebanon
A new group of 74 people in vulnerable situations, Romanian citizens and next of kins - mostly women, children, medical patients, people in the maximum risk area - was assisted for repatriation from Lebanon, being transported to Romania in an aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The humanitarian flight took pl
National Bank of Romania decides to keep monetary policy rate at 6.50pct p.a.
In a meeting on Friday, the board of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) decided to keep its monetary policy rate at 6.50% per annum. It also decided to leave unchanged the lending (Lombard) facility rate at 7.50% per annum and the deposit facility rate at 5.50% per annum, and maintain the existing levels of minimum reserve requirement ratios on both leu- and f
Sibiu athlete Lacramioara Teodorescu to take on Ironman Barcelona in fundraiser effort for heart-sick teen
Sibiu city native Lacramioara Teodorescu will compete on Sunday, October 6, in the Ironman Calella - Barcelona triathlon in a bid to help fellow townsman Eduardo, a 15-year-old handball player with a heart disease, who needs money for surgery at a private clinic, the Sibiu County Council announced on Facebook. "From the heart, for a heart! This could be t
Voice of the People / Jurnal de Razboi exhibition, at ICR Tel Aviv Gallery
The Voice of the People / Jurnal de Razboi exhibition, which marks one year since the terrorist attacks on Israeli settlements near the Gaza Strip, which took place on October 7, 2023, will be opened on October 8 at the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in Tel Aviv, as well as at the French Institute in this city. Organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute i
U.S., Ukrainian ambassadors visit construction site of new Romania-Ukraine road bridge across Tisa River
U.S. ambassador Kathleen Kavalec and Ukrainian ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk visited on Friday the site of the new road bridge that will connect Ukraine to Romania across the Tisa River and which is currently under construction on the outskirts of Sighetu Marmatiei city, president of the Maramures Council County Ionel Bogdan announced in a release. According to him, works are i
Romania continuously, unconditionally supporting Republic of Moldova, always a reliable partner, Moldovan PM Recean says
The deepening of the partnership with Romania represents "a guarantee" for the acceleration of the accession process of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union, prime minister Dorin Recean declared on Friday, during a press conference held together with visiting Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu. "Economic and commercial exchanges bet
European path of Republic of Moldova will lead to Moldovan citizens' well being, PM Ciolacu says in Chisinau
The European path of the Republic of Moldova will, in fact, lead to the well-being of Moldovan citizens, Russia is no guarantee for the Republic of Moldova, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Friday, in Chisinau, during the joint statements with his Moldovan counterpart, Dorin Recean. "I know the challenges Romania has, I know the challenges, as well a
Bucharest commmie-era automobiles to go on display on Sunday on National Library esplanade
The exhibition dubbed "The City's Socialist Cars" featuring a selection of automobiles that rode the Bucharest streets during the socialist period will open on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on the esplanade of the National Library of Romania, the Retromobil Club Romania said in a release. "A collective work of socialism on wheels, of all the user cla