Monthly Archives August 2013

The festival organized at Sapanta by president of the Intercultural Traditions Association Peter Hurley continues this year. According to organizers, the 2013 edition will be named after a local hero – Stan Ioan Patras – creator of the Merry Cemetery in Sapanta. The festival is to be run between August 15-17, under the auspices of Sapanta Town Hall, in partnership with the National Tourism Authority. Seven young musicians from seven countries are to meet for the first time in Romania and will spend seven days together in Maramures. The musicians invited to the first edition of Romania Roots Revival from
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President Traian Basescu, on attending the 11th edition of the Summer University at Izvorul Muresului (central Romania) on Monday underscored there is need for the Romanians outside the country’s borders to show solidarity and stressed Romania proved it can fund programmes aimed at recovering the Romanian spirit. The president called for fairness in presenting the realities and added that very few declare themselves to be Romanian. ‘I exactly feel what is happening with the Romanian communities in all the countries around Romania’s borders: the Vlachs: very few declare themselves to be Romanian, which explains why schools teaching in Romanian cannot
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Romania’s junior women’s eight team (JW8+) won the third gold medal for the country at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships at Trakai, Lithuania. Gianina-Elena Beleaga, Andrea-Maria Sticea, Antonia Cerbu, Roxana Parascanu, Ana-Maria Boca, Elena Turta, Cristina-Georgiana Popescu, Denisa Tilvescu and Georgiana Danciu ended the race first, having clocked in at 6:27.70, ahead of Germany (6:31.03) and Italy (6:32.59). Romania’s medal tally before the last finals on Sunday was two gold medals and two silver medals. Its junior men’s eight team advanced to the final of the event.AGERPRES More in this category: 12-08 12:59   Sapanta commune hosts Romania Roots
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