Monthly Archives January 2014

Should you take a stroll through Bucharest, the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, located in the north of the city, is a ‘not to be missed’ attraction. The building’s cornerstone was set in 1912, based on the decree signed by King Carol I in 1906, but it is only in 1941 that the edifice located in Victoria Square, in the vicinity of the ‘Grigore Antipa’ Natural History Museum and the Geology Museum will be completed. The director of the museum in that time, ethnographer Alexandru Tzigara — Samurcas, instructed architect Nicolae Ghika—Budesti to erect a ‘palace of earthly art’, with a
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2013 has been a very good year in government, a thing also proved by the figures showing Romania has recorded one of the biggest growths in the European Union, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said in the opening of the Government’s meeting, adding ‘I want us to even better govern in 2014’. ‘I want to thank you all. 2013 has been a very good year. Not even the propaganda succeeds in spoiling these things. We have one of the biggest growths in the EU. It is not necessarily because we wished it, but with the support of (Minister-delegate for Budget Liviu)
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During its weekly meeting, the Romanian Government has passed a Decision for creating the Aviation Safety Technical Committee, a structure without legal personality, providing the consultative framework for the Ministry of Transportation to analyse the issues of civil aviation, informs the Government’s Press Office. The Decision of creating the Aviation Safety Technical Committee also gives the Ministry of Transportation a framework for coordinating the airport operators, air transport companies and entities that use civil aviation safety standards. The creation of this structure does not involve extra spending from the general budget of the Ministry, the Government’s Press Office stated.AGERPRES
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‘Child’s Pose’ by Calin Netzer, the film that brought Romania the first Golden Bear award for a feature film and the feature film debut of director Iuliana Rugina, ‘Love Building,’ were ranked on the first two places of the Romanian box office in 2013, according to the data Agerpres collected from film distributors. ‘Child’s Pose’ ranking on the top position of the domestic box office in 2013 was no surprise, as the film with 1,248,126 lei collections and 117,809 viewers became the Romanian motion picture with the highest audience success over the past decade. Distributed by Parada Film, ‘Child’s Pose’
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Almost 2 million Romanians named after Saint John the Baptist – 1,420,774 men and 531,197 women – celebrate their name day on Tuesday. According to the statistics of the Directorate for Persons Record and Databases Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), 371,486 Romanian women are named Ioana, other 141,000 have the given name Ionela, 11,290 are named Nela, and 6,726, Ionelia. Among the men celebrating their name day on Saint John the Baptist’s Day, 411,149 men are named Ion, 514,865, Ioan, and more than 320,000, Ionut. There are also 145,000 Romanians named Ionel, and more than 26,000 Nelu
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More than 45,000 ethnic Ukrainians living in Maramures, northern Romania as well as some 100 Republic of Moldova tourists have come to the resorts of Cavnic and Suior to celebrate the old-rite Christmas Monday evening. Locals of eight villages, most of them located in the mountainous areas of Maramures county, preserve the traditions and customs specific of this celebration and Fast is closely observed by most Ukrainians. ‘Christmas is waited for with fast, prayers and traditions remembering The Saviour’s Birth. The rural world closely observes the Fast and meat meals are eaten by some families as late as on Christmas
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