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Premier Victor Ponta said on Monday that the draft law referring to Rosia Montana would be included on the agenda of the Senate and rejected and that the same held good for the Chamber of Deputies. Ponta made it clear that he had come to Parliament to make sure that the draft law would be ‘rapidly’ included on the agenda. ‘I have heard the statement made by Mr Blaga and the one made by Mr Atonescu. Things were not quite clear in one direction or another in the Social Democratic Party either, opinions are divided. … I want to make
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The National Liberal Party (PNL) President told a news conference on Monday that the Rosia Montana project cannot be backed up, and he specified he makes the statement strictly in his personal name. ‘I want to make a statement in my own name (…), it affects neither the Senate nor the National Liberal Party. Today, although the talks in the Parliament have not started, I have a firm and finally outlined standpoint about the Rosia Montana project, namely I think the project cannot be endorsed. It should either be withdrawn (…) or rejected. I reached the conclusion not for technical
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The prestigious Staatskapelle of Berlin, conducted by Maestro Daniel Barenboim, on Sunday evening, in Bucharest, opened the 21st George Enescu Festival with George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No 2 in D Major, Op 11. The Romanian born pianist Radu Lupu, who was acclaimed on the great international stages the world over, then played Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto No 4 for Piano and Orchestra in G Major, Op 58 and was rewarded with much applause at the end of his out-of-the-ordinary performance. The programme of the concert also included Sir Edward Elgar’s Symphony No 2 in E Flat Major, Op 63. Maestro
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Monsignor Vladimir Ghika (1873 – 1954), a Roman Catholic priest and Romanian prince, was beatified on Saturday, August 31, being declared ‘blessed’ in a Solemn Liturgy presided by Pope Francis’s envoy Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. According to the beatification ritual, after Bucharest Metropolitan Archbishop made the Pontiff’s envoy the request to put Monsignor Ghika among the blessed and presented his biography, Cardinal Amato read the Pope’s Apostolic Letter in Latin. The letter was then read in Romanian: “Fulfilling the request of My Brother Ioan Robu, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucharest, as
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President Traian Basescu has congratulated the Romanians on the Romanian Language Day celebrated on August 31 and has stressed the day celebrates one of the most important symbols of the national identity. ‘We celebrate the Romanian Language Day on August 31, starting this year, a day in which the Romanians and the Romanian speakers from everywhere honour one of the most important symbols of our national identity. Around 30 million Romanian speakers live in the world today and for nearly 25 million of them Romanian is their mother-tongue’, Basescu said in a message. The Romanian leader underscored we have the
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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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The Romanian Senate is contemplating the possibility to introduce an “Internet passport” in absence of which access to certain types of audio and video content would be denied. Concretely, the Romanian Upper House is considering the introduction of an “Internet pass” as a way to limit the access of minors to inappropriate audiovisual web content. The pass, in the form of a card, would only state the owner’s age and could be used as a permit to access certain types of audio-visual content based on a PIN code. The Senate’s proposal comes in response to the call of the European
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Romanian economy increased 1.9% in real terms in Q1 2013 compared to the same period of the year before, while the advance from Q4 2012 was 0.6%, shows provisional data released on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INS). “The Gross Domestic Product estimated for Q1 2013 was 154.233 billion lei in current prices, according to seasonally adjusted figures, marking a 0.6% advance in real terms from Q4 2012 and of 1.9% from Q1 2012, respectively. Expressed as raw series, the GDP grew 2.2% in Q1 compared to the same period last year, while the growth from Q4 2012 expressed
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