Silver Bear at Berlin International Film Festival for a Romanian movie: If I want to Whistle, I Whistle
Florin Şerban won the Silver Bear, The Jury Grand Prix of the 2010 Berlinale with his first feature, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, a Romanian-Swedish co-production. The movie won also the Alfred Bauer Berlinale award, in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation.
Silviu (George Pistereanu) is inmate since four years [...]
SoNoRo Bucharest Chamber Music Festival on Tour: Carnagie Hall
“Last night I was proud to be a Romanian”, states Diana Marian, PhD student at New York University after listening to the Ensemble Raro concert in Carnagie Hall, New York, “SoNoRo on tour”.
The Ensemble Raro, Diana Ketler, Piano, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin, Razvan Popovici, Viola, Bernhard Naoki Hedenborg, Cello, Roxana Constantinescu, Soprano,
A Romanian law firm – the most innovative in Continental Europe: FT Law 50
Looking for solutions to the economic crisis? Innovation – is the answer given by a Romanian law firm that ranks the first in the 2009 FT Law 50.
“Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii, the Romanian firm, moved quickly to develop and implement a firm-wide anti-crisis programme at a time when Romania was yet to be affected by [...]
The economic crisis boosts competitiveness in Romania: Stefano Albarosa
The economic crisis in Romania has the effect of boosting competitiveness, thinks Stefano Albarosa, president of Unimpresa Romania.
In his Article published by the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 ore, he argues that it is not at all a paradoxical effect that the economic crisis brought better conditions for foreign investors in the Romanian business environment.
Romanians representing Romania: Iulia Motoc
“Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done”. This is what one of the best Romanian and world experts in International Law, Iulia Motoc, has as a motto on her personal page, www.iuliamotoc.com. And Iulia Motoc is seen internationally in the domain of Public International Law, actively representing Romania [...]
Go to “Go Short” Festival
Romanian film industry will have quite a presence at the second edition of the Dutch short movies festival Go short. Cristian Mungiu, the director of “4 month, 3 weeks and 2 days”, will be in the jury of the Nijmegen “Go Short” festival. An entire section of this second edition of the festival in Nijmegen is dedicated to the Romanian short movies.
Serge Moscovici – Nonino Master of his time 2010
The 2010 Nonino “Master of his time” prize was awarded to Serge Moscovici, Romanian-born social psychologist. The decision came from a jury chaired by V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, and composed by Adonis, Peter Brook, John Banville, Ulrich Bernardi, Luca Cendali, Antonio R. Damasio, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, James Lovelock, Claudio Magris, [...]
A concrete Romanian contribution to the European project
This post is about a challenge for those people who may still wonder what Romania brings to the EU. Here is a concrete example: in 2008, Romania and Austria launched an initiative on creating a strategy on the development of the Danube.
Thinking ahead
A new year has begun. The R020 programme will continue in 2010 too. And we will keep this blog activated and develop it further. We’ll speak at the same time about Romania’s evolutions after 1989, and people, facts and events that represent nowadays Romania. We are looking forward for any suggestion that you may have.
Projects from Romania: A multimedia look into human history