Romanian Cultural Institute

Romania actively and firmly supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union and is open to sharing its entire experience and best practices with Serbia, our country having both the expertise and know-how in order to support the European integration of the states from the Western Balkans region, Romanian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia Oana Cristina Popa told an interview for AGERPRE

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila convened on Tuesday at Victoria Palace the first Inter-ministerial Committee dedicated to the preparation of the Centennial, specifying that "unity should be the key word" this year.

Dan Stoenescu was born on November 4, 1980, in Constanta.

He has graduated the Austin College in Texas, USA, holding a bachelor's degree in International Studies (2003), while in 2005 he became the holder of a master's degree in Globalization and Development from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

A cooperation programme in the areas of language, education, science, technology and higher education, culture, sports, youth, mass media and tourism was signed in Bucharest on Wednesday by Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) President Radu Boroianu and Camoes Cooperation and Language Institute President Ana Paula Laborinho.

Theatre, music, dance, film shows, workshops and a 'delicacies' fair, all make the programme of the 9th edition of The Night of Cultural Institutes in Bucharest, the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) informed on Tuesday in a press release.

AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia, reports: President Klaus Iohannis voiced his concern over the "sneaky" replacement of the leadership of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR).

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The Senate appointed on Tuesday Radu Boroianu as president of the Romanian Cultural Institute.

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Boroianu was nominated by the ruling Social Democrat Party and Liberal Conservative Party groups in the Senate; he got 64 votes in favour and 49 against in a secret ballot.

The Senate Speaker, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, on Tuesday announced two persons have already submitted their candidacies for becoming the next Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) head, namely Radu Boroianu, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Iulian Tanase, from the National Liberal Party (PNL).

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The feature film "Autoportretul unei fete cuminti" (Self-Portrait of Dutiful Daughter), directed by Ana Lungu, won the Best Fiction Film Award in the Crossing Europe Film Festival of Linz, Austria, informs a release of the producer remitted to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

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NexT International Film Festival, in its 9th edition, brings to Bucharest, starting on Wednesday, 146 of the newest short films, special guests, seminars and parties, in eight different venues - Studio Cinema, Elvire Popesco Cinema, CinemaPRO and the Romanian Cultural Institute, Control Club, J'ai Bistrot, Carturesti, Ciclop Garage (Magheru Boulevard, 6-8).