Daniel Popescu

Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) has reported that in the last 24 hours, 20,345 doses of vaccine were administered, of which 16,680 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 766 of the Moderna vaccine, 571 of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 2,328 of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

As many as 87 deaths - 60 men and 27 women - in SARS-CoV-2 patients have been reported in the last 24 hours, including 82 from 2020 and early this year that were entered in the database by the public health directorates at the request of the Health Ministry, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, informs on Thursday.

ICR London will organize, starting with Tuesday, a series of events on the occasion of the launch, in English, of the volume "Nostalgia" by Mircea Cartarescu, translated by Julian Semilian and published by the prestigious Penguin Classics.

The Minister of Culture, Bogdan Gheorghiu, pleads for the need for vaccination, the only way we can resume our lives with our loved ones, once the restrictions are removed. "The Prime Minister has launched the challenge of what the vaccine means to you, more precisely what the vaccine contains for you.

Romanian violinist Valentin Serban won the First Prize of the George Enescu International Music Competition - Violin section, having performed in the final Jan Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, accompanied by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra led by well-known conductor Wilson Hermanto.

Bucharest Prefect Alin Stoica on Wednesday stated that the target of five million people vaccinated by June 1 is "difficult to reach, but not impossible." "The target is, let's say, difficult to reach, but not impossible. (...) I do not have an expected date. For now, the target is five million on June 1.

Romania's National Commission for UNESCO (CNR UNESCO) announces the launch, starting Monday, of a series of events in the anniversary program occasioned by the celebration of 65 years of Romanian presence in UNESCO.

The 20th anniversary of the return to Elisabeta Palace of King Mihai (Michael) of Romania and Queen Anne is marked in a documentary published on Facebook on Monday by the Royal House. "On May 18, 2001, King Mihai and Queen Anne returned home to Elisabeta Palace, having become by Parliament vote the King's residence during his lifetime.

Romania will attend the 17th edition of the International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, the Romanian Pavilion of the Giardini della Biennale to host, on Friday, May 21, starting 17:30, the Fading Borders exhibition.

Several associations in the show industry request the involvement of President Klaus Iohannis, through an open letter, for the speeding up of the granting of state aid and the elaboration of a coherent plan for reopening. "No support scheme was implemented for cultural operators, although there has been talk for a long time of such schemes.