Victor Rebengiuc

Actor Ion Caramitru was buried on Friday, with military honours, on the Actors' Alley of the Bellu Cemetery in the Capital City, in the presence of dozens of people who applauded for a long time.

Thousands of titles, meetings with writers, historians, translators, literary critics and famous journalists, book launches and autograph sessions, debates and contests are the various events the publishing houses will be treating book lovers with at the Gaudeamus Radio Romania Book Fair opening on Wednesday at the Romexpo exhibition compound and running until Sunday.

A few thousand people attended the event "Everybody for Europe", on Sunday evening, in Victoriei Square, aimed at motivating citizens to participate in the 26 May elections.

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Wednesday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace that the "Educated Romania" project he initiated and whose results were publicly debated, is a strategic one, underscoring that it is not just a political tale or his electoral programme.

"The Greater Union - Romania, 100 years on" produced by the AGERPRES National News Agency was screened on Thursday, in the garden of the Romanian Literature National Museum, in the opening of the second edition of the project "Film and Literature."

The film was presented by AGERPRES Director General Alexandru Giboi and one of the directors, Marilena Stanescu.

Princess Margareta on Tuesday is set to be one of the two storytellers participating in a special event organised by the Princes Margareta Foundation and the Carturesti Verona Bookstore, under the generic title of 'Storytelling Evenings,' reads a release of the Foundation sent to AGERPRES.

Tudor Jurgiu's "The Japanese Dog" is Romania's proposal for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' Oscar category, the National Centre of Cinematography announced in a release to AGERPRES.

Photo credit: (c) ALEX MICSIK / AGERPRES ARCHIVE