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Art Safari starts on Thursday, with works by Samuel Mutzner and Constantin Piliuta, but also an homage brought to female artists of Romania and "superheroes". Wednesday saw the unveiling of a gigantic floral copy of the painting Bowl with Chrysanthemums by Samuel Mutzner at the entry into the Dacia-Romania Palace..

Chairman of the Romanian Cycling Federation (FRC), Alex Ciocan told a news briefing on Wednesday that he and his team "have moved mountains" in order to organize the Tour of Romania, this year in its 54th edition. "A lot of work has been done on this Tour, because in the spring there were some changes inside the federation; until we managed to get organised time passed very quickly.

"Moldova's biggest problem, from my point of view, is corruption. I am also a journalist and a writer, and I set an infrared eye on this reality. From my point of view, here, everybody steals," Ciocan says forthrightly, in an interview for BIRN.

Romanian Boxer Cristian Ciocan has defeated, through a decision by the judges, Brazilian fighter Irineu Beato Costa Junior, on Friday evening, in a match running its full course of 12 rounds, taking place as part of a professional gala in Cuxhaven (Germany).