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Heavily armed officers from Bulgaria's organized crime unit discovered a painting that looked like it might be the work of the famous American painter Jackson Pollock during a search in Sofia on February 18. There was a dedication written on the back to the actress Lauren Bacall, as well as a signature in Romanian.

The first and only passenger plane built in Romania, ROMBAC 1-11, used for the official flights of late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and recently won at an Artmark auction, was donated to the National Museum of the Romanian Aviation on Wednesday. The collection piece was saved from scrapping by a true collector, a lover of technique, during the Elegance Auction on May 27.

A military ceremony will be held today, July 20, the Day of Romanian Aviation and Air Force, at the Monument of the Air Heroes located in the Aviatorilor Square in Bucharest City. Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Chief of Defence Daniel Petrescu will participate. The ceremony starts at 10:00hrs, EEST.

On Sunday, after meeting with the mayors of the communes from Alba County, the most affected by the recent floods, the Prime Minister Florin Citu declared that the people whose households were flooded will receive fixed amounts of money for reconstruction.

The work titled Noaptea orasului / City night, by painter Ion Tuculescu, was the best-selling work at the summer auction, organized on Tuesday evening, by Artmark house, being bought at the sum of 140,000 Euro.

An online auction on May 27 by Bucharest's bidding house Artmark will give collectors a rare opportunity to acquire an object that perfectly embodies these two features of the regime.

 The President of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop, on the occasion of a session devoted to Nicolae Iorga on Wednesday, said that Iorga is part of the generation of builders of the greater Romania and of European affirmation, leaving to posterity an intellectual work of "unprecedented amplitude." "Nicolae Iorga is indisputably part of the generation of builders of the greater Romania and of

The value of transactions increased by approximately 20 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019, with works by Nicolae Grigorescu, Stefan Luchian and Adrian Ghenie being among the best-selling, according to Artmark.

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday evening signed the Decree for the nomination of Citu Government.

Human rights advocacy organization ActiveWatch and another six civic organizations sent President Klaus Iohannis a letter asking him to not accept a person with military background as Prime Minister. "The signatory organizations are asking you to not nominate someone with a military background for the position of Prime Minister.