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Feature film 'Why Me' directed by Tudor Giurgiu premiered at a gala Monday night attended by former President Traian Basescu, who told the director at the end of the event that he is convinced the film will be a success.

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Why Me' draws on the case of prosecutor Cristian Panait, who committed suicide in 2002.

A barge carrying 850 tonnes of fertilisers on board sank in the Romanian port of Moldova Veche on Wednesday, while conducting manoeuvres.

The Romanian port lies approximately 200 kilometres upstream from the beginning of the Bulgarian section of the Danube and 250 kilometres from the town of Vidin.

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday is set to receive at the Cotroceni Palace the members of the Romanian Academy Presidium.

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Film director Tudor Giurgiu's third feature "Why me?" will have its world premiere in the "Panorama" section of the Berlin International Film Festival running between February 5 - 15, informs the official website of the event.

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A solemn session dedicated to the National Culture Day will be hosted on Thursday by the Auditorium of the Romanian Academy, informs the press office of this forum in a release to AGERPRES.

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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will chair on Tuesday this year's first meeting of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), that will elect the institution's leadership, the Presidential Administration announced on Monday.

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The co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, has released his most vocal criticism yet against the 10 percent election threshold, calling on voters to “tear down” the measure that has prevented smaller political parties from entering Parliament.

Turkish writer Elif Şafak has taken to Twitter to respond to Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu's controversial recent statements concerning motherhood, stating that “motherhood is not a career.” 

“Motherhood is not a career. Turkish women should decide their own paths in life [not male politicians from above],” Şafak wrote on her official Twitter account on Jan. 1.

The head of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, who is set to retire within months, has complained of “intense pressure” being applied to members of his Court, while also stating that a key decision on whether to lift the 10 percent election threshold for legislative representation will be announced soon.

Turkey’s Education Ministry has issued the outline of a new moral education program to be given to public schools, encouraging students to take a more religious perspective and way of life.