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This year's EUROPAfest festival will take place between July 16 - 25 in Bucharest, Sibiu and Sinaia, producer of international music events jmEvents announced in a release on Wednesday. "We are optimistic, and even if it will be an atypical edition, the music events will be at the same quality standards the public has already become accustomed to.

Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu said on Tuesday in Sinaia, that the Peles Museum is an emblematic Romanian culture heritage site, pointing out that it is the museum that draws the highest revenues in the country. "It was very important to open the Peles Museum. (...) The Peles Museum (...) lives exclusively from its own revenues. It draws the highest museum revenues in the country.

Minister of Culture and National Identity Valer-Daniel Breaz on Thursday has stated that the institution he leads will discuss with the Royal House about the extension of the Peles Castle rental agreement, while mentioning that the Romanian state's offer is to buy this landmark.

Increased interest of Bulgarians in new tourist destinations in Romania is reported by Russe agencies. More and more tourists not only from Russe but also from other parts of the country visit our northern neighbour.

According to tourist agencies in Russe, interest in standard routes such as Sinaia and Brasov is diminishing at the expense of more unknown places.

While far-right parties have been gaining strength across the EU for years, Romania has for some years prided itself on having no such equivalent in its mainstream politics.

That may change, however, as Romanian nationalists prepare to launch the "National Force", a party that models itself on France's far-right National Front.

The ambassador of South Africa in Bucharest, Thenjiwe Mtintso, states in an interview granted to AGERPRES that South Africans could learn from Romanians how to preserve their cultural heritage, while Romanians could learn from South Africans how to encourage the participation of women in political life.

Photo credit: (c) Simion MECHNO / AGERPRES PHOTO

The picturesque mountain resort of Sinaia will host this Sunday its first World Snow Day celebration, with the event including free ski lessons for children, prize contests and educational activities with and about snow.

Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Chairman of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), Vice Premier Gabriel Oprea, reiterated on Saturday in the mountain resort of Sinaia the need to have large fortunes taxed, voicing hopes that the 2016 budget will also include amounts from this source of revenues.

President Traian Basescu in Sinaia, on Saturday, said that the aviation accident of Ukraine, in which 298 people died, cannot be left without an international investigation and without consequences for those responsible for this tragedy.