October 8, 2013
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Bogdan Matei, 08.10.2013, 14:47
The lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament met today in a solemn session to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust in Romania. This entire week ceremonies were held all over the country to remember the over quarter of a million Jews killed and deported starting in 1941, mostly in Bessarabia and the north of Bukovina, as well as Transdnestr. The Holocaust has been officially commemorated in Romania since 2004, after a special commission issued its report on the deportations during WWII.
Crown Princess Margaret of Romania, while on a three-day visit to the Republic of Moldova was awarded a medal by the Academy of Sciences for supporting Romanian culture and the collaboration with education institutions in the Republic of Moldova. This is her first visit to that state. On her schedule are a number of official meetings, including meetings with PM Iurie Leanca and President Nicolae Timofti.
Romania’s women’s table tennis missed the qualification to the finals of the European Championships hosted by Schwechat, Austria. This is the second time in a row when Romania fails to make it to the finals in the continental championships, even though they boast three European titles, in 1992, 2002, and 2005.
Romanian violinist Razvan Stoica won the New Talent competition in Bratislava, the most important competition for young instrumentalists run by the European Radio Union. He is the first Romanian to get this distinction in the 44 years since the competition has been first organized. He is a graduate of the George Enescu conservatory in Bucharest and the conservatory in Amsterdam. The 26 year old violinist won in 2009 the Strad Award in Salzburg, and has been granted access to a 1729 Stradivarius.
Bucharest hosts Anim’est, the biggest animation festival in Romania, with 38 films competing. 1040 animation films made in 65 countries will be screened until October 13, many of them historic movies. Anim’est is a member of the Cartoon pan-European circuit, with over 20,000 viewers in the audience.
Over 50 Romanian companies in the food industry take part in the ANUGA 2013 international fair, the most important such event in the world, according to the Bucharest Ministry of the Economy. The most important exhibits that Romania boasts at the fair are wheat products, mineral waters, herbal teas, wines, dairy products and vegetable oils. In 2012, Romania exported over four billion Euro worth of food products.
PM Victor Ponta complained that Romania was allocated less funds for the 2014- 2020 financial period in terms of population size compared to other states. He submitted today to the lower chamber of Parliament the partnership between Romania and the EU on the multiannual financial mechanism for the next 7 years. Ponta said that the funds allocated to Romania will be used mostly for reducing the wide gap between various regions of the country.
