With a total of 20 points from the jury and the public at the national contest Saturday evening, he managed to outperform both Electric Fence and Luminita Anghel. Cezar Ouatu, dubbed “Cezar The Voiceâ€, will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo,  Sweden, with the song “It’s my lifeâ€, written by Cristian Faur. [...]
The austerity measures that have been circulated in the media "are unacceptable," trade union Cartel Alfa leader Bogdan Hossu told president Nicușor Dan at the discussions held at Cotroceni Palace on June 16. The trade union federation Cartel Alfa argued that bonuses and salaries should not be cut without detailed analysis, because "this would lead […]
The performances of the Israeli companies Vertigo Dance Company and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, scheduled in the program of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS), have been canceled due to flight bans in Israel, the organizers of the Sibiu festival announced. The FITS president, Constantin Chiriac, said that solutions were being sought to fill the […]
The Romanian Movie Festival, presenting a program of films reflecting “the thematic and artistic diversity of contemporary Romanian cinema,” is scheduled to take place in Nicosia between June 17 and June 20. The event, held at the headquarters of Romania’s Diplomatic Mission in Nicosia, is the first of its kind in Cyprus, the organizers said. […]
The ICU section of Timișoara County Hospital will be expanded, with four additional ICU rooms for adult patients being added. The investment is carried out within a cross-border project rolled out in collaboration with Csongrad-Csanad County in Hungary, the Timiș County Council announced. The expansion will take place on the second floor of the Timișoara […]
Representatives of the “Agrippa Ionescu” hospital in Bucharest confirmed on Monday, June 16, that former president Ion Iliescu has lung cancer. Earlier this month, former president Traian Băsescu also underwent a planned heart surgery at a hospital in Paris. Iliescu, who is 95 and was president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 […]
The phenomenon of violence against women perpetrated by their partners is more prevalent in Romania compared to other EU states, according to Eurostat data processed by Monitorul Social, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, or FES. Almost half of the women in Romania (45.5%) have suffered psychological violence from their intimate partner, compared to the EU […]
