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Cotroceni Palace will light up in purple to mark international day for epilepsy

March 26, 2019

The Romanian Presidential Administration is marking today, for the third consecutive year, Purple Day, an international day for epilepsy, by lighting up the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in purple. According to an announcement of the Presidential Administration, Cotroceni Palace will be flooded in this colour from 20:00hrs, local, in solidarity with...

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