The 20th edition of the ProEtnica Intercultural Festival, which takes place between August 28 and September 1 in the Mediaeval Fortress of Sighisoara, will unfold under the high aegis of the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis.On March 25, Iohannis granted his high aegis for three events scheduled this year: the International Meeting of the Saxons, which took place between August 2 and 4 in Sibiu; ProEtnica 2024, and the 31st edition of the Astra Film Festival, and Astra Film Junior, scheduled for October 20-27 in Sibiu.The Sighisoara International Interethnic Centre for Youth, the organiser of the ProEtnica Sighisoara Festival, led by chairman of the Sighisoara Interethnic Educational Centre for Youth Association Volker Reiter, has announced that this year's ProEtnica Intercultural Festival will bring together representatives of Romania's 20 ethnic groups and thus represents an "agora of intercultural dialogue with unique value" in the country.This year, the ProEtnica Intercultural Festival is funded by the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian government, the Ministry of Culture and the German Embassy in Romania, being organised in collaboration with the Mures County Council, with support from the town of Sighisoara, the National Agency for Roma and the Romano-Kher National Centre for Culture.
Cristian Radu, the mayor of Mangalia - a popular seaside resort in Romania, has been placed in pre-trial detention for 30 days after the Constanța Court of Appeal upheld prosecutors’ request to arrest him on bribery charges. The ruling, delivered on Wednesday, August 27, is final,
Private markets infrastructure provider SeedBlink announced on Thursday, August 28, that it has promoted Ronald Rapberger to head of sales to drive its next phase of growth. The company is in active expansion, and has grown from a fundraising platform into a technology-driven infrastructure for startup investing in five years, according to the company's press […]
The leaders of France, Germany, and Poland traveled to the Republic of Moldova on Wednesday, August 27, to convince people to support the country’s pro-EU government a month from now, on September 28, at the parliamentary elections. Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, and Donald Tusk delivered emotional speeches in Chișinău and surprised the crowd when they addressed them in […]
A foreign food delivery worker was attacked in Bucharest by a 20-year-old man who struck him in the face while shouting that he was an “invader” and demanding he return to his country. The case drew wide public attention after former police officer Marian Godină shared a video of the incident on Facebook (see below). […]
Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz has traveled to Istanbul as part of a delegation of European mayors showing solidarity with the arrested mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. The European delegation also includes the mayors of Barcelona, Athens, Budapest, Sofia, Utrecht, and Zagreb. The European mayors want to draw attention to “the political nature of the arrest of Ekrem […]
Romanian media reported on Wednesday, August 27, that president Nicușor Dan is considering business lawyer Gabriel Zbârcea to lead the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), a politically sensitive appointment that requires parliamentary approval.
