…cance. In order to raise awareness about this danger, thousands of Mindbomb’s posters were posted in the streets of cities, towns and villages in Romania during the night from 11th to 12th April 2012. The action whose scope has been to raise awareness about the danger of the lies featured in RMGC’s PR campaign was supported by roughly 200 volunteers who distributed the posters in 43 towns th…
…can be certain of having a truly unique stay, as the Hotel of Ice near the glacial Balea Lac in the Romanian Carpathians is rebuilt every year, guaranteeing it never stays the same. Every winter since 2005 the Hotel of Ice in the Fagaras Mountains is rebuilt from natural materials. Local craftsmen painstakingly carve huge blocks of ice that have been cut and removed directly from the Balea Lac to…
…me to the chest. I was in panic, I started crying, I was in a lot of pain,” said the Romanian. The young man, who has a double citizenship, Romanian and Hungarian, is living in Hungary since 2003. The group leader seems to be a Macedonian man, who was hiring homeless people to help him bury people alive and obtain their bank cards information. The Macedonian has been living…
George Enescu Festival 2011 online George Enescu Festival 2011: Magic Exists and starts tomorrow George Enescu International Competition 2011 Celebrating George Enescu’s 130th birthday anniversary, an important classical music festival in Europe, George Enescu Festival 2011, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from September 1, until September 25. Its 20th edition will also include…
…is the moment for important political decisions”. Although Romania’s economy grew last year, the government has been hit by three weeks of demonstrations. Emil Boc government has imposed a 25% cut in public sector wages and a freeze on pensions. Sales tax was also increased to 24%, in a country seen as Europe’s second poorest. Romania needs to implement the measures to qualify fo…
Ioana Spangenberg, a Romanian model with a waist of just 20 inches, has insisted she eats three square meals a day, including fatty foods such as crisps, pizza and kebabs. Ioana Spangenberg, 30, measures 5ft 6 inches tall, weighing six stone. She told The Sun: “No one seems to believe it, but every day I eat three big meals and I snack on chocolate and crisps all the time. I just have a small sto…
Romanian pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa was found dead in her apartment in Vienna, Austria. The 33-year-old international musician was found dead in her apartment in Vienna, where she had lived since studying in the city. A statement on Mihaela Ursuleasa’s website said: “We have not only lost a wonderful person but one of the greatest artists our musical world has known.” The artist…
Romania’s centre-right government led by PM Mihai Razvan Ungureanu lost a confidence vote today after 78 days of governing. The no-confidence bill was filed by the liberal and centre-left opposition (USL) and won 235 votes in the 471-seat chamber, while the government was backed by only got 9 lawmakers. It is for the second time parliament has dismissed a government since the fall of Commun…
…of protests. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Emil Boc said he had given up the government’s mandate as “it is the moment for important political decisions”. Emil Boc has imposed a 25% cut in public sector wages and a freeze on pensions. Sales tax was also increased to 24%, in a country seen as Europe’s second poorest. Romania said it needed to implement the measures to q…
ts in Sarajevo and Bosnia-Hercegovina alive”. The award is given by the Sarajevo county every year to a foreign national who promotes humanity, democracy and tolerance. Other films among the more than 200 screened at the event, included a documentary Football Rebels, narrated by French former football superstar turned actor Eric Cantona. It profiled five footballers – Ivory Coast’s Didier Dr…
Romanian MPs have voted with a large majority to impeach the country’s president, Traian Basescu. President Traian Basescu faced allegations of encroaching on the prime minister’s role and violating citizens’ rights. Traian Basescu has been suspended and a national poll on his impeachment will be organized most probably on July 29th. A total of 256 members of parliament of 432 v…
Viorica Bucur, member of the FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics), died on Monday, August 22. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two months ago. Viorica Bucur produced "Cartoon Gala" at the Romanian National Television Viorica Bucur was a professor with a PhD at the Bucharest University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art (UNATC). As a moderator, produce…
…ed conditions. Temperatures plunged to below -35C in parts of Eastern Europe this week. At least eight more deaths were reported in Poland on Thursday, bringing the death toll there since last week to 37. Black Sea is frozen near the Romanian coastline Cold weather deaths have been reported across Eastern and Central Europe: • Russia recorded 64 cold weather deaths for the whole of January, Inter…
Chauncey Hardy, an American basketball player has died in hospital on Sunday evening after he had been beaten in a dance club from Giurgiu, Romania. Former Sacred Heart guard Chauncey Hardy died yesterday after suffering two heart attacks following the beating on Saturday night. Chauncey Hardy, 23, had severe head injuries and was in a coma when he was admitted to the hospital. Chauncey Hardy die…
break was a pregnant woman. More than 1,200 deaths from the virus have been recorded since it was discovered in 1976. Uganda has seen three major outbreaks over the past 12 years. The deadliest was in 2000 when 425 people were infected, more than half of them died. …
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 31 people and could threaten major towns, the World Health Organization has warned. An epidemic was officially declared on 17 August in the northwestern Orientale Province. WHO official Eugene Kabambi told Reuters that the situation was “very serious” and was “not under control”. An outbreak…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced this week a massive, month-long hunt for Burmese pythons in the state – offering a $1,500 prize to the person who harvests the most snakes. The Commission’s 2013 Python Challenge kicks off on January 12th as an initiative to inform the public of the dangerous impact of the tens of thousands of snakes that are threaten…
If you want to experience the adventure this winter, try Lake Balea Ice Hotel in Romania. The Fagaras Mountains in Transylvania provide a perfect backdrop for the stunning Lake Balea Ice Hotel. Its remote location, at over 2000 m can be reached only by cable car in the winter making it an exclusive 10-14 room hotel. Set amidst breathtaking scenery the Ice Hotel is rebuilt every year – so no…
ee in Apple App Store. George Enescu Festival app features Festival’s news, locations with Google Maps, daily programme, information from Facebook and Twitter pages of the Festival. With a WiFi, 3G or EDGE connection, you can listen to the live broadcast provided by Radio Romania Music. The organizers (Artexim) and the developers (Infoideea) of the George Enescu Festival application are anal…
ires are common in Bangladesh’s large garment manufacturing sector. Lax safety standards, poor wiring and overcrowding are blamed for causing several deadly factory fires every year. In December 2010, a wiring problem led to a fire in another clothes factory in the same industrial zone, leaving at least 25 people dead. There are around 4,500 factories in Bangladesh, employing more than two m…
At least 14 people have died in a major fire at a workshop for disabled people in Titisee-Neustadt, south-western Germany, reports say. Firefighters are still trying to rescue people and extinguish the blaze at the centre run by the Caritas charity in Titisee-Neustadt, in the Black Forest. The workshop employs about 120 disabled people, German media report. So far seven people are reported injure…
At least two people have been killed after militants fired rockets at Peshawar airport, Pakistani officials say. More than 20 others were injured after the rockets landed in residential areas close to the airport. Security forces at the airport are reported to have fired back. Peshawar is located on the edge of Pakistan’s tribal region, the major sanctuary for al-Qaida and Taliban militants…
At least 47 children aged four to six years old have been killed after their school bus was hit by a train near Manfalut, central Egypt, officials said. The bus was carrying about 60 children from a nursery school when it was hit by a train near Manfalut, 350 km (230 miles) south of Cairo. The Egyptian transport minister has resigned, state media report. Reports from witnesses say the barriers of…
At least 90 people have been killed in a government air strike on a bakery in the central Syrian province of Hama, opposition activists say. The incident took place in Halfaya, a town recently captured by rebels. If activists’ reports of 90 deaths are confirmed, this would be one of the deadliest air strikes of the civil war. Rebels have been fighting President Bashar al-Assad for 21 months…
At least 83 people have died in Ukraine from a cold spell that has been gripping the country, officials say. Temperatures as low as -23C (-9F) and heavy snowfall this month have left the capital Kiev and most of the country under a thick frozen layer. In western areas, vehicles were trapped in a three-day traffic jam stretching at one point about 20 km (12 miles). The severe weather is also affec…
Hilaria Baldwin joins husband Alec at Cannes Film Festival 2013 to promote his documentary Seduced and AbandonedAlec Baldwin famously lost his cool with film producer Harvey Weinstein at last year's Cannes film festival. But it appears that Alec Baldwin, 55, has managed to keep his…
Jennifer Lawrence wears blue body paint to portray X-Men's MystiqueJennifer Lawrence has hit the X-Men set like a bolt from the blue and her fans have been given a glimpse of the 22-year-old star in all her painted glory as she reprises her…
Ray Manzarek dead: The Doors co-founder dies aged 74 after long battle with cancerRay Manzarek, keyboardist and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 74. He formed the band with lead singer…
Christine White dies in a nursing home in Washington at the age of 86Actress Christine White, who played a calming wife on a classic 1963 Twilight Zone episode that featured a young William Shatner, has died at age 86. Christine White…
Macaulay Culkin at risk of lung cancerMacaulay Culkin is said to be smoking a whopping 60 cigarettes a day, leading to new health fears for the troubled former child star. “He's put his nicotine addiction into…
Eurovision 2013: Azerbaijan inquiry into "nul points" for RussiaAzerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Voters and the official Azerbaijan…
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