Nicolae Iorga
Head of Academy Ioan-Aurel Pop: Iorga - an institution; he is part of the generation that built greater Romania
The President of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop, on the occasion of a session devoted to Nicolae Iorga on Wednesday, said that Iorga is part of the generation of builders of the greater Romania and of European affirmation, leaving to posterity an intellectual work of "unprecedented amplitude." "Nicolae Iorga is indisputably part of the generation of builders of the greater Romania and of
CultMin Gheorghiu on Romania's participating in Venice Biennale: Romania has a privileged place
Romania has a privileged place in terms of visibility at La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale), Romanian Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu said on Tuesday. "Here, I have two arguments. One would be the visitor inflow, which is a huge one. For instance, last year over 600,000 people visited the Arts Biennale, and two years ago, almost 300,000 persons visited the Architecture Biennale.
Academician Theodorescu on Greater Union: It was the masterpiece of political thinking called January 1859
Historians from all over Romania and abroad attended on Wednesday a symposium called "The Greater Union - the culmination of a millenary history," organised by the National Defence College Foundation and the National Defence College at the Central University Library in Bucharest, an event that is part of the series of events dedicated to the Centennial of the December 1, 1918 Greater Union.
The Lippovans' culinary inheritance - a trove of centuries-old recipes
The 2,000-strong Lippovan community that is mainly concentrated in the Pisc neighborhood of the eastern city of Braila has preserved for centuries not just the Christian, but also its culinary traditions untainted, passing down from one generation to the other tens of food recipes carrying a profound imprint of this community with Slavic roots.