Sibiu

Romania's main faith organisation, the Orthodox Church, has disputed claims that the country's Roma suffered exclusively from slavery in past centuries, after being threatened with a lawsuit.

The National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) has approved, on Thursday, the decision to propose the extension of the state of alert on the entire territory of Romania, for a period of 30 days, starting with September 10.

Over 2,000 artists of 38 countries will create 600 events starting on Friday, for 10 days, at the Sibiu International Theater Festival (FITS), a press release of the organizers informs.

Specialists from abroad attending the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS) will discuss on Saturday, August 29, how to reconstruct after the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Therme Forum: Theatre and Architecture. "Session VII - How to better rebuild after COVID-19. August 29: 13:00hrs - 60 minutes. Speakers: Anthony Sargent - International Cultural Advisor; Tateo Nakajima - Arup.

Daniel Cioaba, who leads the Romanian charter of the International Romani Union and is also an evangelical Christian pastor, has launched a cryptocurrency that aims to become a popular tool of payment for Roma-owned businesses and individuals, Romanian media reported this week.

For the first time in Romania, three French artists, Olivier Grossetete, Christophe Goddet and Guillaume Cros, will build a 20-meter-high cardboard structure in the Small Square in Sibiu, which will present on a smaller scale the most important church of the Saxons in the country, the city's evangelical cathedral - a unique event scheduled to take place during the Sibiu International Theater Fe

In a first for Romania, a Covid-infected man was correctly sniffed out Friday night by a specially trained police dog upon his arrival at the Sibiu International Airport, where he landed from Madrid; the passenger had received the complete vaccination scheme, Colonel Daniel Chelcea, director general of the Public Health Directorate (DSP), told AGERPRES.

The performance "SHAKESPEARE - BACH/La Main du Temps", with Charlotte Rampling and Sonia Wieder-Atherton, one of the most awaited performances of the 18th edition of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS), will take place for the first time in Romania, on August 26, and the tickets went on sale on Thursday, informs a press release sent to AGERPRES.

The tuberose from the village of Hoghilag (central Sibiu County) will be the first flower in Romania and the third flower in the European Union which will receive from the European Commission the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) certification, and flower enthusiasts can enjoy it at the end of the week, when in Hoghilag will be a Tuberose Celebration, the mayor Nicu Lazar announced in a p

Young people passionate about visual arts, theatre, music and dance, aged between 14 and 19, are invited by the "Radu Stanca" National Theatre in Sibiu (TNRS) to participate in the "Liberty" project, which will take place between April 8 and May 3, informs a press release sent to AGERPRES.