Women in World War I

Queen Elisabeth, Queen Marie, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alexandrina Cantacuzino, commemorated at Cotroceni Museum

Queen Elisabeth, Queen Maria, WWI hero Ecaterina Teodoroiu and feminist pioneer Alexandrina Cantacuzino were commemorated Wednesday evening, on the eve of March 8, the International Women's Day, at the Cotroceni National Museum in Bucharest, as part of a "Conversations at the Museum" programme.

Mata Hari brought to life in new ballet

The Dutch National Ballet will bring to life through dance Mata Hari, who has becomesynonymous with unbridled sensuality and ultimately, fatal betrayalNearly a century after she was shot as an alleged spy, the story of the world's ultimate femme fatale, Mata Hari, is to be staged for the first time as a ballet in her native Netherlands.