August 13, 2017
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Newsroom, 13.08.2017, 14:00
HEAT Southeastern Romania and capital Bucharest are in for more hot days with a discomfort index going above 80. Temperatures will go down a bit all over the country but in the western regions the weather will become cooler with heavy rainfalls and hail on isolated areas. Maximum temperatures will be ranging between 20 and 36 degrees Celsius.
RePatriot The measures that people from Oradea and Bihor, western Romania, who live abroad see as necessary to return home will be debated today during an event called RePatriot, staged on the Diaspora Day. According to the organizers, the Romanians in the Diaspora are welcome home and there are programmes aimed at helping them reintegrate. The programme is aimed at the repatriation of the Romanians through entrepreneurship programmes. High on the project’s agenda are issues related to business opportunities, programmes of funding and business development in Romania. The Romanians in the Diaspora are invited to fill in an on-line form in which they can express their opinions and suggestions on the measures the local authorities can implement in order to create a better social and economic environment.
FILM Marita, a feature film directed by Cristi Iftime has reaped the ANONIMUL award this year. Saturday night saw the award ceremony that closed the 14th edition of the ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival hosted for a week by Sfantu Gheorghe, a town in the Danube Delta. The prize for the best foreign short reel went to STATE OF EMERGENCY MOTHERFUCKER, a film by Belgian director Sebastien Petretti. The best Romanian short reel was declared Written/Unwritten, directed by Adrian Silisteanu. Mexican director Michel Franco, the festival’s special invitee, was also awarded a prize for his contribution to the world cinematography.
RADIO Until August 16th, the seaside resort of Mamaia, on the Romanian Black Sea coast will be seeing the 100th edition of the Gaudeamus Book Fair, an event staged by Radio Romania, which this summer also celebrates 50 years from the first Radio Holidays broadcasts. From its early days, Radio Holidays aired programmes in English, German, French and Russian, programmes made by the RRI editors. The double anniversary in 2017 is marked through a series of free open-air concerts given by Radio Romania’s orchestras. Hundreds of Romanian and foreign tourists on Saturday attended the opening ceremony of the Gaudeamus Book Fair, which includes scores of editorial and on-line events as well as numerous contests.
NAVY DAY Until August 15th, Romania will be seeing over 200 religious, cultural and military ceremonies devoted to Navy Day, celebrated on the same day with the Dormition of the Mother of God, protector of the sailors. The most anticipated event is the Romanian Navy drill in Constanta, Romania’s largest port at the Black Sea. The events on Tuesday in front of the Navy Command in Constanta will also be attended by Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. Over 200 thousand tourists are spending this mini-holiday on the Romanian Black Sea coast. The first three resorts most popular with the Romanian tourists are Mamaia, Vama Veche and Eforie. The Romanian authorities have taken a series of measures for this mini-holiday by deploying 24 thousand police and gendarme troops to ensure the public order and the safety of road traffic on motorways to the seaside and mountain resorts.
