February 19, 2023

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România Internațional, 19.02.2023, 13:50

ART Today on the National Day devoted
to Romania’s greatest sculptor, Constantin Brancusi, Romania’s Art Museum is
offering guided tours around a special gallery presenting his works of art. The
aforementioned gallery boasts the largest Brancusi collection in Romania
including works such as ‘The Sleep’, ‘Head of a Child’ ‘the Prayer’, or a
replica of the ‘Gate of the Kiss’. Children are invited to attend a workshop
entitled ‘Bird hidden in Stone’, a special event designed and staged by experts
from the Georges-Pompidou Centre in Paris. On this occasion, Romania’s Prime
Minister Nicolae Ciuca has conveyed a message, saying that through his works of
art, the great sculptor forged his own artistic identity revolutionizing sculpture
and has left behind a valuable heritage, which is impressive through its
universality at the same time bearing the hallmark of the simplicity and wisdom
of the Romanian peasant. Romania today celebrates 147 years since the birth of
this great artist.

CULTURE Today, on the last day of the
programme through which the city of Timisoara, in western Romania, has launched
its mandate of the European Capital of Culture, new artistic events are to take
place, including a spectacular Puppet Parade staged jointly by the European
capitals of culture in 2023. So puppeteers from Veszprem, Hungary jointly with
the artists of the Hungarian State Theatre ‘Csiki Gergely’ in Timisoara are presenting
the big puppets especially created for the official launch in Veszprem last
month. The cities of Timisoara in Western Romania and the Hungarian city of
Veszprem are sharing the title of the European Capital of Culture in 2023 with
the city of Elefsina in Greece. One of
the main highlights of last Saturday was the retrospective exhibition of the
great surrealist artist Victor Brauner housed by the Art Museum, which was also
a premiere for Romania. The inaugural programme also included a digital culture
festival as well as scientific experiments, light shows and ballet performances
in front of the Opera House in Timisoara.

MAE Romanian Foreign
Minister Bogdan Aurescu held talks with a delegation of the US Congress headed
by Mike Turner, chief of the House Intelligence Committee, on the sidelines of the
Security Conference in Munich on Saturday. During the talks he had with Mike
Turner, who is also co-chair of the Friendship Group with Romania, Aurescu
hailed the Congress’ support in the efforts to strengthen NATO’s Eastern Flank and
highlighted the importance of the US assistance in the transatlantic security,
including through the beefed-up military presence in Romania. The members of
the US delegation have highlighted the major role Romania plays among the US
allies. Mike Turner has thanked Minister Aurescu for the exceptional efforts
Romania made as part of the multidimensional support granted to Ukraine and for
its role as a leader in ensuring regional security.

HANDBALL Romanian
handball side SCM Ramnicu Valcea has qualified for the quarter finals of the
women’s competition EHF European League after a 28-26 win against Hungarian
side Praktiker-Vac in their last match in Group D. SCM has thus ended in the
second position after the group’s leader Thuringer of Germany. In the Champions
League, vice-champions CSM Bucharest have qualified for the quarters whereas
title holder Rapid Bucharest for the play-offs in the round of 16.

RALLY Over 100 thousand people took to
the streets of Israel on Saturday night to fight a plan to overhaul the
country’s court system that the justice minister says he is determined to carry
out. The Israelis have protested for seven weeks now against the legislation
that Netanyahu, his right-wing and religious allies hope to pass and which
would limit the Supreme Court’s powers to rule against the legislature and the
executive. The reforms would also give the government more influence over the
committee, which appoints the judges, including to the Supreme Court. According
to protesters, the plan will weaken the courts, endanger civil liberties and
harm the economy.

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