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Losing Endangered Species?

Our domestic fauna is not okay at all: we have 62 endangered species. These are in addition to the dozens of species already lost. Still, when it comes to diversity, we are doing fine: out of all countries we bring the largest number of bio-geographical regions to the European

Carpathian Bear Endangered

Currently, there are some 2,510 Carpathian bears in the Carpathian woods, compared with almost 8,000 registered in 1989. The late Nicolae Ceausescu hunted approximately 4,000 bears while he was the president of Romania. The bear is an endangered species hunted by poachers.

Homeless Bears And “Stupid Idiots”

on the fight between the hulky body of the hunted and the narrow mind of the hunterYou're a stupid idiot!-thus sounded the insult addressed by a desperate man to a taxi driver, before my very own eyes. The text you are about to read is governed by this paradoxically

The Legendary Wolf: A Shy Killer

The one and only wildlife reserve for wolves in Romania is near Zarnesti, Brasov County. Still, it is weird that, in a country where the wolf threat is used to make children behave themselves and Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale almost assimilated as folklore, a reserve

The Hunting Museum In Posada: A Sanctuary Of Trophies

see photos I do not believe that anyone could have found a better place, a better lodge for a hunting museum than the one in Posada. Visitors feel this is a wonderful sanctuary of hunting trophies, which, in all likelihood, makes even the most exigent critic happy. In the

EUNIC Summer Academy

The annual EUNIC Summer Academy (ESA) has already become a tradition and a great opportunity for the young employees of the national institutes for culture members of EUNIC to meet face to face and discuss possible common projects and the future of the network. The first

Open Night of the Institutes 2010

Open Night of the Institutes, one of the most popular cultural events in Bucharest, has reached its fourth edition on June 25, 2010. Starting on Friday afternoon and until the next morning, almost 70 unique events were held in 11 locations all over central Bucharest. Since

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Liviu Sebastian Jicman - PresidentAttila - Iuliu Weinberger - Vice-presidentCorina - Raluca Încrosnatu - Secretary General Eunicia - Maria Trif - Deputy Secretary GeneralCristina-Florentina Sima - Director, Foreign Affairs DepartmentDaniela-Nicoleta Ionescu - Director,

THE BOARD

The Management Board of the Romanian Cultural Institute is composed of:1. Liviu Sebastian Jicman (President of the Romanian Cultural Institute)2. Gheorghe Mirel Taloș (Vice-President of the Romanian Cultural Institute)3. Weinberger Attila Iuliu (Vice-President of the Romanian

Festivalul Internaţional Zile şi nopţi de literatură - "Literatură, înainte de toate", ediţia a VIII-a, 2009, 464 p.

Volumul cuprinde texte de Adrian Alui Gheorghe, Naim Araidi, Florin Bican, Andrei Bodiu, Leo Butnaru, Gabriel Chifu, Denisa Comănescu, Traian T. Coşovei, Ioana Crăciunescu, Dan Cristea, Mariana Dan, Nichita Danilov, A. Debeljak, Gabriel Dimisianu, Myriam Diocaretz, Gellu

Horia-Roman Patapievici, President 2005-2012

H. -R. Patapievici – born March 18, 1957 (Bucharest). Physics studies (1977-1981; specialization degree 1982), researcher (1986-1994), assistant professor (1990-1994), director of studies (1994-1996), member of the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives

ABOUT RCI

The Romanian Cultural Institute, a public body founded in 2003, is tasked with raising the profile of Romanian culture around the world. In order to achieve this, it spreads information and spearheads cultural projects involving Romanian artists and writers. Furthermore,