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UNTOLD X: six unforgettable moments from Romania’s favourite festival
Dutch future house star Don Diablo is always looking ahead. “For me, UNTOLD is the perfect place to debut a new show because you have all the production here,” he says, reaching for his Matrix-esque sunnies during a chat with DJ Mag. “All of the...

Romanian MFA summons Russian ambassador after strike on Ukrainian military targets
BUCHAREST, August 29. /TASS/. Romania’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador to Bucharest Vladimir Lipayev to lodge a "strong protest" over the situation in Ukraine. The Russian diplomat was summoned to the Romanian Foreign Ministry...

New Music Friday – Vybz Kartel, Buju Banton, Mavado, DJ Khaled And More
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 29, 2025: It’s Labor Day and that means the West Indian American Day Carnival in Brooklyn. But it’s also New Music Fridays and that means new Caribbean music fans should know of this week. Here’s what we are...

Chicken & Egg Film’s $450,000 Research and Development Grant Awarded to 29 Doc Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)
Chicken & Egg Films has selected 35 filmmakers working on 29 feature documentaries for their third annual $450,000 film research and development grant. Filmmaking teams will receive either a $10,000 research grant or a $20,000 development grant to...

Romania’s FCSB qualifies for Europa League group stage
The Romanian football team FCSB qualified for the main phase of the Europa League football competition on Thursday, August 28, after besting Scotland’s Aberdeen 3-0 (1-0) at home, in Bucharest. The teams seemed evenly matched until the 40th...

LFP Media strikes multiple international Ligue 1 rights deals
LFP Media, the commercial arm of French club soccer’s governing body, has agreed new broadcast deals in several international markets for the 2025-26 season. Agreements for the top-flight Ligue 1 have been struck in territories covering Europe,...

‘La Vie en Rose’ Producer Alain Goldman on His Venice Film ‘At Work’ and Next Projects With Lazslo Nemes’ and ‘Shtisel’ Creative Team
Alain Goldman, who produced “La Vie en Rose,” which earned Marion Cotillard an Oscar, and most recently produced ”An Offer and a Spy,” is having a milestone 2025. After delivering Alain Chabat’s hit Netflix series “Asterix & Obelix: The Big...

EAC Fine Arts Division welcomes three new faculty members to its performing arts programs
By Lori Dugan THATCHER, Ariz. — Eastern Arizona College’s Fine Arts Division is undergoing a dynamic transformation under the leadership of its director, Dr. Gideon Burrows, now in his second year at the helm. As part of the division’s...

Perfect your skills with these essential line art exercises
Line art exercises and tutorials are a great way to sharpen your skills in this minimalist and challenging art form. Line art often requires an amount of planning for a successful composition plus precision in the execution since it uses only...
Today-Music-History-Sep08
Today in Music History for Sept. 8: In 1897, Jimmie Rodgers, known variously as "The Singing Brakeman," "America's Blue Yodeler" and "The Father of Country Music," was born in either Meridian, Miss., or Geiger, Ala. Today in Music History for...

President Nicușor Dan condemns attack on Asian delivery worker in Bucharest: “Such acts are intolerable”
Romanian president Nicușor Dan has strongly condemned the assault of an Asian food delivery worker in Bucharest, calling it an intolerable act of xenophobic violence and urging authorities to treat it as a hate crime. He said, “Anyone living and...

Highlights of Bulgarian musical culture: Filip Kutev – "Polegnala e Todora"
The great Bulgarian musician Filip Kutev (1903 – 1982) was a prominent and original artist, a representative of the so-called "second generation" of Bulgarian composers. In 1951, together with his wife Maria Kuteva (philologist and folklorist), he...

Municipal Administration Employees across Romania Protes against Government's Second Package of Budgetary and Fiscal Measures
Following teachers, prosecutors, and judges, local government employees across Romania have also announced that they are starting protests, indicated local media reports. The reason for their discontent is the second package of budgetary and...

Romanian citizen sentenced for illegal reentry into the United States
John C. Gurganus Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Department of JusticeJohn C. Gurganus Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Department of Justice Nicolae Strava, a...

“Union with Romania, the only path to the EU and NATO” – PNM launched its campaign
0 Union with Romania is the only way to access the European Union and NATO to once and for all separate Moldova from the Russian threat. This is the message with which the Partidul National Moldovenesc launched its electoral campaign, IPN reports....

Bulgaria’s First Immersive Art Museum Opens in Sofia
Sofia is now home to Bulgaria’s first immersive art museum, BGNES and BNR reported. The MINA Museum opened its doors in the capital, offering a new kind of cultural experience that blends art, science, and history through modern technology....

The first museum of immersive art opens its doors in Sofia
MINA is the newest immersive art space in Bulgaria and has already opened its doors in Sofia, reported BGNES. Visitors will discover art, science and ancient history through 360-degree projections, an original soundtrack and a 3D environment. It...

Ricky Martin to perform in Bucharest on December 16
International superstar Ricky Martin will perform in Bucharest on December 16 as part of his Ricky Martin Live 2025 world tour, organizers announced, as quoted by Romania Insider. The show will take place at the Romexpo Hall, with the singer...

Romania’s Dealu Mare launches Dracula-inspired label, Stoker Wines
Stoker Wines, a new premium label co-founded by Dacre Stoker, great-grand-nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker, has launched in Romania’s Dealu Mare region. The brand blends Bram Stoker’s literary legacy with Romanian terroir, beginning with a...
Media Review: August 28
POLITICS Trud covers President Rumen Radev, who visits Rheinmetall’s high-tech plant in Unterluess, Germany. Radev says that with Rheinmetall’s investment Bulgaria becomes part of the European defence ecosystem. “This is not only about joint...