Istoricul Neagu Djuvara, decorat de Ambasada Franţei la Bucureşti
Neagu Djuvara a fost decorat în cadrul unei ceremonii organizate la Ambasada Franţei din Bucureşti. Istoricul român a fost numit Ofiţer al Ordinului Artelor şi Literelor de către ambasadorul Henri Paul. Distincţia i-a fost acordată în numele Ministerului Culturii şi Comunicării din Franţa pentru contribuţia adusă la cunoaşterea istoriei României şi activitatea de scriitor şi istoric. Născut la Bucureşti în 1916, Neagu Djuvara - diplomat şi istoric - este autorul mai multor lucrări, printre care "O scurtă istorie a românilor povestită celor tineri", "Între Orient şi Occident" sau "Cum s-a născut poporul român". Este licenţiat în istorie şi doctor în drept şi şi-a petrecut o mare parte din viaţă în Franţa şi Republica Niger.
The filming of Coriolanus, as directed by Ralph Fiennes begins in ten days in Belgrade, while the list of local actors to play alongside stars such as Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave is gradually being finalized. The Serbian actors and actresses hired to appear in Coriolanus are Dragan Micanovic, Marko Zivic, Danijela Vranjes, Slavko Stimac, and Slobodan “Boda” Ninkovic.
Нискобуџетна ратна драма "The Hurt Locker" редитељке Кетрин Бигелоу освојила шест Оскара, укључујући и награде за филм године и најбољу режију. Глумачки Оскари за Сандру Булок, Џефа Бриџиса, Моник и Кристофа Вaлца.
Редитељка филма "The Hurt Locker" Кетрин Бигелоу ушла је у историју седме уметности као прва жена која је освојила Оскара за режију, на 82. додели награда америчке Академије за филмску уметност и науке.
"The Hurt Locker" освојио је и Оскара за најбољи филм године, најбољи оригинални сценарио, као и награде за монтажу, затим монтажу звука и миксовање звука.
Сандра Булок добила је награду за главну женску улогу у филму "The Blind Side", док је Џеф Бриџис освојио награду за најбољу мушку улогу у филму "Crazy Heart".
Оскара за најбоље споредне улоге освојили су Моник, за улогу насилне мајке у филму "Precious", и Кристоф Вaлц, за улогу нацистичког официра у "Проклетницима" Квентина Тарантина.
Опширније о додели Оскара можете прочитати у Магазину.
Bulgaria President Scandal Turns into 'Foreign Policy Disaster'
The transcript scandal involving Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, could grow in to a colossal foreign policy scandal, Blue Coalition MP Asen Agov says.
Rightist MP Agov stated Thursday that foreign diplomats have asked whether their conversations with the President have been recorded without them knowing.
"Foreign representatives in Sofia and other European capitals are asking aloud whether their meetings in the presidency have been or will be recorded and whether there has been requested authorization from the relevant state leaders, ministers, ambassadors.... Read more...
End of Snow March Madness in Bulgaria
The weather situation in Bulgaria has started stabilizing after the unusually inclement weather has threatened to paralyze the country for the past several days.
In the south-central part of Bulgaria, the district of Haskovo, electricity has been reinstalled and all roads have been opened up, although the state of emergency has been not called off.
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Haradinaj points finger at Thaci
Ramush Haradinaj has accused Hashim Thaci that corruption in Kosovo "starts with him".
Haradinaj heads an opposition party, while Thaci is at the helm of the Kosovo Albanian government in Priština.
ATHENS, Greece Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers walked off the job to protest painful spending cuts... Read more...
Asylum seekers headed home
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Serbian police (MUP) this morning confirmed that the bus crossed into the Serbian territory.
Twenty-eight Turkish Citizens Included In Forbes Rich List
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Neville Praise For United's Head Boy
Manchester United FC impressed at both ends of the field in the defeat of AC Milan, Wayne Rooney's aerial prowess earning praise from Gary Neville and the side's defensive ethic from Nemanja Vidić. Read more...
Madrid Devastated To Miss Out Again
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Bulgaria's GDP Down Only 5% in 2009
Bulgaria's gross domestic product fell by 5% in 2009, ending a three-year growth pattern, the National Statistics Office in Sofia said on Thursday.
The slump has been revised upwards from the flash data that the statistics office provided a month ago, according to which the Bulgarian economy in 2009 shrank by 5,1% over 2008.
The contraction, which followed robust growth of 6,2 and 6% in 2007 and 2008, reflects the global economic crisis, the NSI said.
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Asian Stocks Post Tepid Gains; Europe Lower
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Cia Used Lsd To Make French Lose The Loaf
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Timeline Of A Greek Tragedy
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OLJ to provide votes needed to secure impeachment against Bulgarian President
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BRUSSELS — The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, appealed Wednesday to her critics and those waging internal turf wars over the creation of a new European diplomatic... Read more...
European Shares Off Jan Highs As Miners Weigh
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Bulgargaz seeks 26.4 per cent gas price increase, regulator opposed
The gas company requested a 26.42 per cent price hike from April 1, only for Angel Semerdjiev, a figure that the regulator has described as unrealistic.
Retail Benchmarking: H & M Hennes & Mauritz Ab Vs. The European Top 20...
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e5e2c6/retail_benchmarkin ) has announced the addition of the "Retail Benchmarking: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB vs. The European Top 20 Retailers" comp... Read more...
Jobs For Youth/des Emplois Pour Les Jeunes: Denmark 2010
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Small Bulgarian Opposition Party Hit by New Defection
Bulgaria's conservative Order, Law and Justice (RZS) party, which recently saw the demise of its parliamentary group and withdrew its support for the center-right government, has seen the defection of one more of its members.
Dimitar Chukarski is the second member to leave RZS party, citing disagreements with the policy of the leadership, which he has described as "too radical".
"With this move I distance myself from the official policy, which leader Yane Yanev follows.... Read more...
