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Picture a world where civil liberties have gone out of the window because of the war on terror. Picture a world where the US rides roughshod over the rights of foreign detainees. Picture a world where the UK trots along behind, doing the US’s dirty work for it. Yes, readers, I know it’s difficult to imagine. But this alien-sounding place is the world of Roman Polanski’s conspiracy thriller The Ghost Writer (or The Ghost, as it has been titled for UK audiences – we may be the US’s poodle politically, but you can damn sure trust us to pick up on your linguistic subtleties).

Debbie Stowe

Independent films are taking center stage at the seventh Anonimul International Independent Film Festival, which will take place between 9 and 15 August in Sfantu Gheorghe, at the Danube Delta.

Corina Dumitrescu

The National Museum of Art of Romania is staging the temporary exhibition Volume and Perspective, featuring the graphic creations of Theodor Pallady, at the Theodor Pallady Museum (22 Spatarului Street) in Bucharest, between July 1 and October 31.

Corina Dumitrescu

Bucharest – Summer District takes place between July 31 and August 1 in several parks across Bucharest, organized by the Bucharest City Hall. Bucharest theaters such as Bulandra...

Corina Dumitrescu

Due to the large turnout registered in the previous week, a traditional products fair will be organized weekly in Crangasi Market. At the fair, traditional Romanian products will be available for sale, such as palinca...

Corina Dumitrescu

Communication agency McCann Erickson Romania will organize on Friday a fund-raising garage sale. Buyers and visitors will have access to a varied array of assets that in-house designers will personalize, as well as access to home-cooked food, self-mixed drinks and music performed by "home-grown" talents.

Corina Dumitrescu

The Alex Fund, whose main beneficiary is the Fiecare Copil in Scoala (Every child in school) program run by charity Ovidiu Rom, is having a fund raising effort on August 14 at the Montgomery Palace, a 434 acre riverfront estate built in 1805, offering magnificent views of the Hudson River. 

On Thursday, July 29, Romania celebrates National Anthem Dayin Bucharest with a military ceremony and the national anthem recital. Throughout the ceremonies, traffic restrictions will take place in downtown Bucharest.

Corina Dumitrescu

On Friday, July 30, British Council Bucharest is organizing a book sale. More than 200 books have been withdrawn from the library and will be available for purchase at the price of RON 5 each.

Corina Dumitrescu

Street Heroes and the Bucharest City Hall are inaugurating the first international festival of urban culture to take place in Romania, along with the newest and best equipped skate park in South-East Europe, on August 12-14.

 Corina Dumitrescu