Fw: Calendar of events | April 2016

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Subject: Calendar of events | April 2016
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Visit our website    View online    Forward this email   April 2016 MUSIC 1 April, 13.00 SMITF London Free TRAFALGAR SQUARE, IN PAN FLUTE TONES Dashing Pan flute musician Mariana Preda joins forces with the British organist Donald MacKenzie for an afternoon of sound marvels in one of the most beautiful churches in London. The programme features works by Handel, Albinoni, Telemann as well as the immortal 'Ave Maria' by Bach. more MUSIC 7 April, 19.00 RCI London Free PROMISES OF SPLENDOUR: CELLIST ANDREI KIVU AND PIANIST ANA SILVESTRU IN THE 'ENESCU CONCERTS' SERIES Two of Romania's internationally renowned classical musicians, cellist Andrei Kivu and pianist Ana Silvestru grace our ever popular 'Enescu Concerts' Series with a marvellous programme which includes the chamber transcription of the First Romanian Rhapsody, George Enescu's best loved masterpiece. more LONDON BOOK FAIR 12-14 April Various locations   ROMANIA AT THE LONDON BOOK FAIR 2016 The Romanian presence at the London Book Fair, now in its 9th year, is a celebration of the vitality and richness of Romania's literary scene through a kaleidoscopic programme that unfolds at our stand at Olympia Exhibition Centre as well as at the Romanian Cultural Institute and Waterstones Bookshop on Piccadilly. This edition is dedicated to two of the most extraordinary figures of Romanian letters: Mircea Eliade and Mihail Sebastian. more LONDON BOOK FAIR 12 April, 19.00 Waterstones Piccadilly Tickets ANGELS, ADOLESCENTS AND TRUCKS: NEW ROMANIAN BOOKS IN ENGLISH The latest Romanian books in English are presented in a special event hosted by Waterstones Piccadilly, the flagship London bookshop and the biggest bookstore in Europe. The event brings together authors Ruxandra Cesereanu and Dumitru Ṭepeneag, translator Alistair Ian Blyth, as well as publisher John O'Brien and editors Susan Curtis Kojakovic and Ramona Mitrică.  more LONDON BOOK FAIR 13 April, 19.00 RCI London Free ELIADE AFTER ELIADE One of the greatest names of Romanian culture and a seminal historian of religions, Mircea Eliade is this year's focus of the Romanian programme at the London Book Fair. To mark the English publication of Eliade's first novel, 'Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent' by Istros Books, Professors Sorin Alexandrescu, Florin Țurcanu and Bryan Rennie together with translator Christopher Moncrieff and editor Susan Curtis-Kojakovic meditate on the cultural legacy and contemporary relevance of the legendary author.  more LONDON BOOK FAIR 14 April, 19.00 RCI London Free SEBASTIAN'S PASSIONS Decades after his untimely death, Mihail Sebastian is rightly celebrated not only as an excellent writer, but also as the great moral diagnostician of a time of political madness and moral abandon. We welcome the publication, by Penguin Classics, of one of his most salient books, 'For Two Thousand Years', with a conversation about Sebastian's contemporary relevance featuring philosopher, author and journalist Andrei Cornea, joined by translator and writer Philip Ó Ceallaigh and editor Casiana Ioniţă. more LONDON BOOK FAIR / CONCERT 14 April, 19.00 RCI London Free   SEBASTIAN: MUSIC AS SURVIVAL Through his amazing diary, covering almost ten years between 1935-1944, Mihail Sebastian has given us one of the most important moral testimonies of the 20th century. Living in isolation, the great writer sought refuge from barbarism in restorative doses of classical music. We conjure the power of music to redeem and console with a recital given by Forna Quartet featuring his favourite classical works. more FILM 26 April, 19.00 RCI London Free ELIADE ON FILM  As a tribute to Mircea Eliade, the great Romanian scholar and writer, the April's film at the Romanian Cinematheque is 'The Bengali Night', inspired by his most famous fictional work, the autobiographical 'Maitreyi', starring Hugh Grant in the role of Eliade's alter ego. more Ongoing: PHOTOGRAPHY until 15 May RCI London Free PHOTOGRAPHING THE SOUL OF MUSIC: THE PORTRAITS OF THE ENESCU FESTIVAL Captured in the backdrops of Romania's biggest musical event, George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest, the photographs of Cornel Brad offer a revealing depiction of the excitement, expectation and relief that make the life of the great musicians in those supercharged 'interludes' before and after tremendous stage triumphs. more Ongoing: TRADITIONAL CULTURE until 10 April Horniman Museum and Gardens, London Free REVISITING ROMANIA: DRESS AND IDENTITY Horniman Museum with the support of RCI presents the biggest exhibition in Britain devoted to Romanian traditional crafts and folk costumes in living memory, a fascinating celebration of our ancient, sophisticated art of making outwear and fabrics. MORE ALSO ON THE RADAR: 13 Apr | Royal Academy of Music: Tribute to Enescu: Remus Azoitei (violin) & Eduard Stan (piano) 20 Apr | Romanian Cultural Centre London: Film screening: Aferim! by Radu Jude 25 Apr | Royal Festival Hall London: Angela Gheorghiu concert   You are receiving this email because You are receiving this newsletter because you, or someone using this email address, subscribed to the ICR London calendar of events. To unsubscribe from this email, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to discontinue receiving emails from us. Click here to update subscription preferences Click here to unsubscribe :(   Our mailing address is: Romanian Cultural Institute in London 1 Belgrave Square London, SW1X 8PH United Kingdom Add us to your address book Copyright © 2016 Romanian Cultural Institute in London, All rights reserved.

Good Practices in Education Models in European Youth , March 2016 , Kent , UK - Romanca Society

PRESS RELEASE , 29 March 2016, London                                                

A NEW EUROPEAN  PROJECT MADE IN ROMANCA SOCIETY

The project " Good Practices in Education Models in European Youth" , funded by the EU  Erasmus +Programme , is a training course organised by Romanca Society (London)  and it was taking place in UK - Kent, Finchcocks Oast , 9-18 March 2016 .

 

" Good Practices in Education Models of European Youth" involved 35 participants coming from Czech Republic, Portugal, Latvia, Serbia, United Kingdom, Italy and Turkey , all partners in the EU  Program Erasmus + , the project being funded by the UK National Agency.

Local partnership was formed with Regent Group, Joy of Sound and RTV Unirea in order to offer the participants a broad experience while in the UK.

The main theme of the project was to learn about the good practices in educational systems in European countries.
Our goal was to share educational experiences and cultural differences either in formal or informal fields between young people coming from 7 different EU Countries.

The project involved young participants to explore these connections related to education:
1) Young people's labor market;
2) European Citizenship;
3) Intercultural Learning.

The implementation of the training course aimed and achieved to develop skills and attitude of the participants using informal methods to support participants integration and group building activities. The creativity of participants build up attendance to interactive activities; from workshops on the topic of the training course to visits to some historical places in Kent and London; from seminars to intercultural activities; from debates to role plays; from brainstorming to youth issues discussions; from mentoring to practical games.

The materials used and collected during and after the training course are used to prepare social media networks that is build up by all participants during and after  the project. Also radio interviews featuring the participants views on the experience of the project are broadcast during the project.

Here are few links for the collaborative work so far, more to be followed up by all National Teams, participants and partners of the project:

 

Blog:

http://gpineducationmodelsiney.blogspot.co.uk

FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/434671976738356/

Regent Group Web:

 http://www.regentgroup.org.uk/collaborative-partnerships-i…/

Latvia Team -Dace's poem :

http://gpineducationmodelsiney.blogspot.co.uk/

Latvia Team Newsletter

http://www.adazuvidusskola.lv/

Serbia team  reportage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7rEF6WzXmw

Serbia Team- Broadcast  Radio Novi Sad

http://oradio.rs/…/obrazovanje/karlovacki-djaci-hvale-erazm…

 

Check Republic Team

http://enewspaper.makemynewspaper.com/fcaeed2b1c6259/euroteam-58#.VvrKjmZwbcs

As the follow up still to be received from all national  teams please keep an eye on the project group facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/434671976738356/

The evaluation of the project contain Youth Pass certificates and Romanca Society Diplomas that are completed and issued for each participant featuring the added skills and new abilities acquired  during the learning experience on the training course.

 

We are grateful for this tremendous experience to all participant and partners in the project, to the UK team, to all supporters and especially to the funding body EU Erasmus + programme that it is make it all happened.

Hopefully we will be able to work again in future projects as there are plans to develop new ideas for application for Erasmus + Programme for KA1 and KA2.

For more information please contact the Project Manager on the details bellow:

Ionela Flood
Chair
Romanca Society
ionelaflood@gmail.com

+447515253584

 

Fw: £10,000 PUNISHMENT for DARING to ASK for EQUALITY and the RIGHT to VOTE

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Subject: £10,000 PUNISHMENT for DARING to ASK for EQUALITY and the RIGHT to VOTE
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£10,000 PUNISHMENT for DARING to ASK for EQUALITY and the RIGHT to VOTE

How much does a human being's right to vote will cost £100,000 or £1,000,000?

 

 

On 16 April 2015, I started a court action against the UK Government in the High Court of Justice, because the law was not changed in time to allow EU Citizens residents in UK to stand or vote in the UK Parliamentary Election, taking into account they allow this to other foreigners (Commonwealth) who contribute less and that Treaty of the EU says ''Every citizen shall have the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union''.

The Judge rejected my claim ordering me to pay £10,000 for daring to ask for equality with other foreigners and enforcement of an EU Treaty. This was no surprise to me and my lawyers, as we were expecting that a Judge from a lower court would not dare to say that I am right in such a political case and we are expecting a more fair treatment from the Superior courts.

While the Judge tried to justify his decision with reference to many arguments raised by me he kept silence on the most important argument raised by me and enshrined in the Treaty of the EU – ''Every citizen shall have the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union''. He did not address this because they cannot find an argument against this.

Within the EU area there are elections at four levels, and there is not a specification in the EU treaties to say that there is a limitation on the levels at which the application of the treaties works:

                a – supranational / superstate level

                b – national level

                c – regional level

                d – local level

                Democracy is a system of government in which the people vote for their representatives.

It would be an impairment of the EU law which says that ''Every citizen shall have the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union'' if EU citizens are not allowed to vote at all levels, including national elections and any referendum.

I have lodged an appeal and tomorrow I will file the Grounds for my appeal.

I will not stop, no matter how much the next UK court may order me to pay, depending on the length of the next court procedures – £100,000 or £1,000,000?

How much does a human being's right to vote cost?

I will go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights if need be, until a reasonable remedy is offered to me and almost 2.5 million EU citizens in the UK.

 

PS.

In February and March 2015, I presented my 15 reasons for why EU citizens should be able to vote and stand in the UK Parliamentary Elections, which can be found at www.europeansparty.org/let-us-vote--stand.html

I managed to convince Lord Balfe of Dulwich to introduce a Draft Bill in the House of Lords to allow EU citizens who are resident in the United Kingdom to vote in Parliamentary Elections and to become Members of Parliament: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0027/160027.pdf

 

Best Regards,

Dr. Tommy Tomescu, DMD 
President of the Europeans Party 

Telephone +44 (0)7921 815 478
www.europeansparty.org
www.facebook.com/europeansparty

Fwd: A Piano Tour de Force - Mihai Ritivoiu and Evgeny Genchev in the Enescu Concerts Series | Thu 4 February, 7pm

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Subject: A Piano Tour de Force - Mihai Ritivoiu and Evgeny Genchev in the Enescu Concerts Series | Thu 4 February, 7pm
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A Celebration of the Piano View this email in your browser The Romanian Cultural Institute and The Enescu Society in London cordially invite you to RCI London, Thursday, 4 February, 7pm Mihai Ritivoiu - piano Evgeny Genchev - piano This year's first concert in the 'Enescu Concerts' Series offers an exceptional encounter with two brilliant pianists, Romanian Mihai Ritivoiu and Bulgarian Evgeny Genchev, reunited under the aegis of the composers who have authored some of the most fascinating, memorable piano pieces ever scored. The event is organised in partnership with Keyboard Charitable Trust. Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture in the French style, BWV 831  Carl Vine: Toccatissimo  George Enescu: Piano Suite No. 2 In D Major, Op. 10: Pavane  George Enescu: Regrets  Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy Op. 61  Franz Liszt: Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata  Constantin Silvestri: Six folk dances from Transylvania Op. 4 No. 1  Free. Seats allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please book your seat on Eventbrite Romanian Cultural Institute 1 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X8PH   Copyright © 2016 Romanian Cultural Institute in London, All rights reserved. You are receiving this newsletter because you, or someone using this email address, subscribed to the ICR London calendar of events. To unsubscribe from this email, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to discontinue receiving emails from us. Our mailing address is: Romanian Cultural Institute in London 1 Belgrave Square London, SW1X 8PH United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Fwd: Cultural Romania - an Intercultural Celebration| Live Streaming, Poetry, Film | RCI London, 15 Jan | free

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Live streaming/ Poetry/ Film View this email in your browser Cultural Romania - An Intercultural Celebration Friday 15 January 2016, 1-9 pm | RCI London, free Join us, from noon to dusk, in our celebrations dedicated to Romania's Culture Day, with a series of events exulting the richness of traditions that make up the Romanian soul through poetry, film and music. Featuring Cristina Catalina, Levente Molnar, Dragoş Teglaş and Anda Teglaş.  'At the Gates of the Sky', a bonanza of traditional gems orchestrated by the beloved folk bard, Grigore Leșe, will be screened live from the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, followed by a demonstration of the multilingual richness of Romania's poetic tradition with actors Cristina Catalina and Levente Molnar, reading exultant verses by Mihai Eminescu, Nikolaus Lenau and Ady Endre. The evening will peak with the UK premiere of '13 Shades of Romanian', an encounter with the Romanians whose talents and enthusiasm make Britain a vibrant, inclusive society, followed by a Q&A with the creative team behind it. Accompanied by a glass of Romanian wine. Programme: 1pm/ Study and play: a discovery of Romanian culture 5pm/ Live streaming from the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest: 'At the Gates of the Sky', featuring Grigore Leşe 7pm/ Poetry readings with actors Cristina Catalina and Levente Molnar: a selection of poems by Mihai Eminescu, Nikolaus Lenau and Ady Endre 7:30pm/ Film screening: '13 Shades of Romanian' + Q&A with Senior Editor Dragoş Teglaş and Creative Director Anda Teglaş 8:30pm/ Wine reception   The entrance is free, but it is required to book your free ticket on Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.co.uk Copyright © 2016 Romanian Cultural Institute in London, All rights reserved. You are receiving this newsletter because you, or someone using this email address, subscribed to the ICR London calendar of events. To unsubscribe from this email, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to discontinue receiving emails from us. Our mailing address is: Romanian Cultural Institute in London 1 Belgrave Square London, SW1X 8PH United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences