Tuesday, July 15th

Women from Romania’s southern areas will be counseled and assisted to find a job

One third of Romanians are working in subsistence farming and more than half of them are women - these are the data used by Agrostar Federation in developing a program for assisting women to be employed. The project has been launched today in Bucharest, and it is co-financed from EU funds. The 'A chance for all’ initiative will advise over 700 women from southern parts of Romania and help them find a job or even start a business. According to an analysis by the National Trade Union Block, if one percent of the people working in subsistence farming are trained and advised to find a job, Romania would have a gross domestic product growth of two percent.

Romanian Postage Stamp Day

On July 15th, Romania celebrates, annually, the Romanian Postage Stamp Day. On this occasion, Romfilatelia launches a special issue of postage stamps with the theme "The Church of " Three Hierarchs " Monastery of Iasi, 375 years."

Romania chose July 15th to mark the National Day of Postage Stamp, as that was the day when the first Romanian postage stamp was issued - the famous "Bull’s Head" - July 15th , 1858. Stamps were put into circulation after a week, on July 22nd, 1858, when they were put on sale at the post office in the city of Iasi, and starting August 8th were distributed to other Moldovan postal offices. Subsequently, their circulation was restricted, and on October 31st, 1858, they were withdrawn.

"Romanians and the Great War" photo documentary exhibition opens in Milan

"Romanians and the Great War" photo documentary exhibition opens, today, at NATO office in Milan. The exhibition marks one hundred years since the beginning of the First World War. The event is organized by the Romanian Consulate in Milan and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice. The inauguration of the exhibition at NATO office in the capital city of Lombardy, in 2014, when Romania celebrates a decade of membership in NATO, has a special significance as Consul General of Romania in Milan, George Bologan, has said.

Natalia Polikarpov

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