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Over 500 Moldovan students have gathered together in Cluj city (central Transylvania) on Tuesday afternoon, 7th April 2009, to support their colleagues who protest in Moldova's capital Chisinau, against the communist regime. Romanian youths join them in Avram Iancu Square, one of the city’s main plazas. Moldovan students affirm they cannot take 4 more years of communism, and most of all, they want their country to get closer to Western Europe. Such meetings have been organized in several Romanian cities on Tuesday, 7th April, and also on Wednesday, 8th April. A riot started in Chisinau following the results of Sunday’s elections, which have been won by the communists, according to official reports.
What is Moldova?
Moldova seems to be the last European country run by a communist regime. It used to be a Romanian province, but it was ceded to the Soviet Union following the 1939 Ribbentrop-Molotov pact between Hitler and Stalin, and became the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic under control of Moscow. Moldova gained its independence in 1991, but in 2001 the communist party won the elections. Its population is formed mainly of Romanians. There are also minorities such as Ukrainians, Russians, Bulgarians, Gagauz people, Jews, and Armenians. According to communist regime, the country's official language is Moldovan, which is actually Romanian language spoken with a regional accent.
The movie Katalin Varga (2009, directed by Peter Strickland) tells a troubling story of love, crime, forgiveness, and revenge. Read our news about it here.
For Sale: Dracula's Transylvanian castle
You already know the myth. Now find out the facts about Bran Castle from this short Al Jazeera film. At present, a large number of old Transylvanian castles are waiting for investors pepared to buy them and restore their condition. Read more here.
Too much Krivach won't kill you
A fresh and untypical interpretation of Queen's 'Too much love will kill you' convinced the members of the jury that Razvan Krivach deservs the big trophy at Brasov's 2008 Golden Stag music festival. Read more here, or listen and watch the song below:
Afrim's Attic
They are gross and at the same time funny; they are genuine, but also bold: The characters pictured up by young director Radu Afrim tell something about our own fears, our hopes, and maybe our madness.
Mr Afrim's work has been recently acclaimed at Avignon Off 2008 festival. Find out more here, and watch this short scene from his 'Mansarde à Paris/ Les détours Cioran' recorded by an amateur:
Drama experiments in Transylvania
A walk to the fringes of the possibilities of modern theatre. It's called Man.In.Fest, and it's an international festival of the experimental, the unexplored, and the unimagined theatre.
Read more about the 2008 edition here, and watch a short film about the 2007 edition of Man.In.Fest below:
