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[00:00:14] is for the Putin-Trump agreement
[00:00:28] Welcome back to the evening news. I'm Alina Stancu, and together we'll see the headlines
[00:00:32] of this edition. Scandalous discovery at the National
[00:00:36] Meteorological Agency, with money from the institution's cards, bras, pajamas, luxury clothes, and
[00:00:40] perfumes worth hundreds of thousands of lei were bought. The Minister of Environment found this out after sending
[00:00:44] the control body there. control.
[00:00:47] The acts investigated in the August 10 file
[00:00:50] expired starting today, and no one can be held criminally responsible for
[00:00:54] the violence in Victory Square. The victims will go to the ECHR to seek
[00:00:57] justice. Donald Trump is accused of weakness
[00:01:02] towards Vladimir Putin, once he committed to buying huge quantities
[00:01:05] of diesel from Russia. The White House leader thus suspends sanctions
[00:01:09] against the Russian Federation, claims President
[00:01:13] Zelensky.
[00:01:13] Perfumes, luxury accessories, cosmetic
[00:01:21] products, and even intimate lingerie, all worth over
[00:01:25] 40,000 RON. These are the acquisitions discovered
[00:01:28] by the control body of the Ministry of Environment at the National Meteorological
[00:01:32] Agency. The director of the institution says she announced the Economic
[00:01:36] Police. The Minister of Environment, however, demands the resignation of the head of ANM and
[00:01:40] announces that she has notified the prosecutors in this
[00:01:42] case. Interim Minister of Environment Diana
[00:01:46] Buzoianu wrote on Facebook about the purchases made with
[00:01:49] the Meteorological Agency's cards. She
[00:01:51] President Nicuș Ordan referred also posted photos of a luxury bra worth over
[00:01:54] 1000 RON and other products. Clothes and accessories worth
[00:01:58] 18,000 RON were bought, perfumes, cosmetic products, or floral arrangements,
[00:02:02] for another almost 30,000 RON, all of which
[00:02:05] were bought starting last year, with five cards to which five employees
[00:02:08] of the agency had access. There are official reports upon
[00:02:11] official reports drafted and signed by people from
[00:02:14] the institution who talk about the purchase of fringed boots
[00:02:18] and cosmetics. We will send the control body's report to the
[00:02:21] High Court of Cassation and Justice. We will send this report
[00:02:25] also to the Court of Accounts and we will follow absolutely all legal avenues to
[00:02:29] recover the money. There have been many more thefts committed in this institution
[00:02:33] in these years, so, from my point of view, Ms. Mateescu should resign
[00:02:37] immediately. The director of ANM says that the acquisitions are the subject
[00:02:40] of an internal audit and not only that. Since
[00:02:44] August, based on the first documents provided to the representatives
[00:02:47] of the Control Body of the Ministry of Environment, Water, and
[00:02:51] Forests, we launched an internal audit mission.
[00:02:54] The preliminary report was the basis for filing
[00:02:58] a complaint with the General Directorate of Police of the Municipality of
[00:03:02] Bucharest on August 12, at the
[00:03:06] capacity. And the railway Economic Crime Investigation Section. I informed
[00:03:09] the minister, I did not have any discussion on
[00:03:11] this matter with her, I saw this
[00:03:15] morning and I took note of the control body's report.
[00:03:18] Because an investigation is underway, Elena Mateiescu
[00:03:21] did not want to give details about the internal audit report,
[00:03:25] nor who used the institution's accounts for
[00:03:28] personal purchases. The August 10 file
[00:03:32] expired three days before the appeal was heard, announce
[00:03:35] representatives of the Click community, an NGO that fought for
[00:03:38] this case. The victims of the gendarmerie's forceful intervention at the diaspora protest
[00:03:42] eight years ago, will address the ECHR after the finalization of the process
[00:03:46] in the country. Regardless of the final decisions of the court, no person
[00:03:49] investigated will serve any criminal
[00:03:53] penalty. The general statute of limitations for
[00:03:56] abuse of office is eight years, that is, exactly the period
[00:04:00] elapsed from 2018 until now. Therefore,
[00:04:03] the acts of abuse of office for which the former heads of the gendarmerie
[00:04:06] are accused are considered time-barred. The appeal is
[00:04:10] scheduled to begin at the Military Court of Appeal only in three days.
[00:04:13] This does not mean that the military judges will stop
[00:04:17] judging this case; they could
[00:04:20] continue the process, but when they pronounce
[00:04:24] the sentence, they will find that the acts have expired. However, even if
[00:04:27] the acts have expired on the criminal side, there is
[00:04:31] the possibility, at least theoretically, for the court to oblige
[00:04:34] the former heads of the gendarmerie to pay compensation to
[00:04:38] the victims. The victims in the August 10 file will sue
[00:04:42] Romania at the ECHR in case of an unfavorable verdict, announces
[00:04:45] Click. From today, all that remains for the victims is to go to the ECHR,
[00:04:49] and we, the Click community, support them to finish the process here
[00:04:53] in the country so that later, with an unfavorable decision, they can find justice
[00:04:56] at the European Court. Monday, a
[00:05:12] CCR decision from 2016 saved
[00:05:15] him, according to which the violation of secondary
[00:05:18] legislation is no longer
[00:05:20] criminalized.
[00:05:24] On August 10, 2018, over 10,000 people protested in
[00:05:28] Victory Square in the Capital against the amendment of justice
[00:05:32] laws during the period when Liviu Dragnea was the president of the PSD
[00:05:35] and of the Chamber of Deputies. In the evening,
[00:05:38] the protest degenerated after groups of agitators started to fight with
[00:05:42] the forces of order.
[00:05:45] A gendarme woman assaulted in the stampede lost her
[00:05:48] weapon.
[00:05:53] After 11 PM, the gendarmes received orders to intervene forcefully.
[00:05:56] At their head was Colonel Cătălin Paraschiv, who was called the
[00:06:00] ghost in white. The forces of order used tear
[00:06:03] gas, irritating smoke, and water cannons, not only
[00:06:06] against hooligans, but also against peaceful
[00:06:09] demonstrators.
[00:06:15] Hundreds of people needed medical care, including in the hospital. Among
[00:06:19] those assaulted were also Romanian and foreign
[00:06:21] journalists. The Danube records new historic
[00:06:25] lows, but in the maritime area of the river, the water rises
[00:06:29] daily by a few centimeters. Why? I'll tell you
[00:06:32] immediately. Train travel from Bucharest to
[00:06:36] neighboring localities in Ilfov County could improve in the coming years. The government
[00:06:39] approved the modernization project of the Bucharest railway complex, an investment
[00:06:43] of 18 billion RON. The plans foresee, among other things, the modernization
[00:06:47] of almost 400 km of track and the rebuilding of over 20
[00:06:51] stops and stations.
[00:06:54] Due to the poor state of the railway infrastructure, speed restrictions
[00:06:57] have been imposed on some lines within the Bucharest railway complex, and
[00:07:01] trains are forced to run slower than they should.
[00:07:04] Travelers expect to travel in better conditions by rail, especially
[00:07:08] since train tickets have become more expensive in recent years. The lines in
[00:07:12] the area of the North Station, the largest railway hub in the country, are old,
[00:07:15] and some have deteriorated so much that they have become
[00:07:35] the modernization project of the Bucharest Railway Complex, a
[00:07:39] total investment of 18 billion lei.
[00:07:42] The works include almost 400 km of railway line
[00:07:46] and 22 stops and stations. The investments will be
[00:07:50] carried out in stages in the next five years. It comes with a
[00:07:53] major investment here, around the capital,
[00:07:57] on all lines, the packages of lines that enter Bucharest and that
[00:08:01] converge towards the surrounding localities, will modernize, will
[00:08:04] electrify, will introduce modern signaling on
[00:08:08] the ring around Bucharest, on these packages of lines that
[00:08:11] enter into... the North Country and which today are congested, practically
[00:08:15] reached the limit of
[00:08:18] employees are also waiting for better working conditions. Especially
[00:08:22] the railway ring can contribute to streamlining
[00:08:26] freight transport, including on
[00:08:28] the routes between Constanța and Giurgiu. Yes, it is a large-scale
[00:08:32] project, and modernizing the railway
[00:08:35] means investment in infrastructure, mobility, and economic development, just
[00:08:38] as Romania did with its motorways.
[00:08:42] which is announced to be the continuous provision of funding, according to
[00:08:45] railway specialists. Unusual phenomenon in Romania, while
[00:08:49] the Danube records new historic lows, unprecedented, in
[00:08:52] the maritime zone of the river, the water rises daily by a few centimeters.
[00:08:56] The explanation would be that the Black Sea, which is now above the Danube's level,
[00:09:00] pushes the water upstream.
[00:09:03] The Danube records record after record regarding
[00:09:07] the low flow. At the country's entry, it has
[00:09:10] 1200 m3/sec,
[00:09:12] much below the normal average for this period. There are areas in
[00:09:16] Constanța county, such as Rasova, where you can see
[00:09:19] the sand. In Rasova, the Danube's level is so low that the water
[00:09:23] can barely be seen in the distance, and on the shore a real beach has formed, with a
[00:09:26] width of tens of meters. Specialists monitor the Danube's
[00:09:30] level, especially near Cernavodă, where the water level
[00:09:33] is now minus 259 cm, but forecasts
[00:09:37] show that in the next five days the level will reach
[00:10:10] some areas on the Danube", the situation is completely opposite. In
[00:10:14] recent days, on the maritime Danube in the ports of Brăila, Galați, Isaccea and Tulcea,
[00:10:18] a bizarre phenomenon has been recorded, namely the fact that the Danube's level here has
[00:10:22] risen by a few centimeters, while it has fallen
[00:10:25] in the rest of the country. Specialists say that the Black Sea is responsible
[00:10:29] for this rare situation. Although the Danube is
[00:10:33] continuously decreasing, reaching historical minimum levels in the Cernavodă
[00:10:36] area from 260. In the
[00:10:39] maritime area between Sulina and Brăila, a
[00:10:43] daily increase of 2-5 cm has been observed, even in some places.
[00:10:45] The only explanation is that the level has dropped so much
[00:10:49] that the maritime Danube reaches the
[00:10:52] sea level. And a low tide
[00:10:55] influence or wind in the Black Sea makes
[00:10:59] the water in that area remain
[00:11:02] stationary. In mid-October, the Danube's level at Galați should
[00:11:06] have been at least 300 cm, but now it is only
[00:11:10] 5 cm.
[00:11:12] Over 25,000 pilgrims are queuing to worship at the relics
[00:11:16] of Saint Parascheva, placed in the canopy in front of the Metropolitan
[00:11:20] Cathedral in Iași, and the wait is long, at
[00:11:23] least 12 hours. It will take until the faithful who are now queuing
[00:11:27] reach the reliquary. Year after year, the feast of Saint
[00:11:31] Parascheva highlights the power of faith, strengthens
[00:11:35] the pilgrims who stand for over 12 hours in line,
[00:11:38] standing, in the sun, in the rain or in
[00:12:06] came from Vaslui, he is queuing with his daughter, who came from further
[00:12:10] away, from Bucharest, for greater or lesser needs,
[00:12:34] next to the reliquary in the ornate canopy are enough for all
[00:12:37] exhaustion to disappear, the pilgrims tell us, and for their
[00:13:19] Saint Parascheva, pilgrims, inside
[00:13:22] the faithful who are queuing to worship with so much
[00:13:26] patience, with so much good manners and faith,
[00:13:29] for only a few moments, to worship Saint Parascheva.
[00:13:33] Thousands of pilgrims are also expected on Sunday evening at the procession of the
[00:13:37] Saints' Way, when the relics of Saint Parascheva and those of
[00:13:40] Saint Paisy of Sihăstria will be carried
[00:13:44] through the streets of Iași.
[00:13:46] The designated prime minister will submit next Thursday to parliament the governing program and the list
[00:13:50] of proposed ministers on the very last day of the legal deadline, but
[00:13:54] the political calculations, which are not clear at all, the parties of the former
[00:13:58] coalition seem to want to vote for President Nicușordan's fourth attempt,
[00:14:01] but with certain conditions. The PNL does not want to be in the government
[00:14:05] as the PSD asks, and the social democrats do not want to take the step alone with Luca
[00:14:08] Niculescu as prime minister.
[00:14:11] So far, halfway through the deadline he had at his disposal to prepare a government
[00:14:15] with a program and a team, Luca Niculescu seems to have an advantage over
[00:14:19] Siegfried Mureșan, he also met with the PSD leader, not only PNL and
[00:14:22] UDMR, but without any other progress. All options are on
[00:14:25] the table, technocratic government, hybrid
[00:14:29] government, political, technocratic, political
[00:14:32] government, obviously I want a
[00:14:34] majority,
[00:14:37] as solid as possible, I saw the willingness to
[00:14:40] vote for a government, not all agree with the type of government,
[00:14:43] but there is the willingness to have a government, that is, there are some
[00:14:47] parties that also want early elections, but
[00:14:49] the parties are aware that we must quickly get out of
[00:14:53] this deadlock. After... The head of state again ignored his proposal for
[00:14:57] prime minister. The PSD asked the PNL and UDMR to join the government so that
[00:15:00] they would have a stable majority. The liberals said they would give a vote of
[00:15:04] confidence from the opposition and that's it. Ilie Bolojan reminds that the PSD overthrew
[00:15:08] the government invoking magical solutions and now asks them to show how they can implement
[00:15:12] their own solutions. We quote: "Without blowing up
[00:15:15] Romania's budget." A few hours later, Sorin Grindeanu wrote on his
[00:15:19] social media page that the PNL's participation in the government is not
[00:15:22] a favor done to the PSD, but the correct decision for Romania, and
[00:15:26] the change of direction does not mean the promise that all problems will be
[00:15:30] solved overnight. Spectators at this exchange of messages and after
[00:15:33] the discussion with Luca Niculescu, the UDMR leader is waiting for the final
[00:15:37] decisions of the PSD and PNL and then will announce what it will do.
[00:15:40] The UDMR has advocated from the beginning for the reformation of the
[00:15:43] coalition. The social democrats and liberals are expected to have
[00:15:46] a meeting at the beginning of next week to decide if
[00:15:50] they will change the mandate. Otherwise, Luca Niculescu's chances of gathering
[00:15:54] the 233 votes are increasingly reduced. A new
[00:15:58] failure, however, could be paid for by the head of state, who would have had more
[00:16:02] discussions with Luca Niculescu before he was
[00:16:04] designated. Democracy is
[00:16:07] important to reaffirm, because many of us
[00:16:11] believed that once obtained, we would have it
[00:16:14] forever, and we see that
[00:16:18] today it is being questioned, moreover, if
[00:16:21] we ask Romanians in opinion polls,
[00:16:24] we see that
[00:16:26] it is not so
[00:16:30] obvious that all
[00:16:33] citizens see the future based
[00:16:36] on a democratic society, and unfortunately
[00:16:39] we see a rise
[00:16:42] in populism in Romania, a
[00:16:46] reality difficult for political parties to manage, with an economic
[00:16:49] context in which populism no longer has a place, now everyone is waiting
[00:16:53] to see how many more prime ministers the president has on the reserve bench, as long as
[00:16:57] he refuses early elections.
[00:17:00] Democratic values must be reaffirmed whenever necessary in a
[00:17:03] society where some question them, said the president
[00:17:07] with Șordan at the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Peasant
[00:17:10] Party. The venerable political formation promoted
[00:17:14] before and after the 45 years of communism,
[00:17:17] a series of political principles that still define Romania's aspirations,
[00:17:21] also said the Head of State. The event was also attended by former
[00:17:24] President Emil Constantinescu.
[00:17:28] to the importance of defending democracy, which he
[00:17:32] said should not be considered a definitive
[00:17:35] gain. The President emphasized the responsibility
[00:17:38] of current generations to defend the values for which the members
[00:17:42] of the National Peasant Party fought and
[00:17:45] sacrificed. Promoter of
[00:17:48] morality,
[00:17:50] promoter of
[00:17:53] responsibility, promoter
[00:17:56] of loyalty towards
[00:17:59] the Romanian state. Thousands of party members were
[00:18:03] arrested, persecuted, deported, but
[00:18:07] they preserved their values. The centennial law of the National
[00:18:10] Peasant Party came into
[00:18:14] force. We celebrate 100 years since the founding of the National
[00:18:17] Peasant Party at a time when Western democracy
[00:18:21] is in danger, under the attack of far-right
[00:18:24] movements. The Head of State emphasized that the principles promoted by
[00:18:28] the PNT continued to influence the aspirations of Romanian
[00:18:31] society even after the fall of communism, including regarding
[00:18:34] Romania's Euro-Atlantic integration.
[00:18:38] An Romanian historian from Oxford opened an exhibition in Rome
[00:18:41] about eugenics, the ideology that justified racist policies,
[00:18:45] forced sterilizations and even the Holocaust. Why is the professor's
[00:18:48] initiative important at this moment, find out in
[00:18:52] the news. A gift for Putin, this is
[00:18:56] how Ukrainian authorities describe the agreement between the United States and Russia, through
[00:19:00] which Moscow will deliver millions of tons of diesel to the American market until
[00:19:03] April next year. President Zelensky emphasized that Trump showed
[00:19:07] weakness when he suspended sanctions against the Russian Federation
[00:19:11] through this commercial transaction. Economic analysts, however,
[00:19:14] doubt Russia's ability to deliver the quantities of
[00:19:18] fuel. The United States quickly concluded
[00:19:21] a trade agreement with the Russian
[00:19:23] Federation that provides for the delivery of over 30,000 tons of
[00:19:27] diesel. Immediate transaction followed by another
[00:19:30] 5,000 tons in November and 1 million
[00:19:33] tons immediately after that. Also,
[00:19:37] according to the contract, Russia will deliver another 3 million
[00:19:40] tons in a short period of time. The contract was
[00:19:44] already authorized by the US State Department
[00:19:47] and is in effect until April 17, 2027.
[00:19:50] President Putin, to be honest with you, we have massive amounts of oil coming into the country.
[00:20:04] to fight even more,
[00:20:37] this is definitely not a partnership, and
[00:20:40] this, in my opinion, is a
[00:20:43] weak decision.
[00:20:45] Russia, Moscow, has assisted
[00:20:50] the export of diesel to satisfy domestic market
[00:20:53] demands. Now, the Russian Minister of Energy gives the green light to
[00:20:57] exports. The Moscow press is convinced that the main
[00:21:00] goal of the Kremlin administration
[00:21:04] to put even more pressure on Kyiv and thus make it stop
[00:21:07] attacking oil processing facilities.
[00:21:11] The phone conversation between Trump and Putin was confirmed by an
[00:21:14] adviser to the president. Moscow's position remains
[00:21:18] unchanged. Russia
[00:21:50] wants to achieve its military objectives, but that it is ready for
[00:21:53] negotiations for a long-term peace. Ukrainian
[00:21:56] cities were again targeted by drone and missile strikes by
[00:21:59] the Russians. The most serious toll was in Zaporizhzhia, where at least
[00:22:03] 12 people were killed, including three children. Moscow's strikes came
[00:22:06] just hours after the commercial agreement between Russia and the United States,
[00:22:10] about which President Zelensky warned that it would encourage Russia to
[00:22:14] continue the war.
[00:22:18] Russia powerfully hit a residential area in the Ukrainian city of
[00:22:20] Zaporizhzhia just a few hours after the trade agreement between
[00:22:24] Moscow and the United States. Among the victims were
[00:22:27] three children. The increasingly violent attacks directed at the
[00:22:30] civilian population in Ukraine triggered a new wave of reactions at
[00:22:34] the UN. secretly visited the capital Sofia on
[00:22:37] October 7-8. It is clear that efforts to restore
[00:22:40] peace in Ukraine
[00:22:58] deserve our support. And the
[00:23:01] cessation of hostilities is of paramount interest, not
[00:23:04] only to the warring parties, but to all of us, to all of Europe,
[00:23:07] because we continue to pay one and... Budanov's visit
[00:23:11] took place as two commercial vessels
[00:23:15] were hit by drones in Bulgaria's economic
[00:23:18] zone in the Black Sea this week.
[00:23:23] One sank and the other is adrift.
[00:23:26] It has not yet been established whether the drones that hit the ships are Russian, writes the Sofia
[00:23:30] press. Poland is shaken by a third knife
[00:23:34] attack in an educational institution in just four days.
[00:23:38] A 20-year-old student from Warsaw injured three women, and one
[00:23:41] of them was transported to the hospital. The attack comes after two other
[00:23:45] serious incidents. On Wednesday, a 19-year-old injured nine people in a vocational
[00:23:49] school, and on Thursday, a 15-year-old killed a caregiver and
[00:23:52] injured two teachers. The police have so far checked
[00:23:55] tens of thousands of institutions and arrested almost 80 people following
[00:23:59] online threats. The authorities have not confirmed the existence
[00:24:03] of a coordinated provocation on the internet and no connection
[00:24:06] between the three attacks, but the government promises additional
[00:24:10] security measures in schools.
[00:24:13] Over 2,000 children and adolescents in Romania are officially registered with
[00:24:16] mental health disorders, and the number is increasing
[00:24:20] year after year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.
[00:24:23] However, not all minors with various
[00:24:26] problems, from anxiety to depression, appear in statistics, warn
[00:24:30] doctors. One of the reasons is related to the shame of talking about such
[00:24:34] ailments. On World Mental Health Day, Mirabela,
[00:24:38] President Nicușordan's partner, called for
[00:24:41] understanding and emphasized how important it is for young people and
[00:24:44] children to have support and access to specialized
[00:24:48] services. Asking for help is not a sign
[00:24:51] of weakness, it is an act of courage and care for one's own
[00:24:55] life. And for children and adolescents,
[00:25:39] Rome, an exhibition about Eugenics, the ideology that
[00:25:42] justified racist policies, forced sterilizations, the Holocaust and
[00:25:46] theories that still destroy societies today. Why now and what
[00:25:50] the Romanian professor aims to achieve with this initiative, we find out from the report
[00:25:53] made by our correspondent in Italy, Anca Mihai.
[00:25:57] Eugenics is a dangerous legacy that does not belong only to
[00:26:00] the past. Etymologically, the term comes from the Greek language, from
[00:26:04] the words eu (good) and genos (birth,
[00:26:07] race), literally meaning good birth or of
[00:26:11] good lineage. We do not treat it only as a historical subject, but
[00:26:15] we treat Eugenics as something that still affects us, if we look at
[00:26:18] population policies, if we think about
[00:26:21] the segregation that continues in schools, if we
[00:26:24] look at certain genetic manipulation techniques,
[00:26:28] if we think about humanization projects.
[00:26:32] Of course, if we look at the current political discourse, which tends
[00:26:36] to become more and more racist and more
[00:26:39] nationalist, precisely because it plays with this
[00:26:42] insecurity that we have, this difficulty of
[00:26:46] accepting others. Historical documents, photographs, archive
[00:26:49] texts and explanatory panels illustrate how eugenic
[00:26:52] ideas spread worldwide starting in the 1880s
[00:26:56] . The exhibition demonstrates how Eugenics
[00:27:00] was not just a delusion of Nazi Germany, but a broader
[00:27:03] movement in the 20s, 30s, intensely promoted in the United States,
[00:27:07] Great Britain, Poland or Romania. Practically, it is a
[00:27:10] pseudo-science that justifies, argues racial
[00:27:14] superiority and whose precepts have never
[00:27:17] completely disappeared. Quella di cominciare a diffondere questo
[00:27:20] tipo di tematiche di e di problematiche che sono ancora
[00:27:23] attuali nelle scuole, per gli studenti
[00:27:26] universitari, poi per la società civile
[00:27:29] tutta. Within the exhibition, Professor Marius Turda draws
[00:27:32] the attention of Italian students not only to the results of Eugenics, but also to
[00:27:36] important names in Romanian research, and here we are talking about
[00:27:39] Gheorghe Marinescu, Constantin Parhon or Sabin
[00:27:42] Mănuilă. Inaugurated in 2021 at the Wiener
[00:27:46] Holocaust Library in London, the exhibition subsequently reached several
[00:27:50] countries, including Romania, Poland, Sweden and the United
[00:27:53] States. In Italy, the exhibition of the Romanian professor Marius
[00:27:57] Turdea can be visited until
[00:27:59] Christmas.
[00:28:01] Informative notes and collaborations with the Securitate in the theatre world are
[00:28:05] the elements of the newest book signed by Iulia Popovici, doctor in theatre,
[00:28:08] critic and researcher in performing arts. The author
[00:28:12] wondered what exactly made actors betray their colleagues to the
[00:28:15] Securitate and found out that often the reason was either a passport
[00:28:19] visa, a place in a tour, or money and other professional
[00:28:23] advantages. The Artist, the Informer and
[00:28:26] the Securitate is the first research in Romania about the motivations
[00:28:30] of Securitate informers in the world of theatre from the 70s and 80s. What
[00:28:33] made people write informative notes about their colleagues was
[00:28:37] the question from which Iulia Popovici began her research in the Securitate
[00:28:40] archives. A broader story about the very wide
[00:28:44] diversity of motivations and contexts in which
[00:28:48] various artists, predominantly directors and actors,
[00:28:51] became agents of the Securitate, some
[00:28:54] suffering very much, others being
[00:28:58] directly forced and trying to reject it. And
[00:29:01] others, finding, how shall I say, a relatively
[00:29:05] perverse pleasure in the sense of power that the gesture itself gave
[00:29:09] them. Based on the informative notes, the author reconstructs
[00:29:13] the relationship between the actors of the National Theatre, the network of
[00:29:17] informers and the Securitate in the last two decades of the communist
[00:29:20] regime. The book is worth
[00:29:22] reading, because it could be
[00:29:25] titled "Everything you wanted to know about the Securitate
[00:29:29] and didn't dare to ask".
[00:29:32] Information that may sometimes be difficult
[00:29:35] for you, but I think that the way they are
[00:29:39] viewed and the way they are brought together and
[00:29:43] the way they actually awaken our reflections on a
[00:29:46] context, make this book extremely necessary
[00:29:50] . 89 meant one of the most
[00:29:54] precious gifts we received,
[00:29:57] the chance to be truly free
[00:30:01] . This immense chance that we all
[00:30:04] had since '89 to be free and to build, we all know that
[00:30:08] it depends on each of us and that the one in front
[00:30:11] of us, at least after
[00:30:14] '89,
[00:30:16] no longer has power as long as we do not accept a
[00:30:20] compromise. The launch took place backstage at the Grand Hall of the National
[00:30:24] Theatre in Bucharest, a place where in the 80s there were
[00:30:27] microphones near the stage and in the actors'
[00:30:30] dressing rooms.
[00:30:32] People last night on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest at the Spotlight video
[00:30:36] mapping festival with light and color projections on the facades of buildings.