“Literature as Redemption” On the first day of the London Book Fair, we inaugurated Romania's stand at Olympia Exhibition Centre in the company of our special guests, distinguished poet Ana Blandiana and her translator Viorica Patea. Opening speeches by H.E. Mrs Laura Popescu, Romania's ambassador to the UK, and RCI London director Aura Woodward. We were also happy to see old friends from Romania and the Romanian Cultural Institute, including authors, translators, publishers

in Interwar Romania Continuing our celebrated series of book launch events, spotlighting UK-based academics whose research explores Romania and related topics, we had the pleasure of launching "Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal" (Stanford University Press, 2024), the first monograph authored by Dr. Anca Crețu of Warwick University. Introduced by RCI London director Aura Woodward, the talk was full of insights into lesser-known historical

Many languages, one Europe Wed 25 Sept | St John Smith Square Many languages, one Europe A joy to be part of this year's celebration of...

We marked Valentine’s Day with a special event, The British Love Affair with Romania, a fantastic event unearthing some touching and daring love stories between Romanians and British over the centuries. Writer and historian Bronwen Riley unpacked real love stories for us, such as the one between Lady Arabella from the court of James I and Stefan Bogdan, pretender to the throne of Moldavia. Mary Grant fell in love with CA Rosetti and became a figure of the mid-1800s revolution

LIFE & LOVE, a performance of poetry and live music by actor Vlad Ivanov and musician Lucian Maxim, marked the National Culture Day of Romania at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. On a bitterly cold day, we were delighted to welcome a whole house of people of all ages and backgrounds. Vlad Ivanov - who played in over 50 roles in award-winning films such as Cristian Mungiu’s 4,3,2 - delighted the audience with some of the best-known poems in Romania’s literature and s