The number of doctors leaving Bucharest to work abroad increased to 630 this year, compared to just 443 for the entire 2009, according to the Bucharest Doctors' College. Young doctors used to ask for permits to work abroad in the previous years, but the trend has changed and more doctors over 30 are applying to work abroad.

Traffic will be closed down on Orhideelor St. for works at the Basarab passage, until September 15. The road section closed down starts from the Carrefour Orhideea retail center and goes until the intersection with Constantin Ghercu street.

Romania won three gold medals and a silver one at the world kayak canoe championship, whose final took place on Sunday at Poznan. The Romanian team made of Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi won the two gold medals in the canoe 500 m and 1000 m competitions. They have outrun the Russian and Belorussian teams. The two also took the fourth place in the 200 m competition. Victor Mihalachi is 22 years old while Liviu Dumitrescu, 23.

Two Romanian feature length films and a documentary will be screened in the International Film festival in new York, which will take place between September 24 and October 10, according to variety.com. (trailers inside).

A Romanian film festival will take place in Bombay, India, between August 23 and August 30, according to indiantelevision.com.

Movies opening in Romanian cinemas during the week-end August 20-22

The antiquarian bookshelves in Universitate area of Bucharest will no longer tell a dull, gray story when closed during the evening. They will be painted with realistic-comical scenes in the everyday life in Bucharest by a group of artists involved in the 'I Love Bucharest' – the Adventures of Mr. Urban project. The organizers of this project are 'Asociatia din Pod' (The Attic Association) and Mora Foundation. The 22 bookshelves will be painted with comic-like drawings. The artists have already started to work on this project and should be ready in two weeks.

The Guardian travel writer Benji Lanyado, who was on a train trip from London to Istanbul, making videos from the places he has visited, has dedicated one to Bucharest and Romania. “Ceausescu's remains have been exhumed this week, but Benji Lanyado goes looking for another Romanian tyrant,” writes The Guardian as the video's intro.

France has started sending back to Romania the illegal Roma immigrants it had found in the country, with the first batch due to arrive on Thursday. 93 Romanian citizens of Roma ethnicity will be sent back on two commercial flights today, followed by others in the next days, according to Mediafax newswire quoting data from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. These are all voluntary repatriations and each Roma received EUR 300 to return to Romania, while for children the compensation was of EUR 100.

Romanians' quality of life got worse this year compared to last year, found a research on the quality of life issued by the Romanian Academy. Romanians saw deteriorating political environment and became less satisfied with the way the country is managed.

The number of doctors leaving Bucharest to work abroad increased to 630 this year, compared to just 443 for the entire 2009, according to the Bucharest Doctors' College. Young doctors used to ask for permits to work abroad in the previous years, but the trend has changed and more doctors over 30 are applying to work abroad.

Traffic will be closed down on Orhideelor St. for works at the Basarab passage, until September 15. The road section closed down starts from the Carrefour Orhideea retail center and goes until the intersection with Constantin Ghercu street.

Romania won three gold medals and a silver one at the world kayak canoe championship, whose final took place on Sunday at Poznan. The Romanian team made of Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi won the two gold medals in the canoe 500 m and 1000 m competitions. They have outrun the Russian and Belorussian teams. The two also took the fourth place in the 200 m competition. Victor Mihalachi is 22 years old while Liviu Dumitrescu, 23.

Two Romanian feature length films and a documentary will be screened in the International Film festival in new York, which will take place between September 24 and October 10, according to variety.com. (trailers inside).

A Romanian film festival will take place in Bombay, India, between August 23 and August 30, according to indiantelevision.com.

Movies opening in Romanian cinemas during the week-end August 20-22

The antiquarian bookshelves in Universitate area of Bucharest will no longer tell a dull, gray story when closed during the evening. They will be painted with realistic-comical scenes in the everyday life in Bucharest by a group of artists involved in the 'I Love Bucharest' – the Adventures of Mr. Urban project. The organizers of this project are 'Asociatia din Pod' (The Attic Association) and Mora Foundation. The 22 bookshelves will be painted with comic-like drawings. The artists have already started to work on this project and should be ready in two weeks.

The Guardian travel writer Benji Lanyado, who was on a train trip from London to Istanbul, making videos from the places he has visited, has dedicated one to Bucharest and Romania. “Ceausescu's remains have been exhumed this week, but Benji Lanyado goes looking for another Romanian tyrant,” writes The Guardian as the video's intro.

France has started sending back to Romania the illegal Roma immigrants it had found in the country, with the first batch due to arrive on Thursday. 93 Romanian citizens of Roma ethnicity will be sent back on two commercial flights today, followed by others in the next days, according to Mediafax newswire quoting data from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. These are all voluntary repatriations and each Roma received EUR 300 to return to Romania, while for children the compensation was of EUR 100.

Romanians' quality of life got worse this year compared to last year, found a research on the quality of life issued by the Romanian Academy. Romanians saw deteriorating political environment and became less satisfied with the way the country is managed.