Weekly overview in pictures: Prince Charles launches major forest restoration project | New US ambassador to Romania | Book & music festivals
This weekly overview brings you the main topics from Romania, in pictures. One of the main stories last week was in the climate & environment section: the launch of a major forest restoration project, attended by Prince Charles. The May…
Irina Marica · Journalist
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This weekly overview brings you the main topics from Romania, in pictures. One of the main stories last week was in the climate & environment section: the launch of a major forest restoration project, attended by Prince Charles. The May 30-June 5 collection also includes a photo of Joe Biden’s nominee for US ambassador to Romania, Bucharest’s new tram, and two of the year’s biggest events - Bookfest and SAGA. (Opening photo: Prince Charles at the event in Sibiu; photo source:MMAP - Ministerul Mediului, Apelor și Pădurilor)
Early last week, the Prince of Wales launched in Romania the largest cross border forest restoration project in Europe. The event took place on May 30 in Sibiu, in the famous region of Transylvania, and was also attended by the Romanian environment minister Tánczos Barna. The project involves more than 100 forest science and practice organizations in 20 countries and includes 12 large-scale forest restoration demonstration sites across Europe. One of the sites is located in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains and is funded by the prince’s Circular Bioeconomy Alliance.
On June 3, president Joe Biden nominated Kathleen Ann Kavalec for US ambassador to Bucharest. According to the local media, this is the first time the US has nominated a woman for this position in Romania. Kavalec currently serves as head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina but was posted in Romania before, working as a Cultural Affairs Officer with the US Embassy in Bucharest. She speaks Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Russian.
Meanwhile, this past weekend, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis was awarded the European Charles IV Prize of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft for the year 2020. In a message on Facebook, the Romanian leader said he is “particularly honoured” by this award that he accepted “on behalf of the Romanian citizens.” “In the 15 years since joining the European Union, Romanians have shown their commitment to freedom, democracy, unity and solidarity every day. This project remains the only viable option to ensure a Europe of peace, prosperous, more efficient, more stable and more secure. I will continue to be a strong promoter of European values,” his post reads.
