OFFICIAL STATEMENT
- press conference –
Vienna – May 3, 2007
Thursday, the 3rd of May of 2007, the Municipality of Vienna hosted the press conference for the inauguration of SAMPLING BUCHAREST – Bucharest Days in Vienna.
Mr. Cristian Iftimoaie, Executive Director for International Relations from Bucharest Municipality and general coordinator of this event, together with Mr. Calin Mocanu, Artistic Director of SAMPLING BUCHAREST, offered a general presentation of the event.
The Executive Director for International relations from Vienna Municipality, Mr. Oskar Wawra, stated:
We are glad you chose Vienna for such an event, over Paris or London or Berlin, fact that shows Vienna’s statute in this part of Europe.
For many years we have been promoting an active policy with the cities from neighbouring countries and, as a consequence, we have offices representing our Municipality in ten countries, through Compress. And just our relations with Bucharest city have been developing in a very dynamic manner, not only from the cultural or tourist’s point of view, but also from the economic one.
Bucharest Days in Vienna are meant to present the public from Vienna the Romanian and Bucharest culture and also to incite us to visit Bucharest.
the 4th of May of 2007
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