2024 is soon passing its first quarter and we have already had a lot of activity in each project. So many events, we haven't even had a chance to tell you what an eventful year 2023 has been! Hundreds of Romanians came to the already traditional Romanian events in the Netherlands: the Universal Day of the King of Romania and the National Day of Romania...
The year 2023 was a year full of beautiful events at the Dutch Romanian Library! We remind you of some of them below. BiebROțeilor Workshop In January 2023 we resumed the weekly online meetings of the BiebROțeilor Workshop. The workshops had two modules: a spring-summer one from 31 January to 6 June and an autumn-winter one from 14 September to 21 December....
Today, we invite you to travel back in time together to the year 2023 to look back and reflect on the work of the Romanian School Amsterdam. We were again present, Saturday after Saturday, at our beloved workshops, which we have been organising with great dedication and love for children for 7 years now. In the year 2023 we...
Friendship is a subjective term, whether you want to perceive your friends as those who trust you, who support you, who go out with you for a soda or wine, who urge you to do cool things or with whom you just go out to share a slice of cake on the dullest day of the year. I don't think...
On 23 March we meet at OBA Javaplein to celebrate the work of author and translator Jan Willem Bos. One of the most important promoters of Romanian literature in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Jan Willem also has a fascinating autobiographical book "From the Rhine to the Danube and Back" published in 2022 by Humanitas, which we will discuss in more detail. In part...
Do you have Romanian roots and would you like to introduce your children to Romanian? Would you like to help your children increase their vocabulary or maintain contact with Romanian? Would you like to discover new stories written by contemporary Romanian authors? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes" you will be happy to know that the Dutch Romanian Library joins...
1. First, tell us a little about yourself. Who is Silvia Mihaila? Hi, my name is Silvia Mihăilă, a passionate researcher and dedicated mother. In 2017, I started a new phase in my career as a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University, and in 2021, I became an assistant professor, focusing on in vitro models in pharmacology research. Together with my husband...
Elections for the Chamber of Deputies (Tweede Kamerverkiezing) are approaching!They will take place on 22 November 2023, and will replace those scheduled for spring 2025, which were brought forward following the fall of the Rutte IV cabinet. As is traditional, a polling station has also been set up in the Chamber of Deputies. Residents of The Hague can vote at that special polling station. The polling stations...
We are happy to invite you to a special event in honour of Romania's National Day! We are looking forward to welcoming you on Saturday, 2 December 2023, starting at 12:00 at St. Nicolaas High School in Amsterdam, located at Beethovenplein 2, 1077 WM. Organised by the Rompro Foundation, this event will offer a rich palette of cultural events and workshops for all ages. What you can...
November also comes with events from Rompro Social, both online and offline. We look forward to seeing you! These events are organised with the support of the Department for Romanians Abroad, a project running from March to November 2023. Toeslag - Social benefits in the Netherlands On 2 November, from 20.00 (Dutch time) or 21.00 (Romanian time) we are Live on Facebook and...
Coming to the Netherlands and don't know where to start? Are you a first-year university student or doing an exchange programme in the Netherlands? Read the article to the end and I guarantee it will answer frequently asked questions about transport in the Netherlands, how to use the Ov-chipkaart and NS app, how to get medical insurance...
You have arrived in the Netherlands, found accommodation and taken care of all the formalities necessary for this important step. Everything seems great, you feel like a new person, you are excited to discover the new city that has adopted you. This excitement lasts for quite a short time, then you start to feel homesick, homesick for your loved ones and homesick for everything...