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Romania's Department of Defense will follow the legal procedures needed to unclassify its documents related to the violent events that led to the fall of the communist regime in December 1989.
Following a request by Romania's High Court of Justice (PICCJ), on 15th January, 2010 the department has already unclassified a number of 1,989 documents counting 2,684 pages related to the controversial Romanian Revolution.
Other documents, which are still considered a 'state secret', might only be available to the public following a governmental bill.
During the past 20 years that followed the fall of communism, several voices from the civil society and the media have asked for uncovering the secrets related to December 1989.
Last week, Defense Minister Gabriel Oprea met members of '21st December 1989 Association' on the subject of unclassifying the secret documents related to the Romanian Revolution.
According to Romanian authorities' official version, a number of 1,142 persons have been shot dead, and 3,138 have been wounded during the violent street conflicts in December 1989 in such major cities as Bucharest, Timisoara, Sibiu, Cluj, or Constanta.
At present, there is still no commonly accepted version as to whom was responsible for these deaths.
The movie Katalin Varga (2009, directed by Peter Strickland) tells a troubling story of love, crime, forgiveness, and revenge. Read our news about it here.
For Sale: Dracula's Transylvanian castle
You already know the myth. Now find out the facts about Bran Castle from this short Al Jazeera film. At present, a large number of old Transylvanian castles are waiting for investors pepared to buy them and restore their condition. Read more here.
Too much Krivach won't kill you
A fresh and untypical interpretation of Queen's 'Too much love will kill you' convinced the members of the jury that Razvan Krivach deservs the big trophy at Brasov's 2008 Golden Stag music festival. Read more here, or listen and watch the song below:
Afrim's Attic
They are gross and at the same time funny; they are genuine, but also bold: The characters pictured up by young director Radu Afrim tell something about our own fears, our hopes, and maybe our madness.
Mr Afrim's work has been recently acclaimed at Avignon Off 2008 festival. Find out more here, and watch this short scene from his 'Mansarde à Paris/ Les détours Cioran' recorded by an amateur:
Drama experiments in Transylvania
A walk to the fringes of the possibilities of modern theatre. It's called Man.In.Fest, and it's an international festival of the experimental, the unexplored, and the unimagined theatre.
Read more about the 2008 edition here, and watch a short film about the 2007 edition of Man.In.Fest below:
Romania's Department of Defense will follow the legal procedures needed to unclassify its documents related to the violent events that led to the fall of the communist regime in December 1989.
