Deputy Ambassador of Romania in Cyprus.Former 🇷🇴diplomat in 🇹🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸.Phd in int’l economic relations. Georgetown,Aspen&Cato Institutes fellow.Views my own
#Barsana
#Monastery
church complex in Maramures 🇷🇴 is one of the tallest wooden churches in Romania and also hosts achurch which is part of the
#UNESCO
world heritage. The Bârsana village is well-known for the presence of a monastery with wooden church since 1391.
#visitromania
Greek-cypriots and turkish-cypriots dancing together tonight in Bicommunal Dancings, celebrating 👸
#queensplatinumjubilee
at 🇬🇧Sovereign Base Areas in Happy Valley Episkopi 🇨🇾Fantastic experience hosted by
@040thomsonrob
@UKinCyprus
👏🏻Thank you,efharisto poli,teşekkür ederiz!🙏
First snow❄️this year in Troodos Mount🏔️🇨🇾 (yes, there is snow in Cyprus😁). The Troodos 🏔️is t/largest mountain range in Cyprus, located almost at the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus at 1,952 m. Who is ready for a snowman ⛄️, snow-fight or some skiing ⛷️?
New “purrr-colleague” in the office! Meet Grisou, the Cypriot
#feline
who knows how to mark its territory and win hearts ❤️🇨🇾🐈⬛
#cypriotcat
#catsofcyprus
Today we celebrate the Romanian Blouse, painted by Henri Matisse, elevated by Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior. Also called “IE” it probably represents the most emblematic piece of Romanian folklore and artistic expression.🇷🇴
@FloriDeIE
@cris_chiriac
Celebrating today St. Andrew, the patron saint of
#romania
. The legend tells that today's territory of Romania 🇷🇴 was Christianized by Saint Andrew in the 1st century AD. Also, memories from Apostolos Andreas monastery in Cyprus, an old site of pilgrimage at the tip of the island
Happy National Day to my beloved country which I proudly represent abroad!
La multi ani
#Romania
!
1️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ years since the
#GreatUnion
of Romanians! 💙💛♥️
Honored to be elected today as Judge of the UN International Court of Justice
@CIJ_ICJ
by
#UNGA
with 117 votes & UN Security Council with 9 votes as the first ever Romanian🇹🇩 to fulfil this function! I thank 🇺🇳UN Member States for their trust in me & in RO School of Int'l Law!
#Unique
in the
#World
: The Merry Cemetery in Sapanta Village, Maramures🇷🇴,inscribed in
#UNESCO
, an example of local
#Dacian
culture, whose philosophy vouched for the
#immortality
of the soul&belief that
#death
was a moment filled with joy🎉&anticipation for a better life
#romania
It was again that time of the year,the
#celebration
in style the
#NationalDayRomania
105 years since the
#GreatUnion
🥂
Happy to enjoy this special moment through hard work
#Embassy
💪🏻&with gratitude for all the special friends I have in Cyprus 🇨🇾
🥂to a strong relation🇷🇴🇨🇾
Καλά Χριστούγεννα και ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος! Mutlu Noeller ve Mutlu Yıllar! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Craciun Fericit si La multi ani! 🎄🎅🥂
If it is March, it is still Martisor! 🌺🤍❤️Happy to celebrate this old 🇷🇴Romanian
#tradition
, part of
#UNESCO
intangible heritage(since 2017) with fellow Deputy Ambassadors and Charge d’affaires in
#Cyprus
, at a time when all the nature is blooming on the Aphrodite’s island 🇨🇾
A successful&wonderful second edition of “Breakfast at Tiffanys: women in diplomacy, business and politics”. Gathered 17 powerful women from 🇨🇾🇷🇴🇳🇱🇺🇸🇱🇧🇵🇱🇦🇹🇵🇹🇸🇪&shared experiences, stories&struggles. Efharisto poli 2
@verlys
4 co-hosting&being such an inspiration and great leader
#Boboteaza
today in
#Romania
when bravery meets tradition!The exhilarating ritual of tossing the
#Cross
✝️into the
#BlackSea
not only marks the
#Baptism
of
#Jesus
but also challenges courageous swimmers to retrieve it. A unique blend of faith,celebration& a chilly plunge🌊🏊♂️❄️
We commemorate today in Romania, as well as in Cyprus 🇨🇾&Greece 🇬🇷the Three Holy Hierarchs.Take a look at the most beautiful
#church
⛪️ in Europe dedicated to the Holy Three Hierarchs: Basil, Gregory and John.
"Trei Ierarhi"/Three Hierarchs Monastery Church from
#Ia
și, Romania🇷🇴
Honored to join the First Lady of Cyprus
@phkarsera
,Ambassadors &Women Diplomats&Spouses
@CDLSA
🇨🇾for the Vasilopita celebration!🥳
Sharing traditional Greek New Year's cake means celebrating unity&friendship.
May the🪙coin in
#Vasilopita
bring prosperity to all! 🍰
#Diplomacy
Great
#celebration
of 🇳🇱King’s Day! Inspiring speech by
#Ambassador
@MerksElke
👏🏻a dear long time friend with whom I share many experiences&diplomatic work since 2016!
We love orange on our dresses&ties, but laughs&talks about cheese, diplomacy&politics went hand in hand! 🇷🇴🫶🇳🇱
Honored to have met the Minster of trade and energy of the Republic of Cyprus, Mrs. Natasa Pilides
@NatasaPilidou
on the occasion of the first economic mission of the CONAF(Confederation of Romanian Women Entrepreneurs) to the Republic of Cyprus. 🇷🇴🇨🇾
@cris_chiriac
Privileged 2 attend t/meeting of Pope Francis w/Authorities&Diplomatic Corps in🇨🇾. “This🏝represents a pearl of great price in the❤️of the Mediterranean. As t/formation of a pearl,it takes time&patience,demands a broad vision capable of embracing a variety of cultures”
@Pontifex
Congrats👏🏻 to my dear friend Krisztina Lakos for being appointed Ambassador of Hungary to Cyprus, after her hard work for 5 years as charge d’affaires!A well deserved recognition!
All the best of luck in your new mandate! Looking fw to continuing our friendship🇷🇴-🇭🇺in🇨🇾as well!
Romanian
#children
👩🎓🧑🎓performing 🇷🇴Ro songs at the
#graduation
ceremony of the Romanian Language School years 1 to 4 in
#Nicosia
! Bravo 👏🏻 to all kids, teachers and parents! Happy summer holidays🇷🇴🇨🇾
Happy Independence Day to my hosting country Cyprus! 🇷🇴🇨🇾
Welcoming by H.E.
@Christodulides
President of the Republic&First Lady
@phkarsera
Happy to see also our ambassador colleagues from Rep. Moldova 🇲🇩, Malta 🇲🇹, Norway 🇳🇴 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 based in Athens!
@AndreiPopov73
Wonderful ceremonial event hosted by 🇷🇴Embassy in 🇨🇾, where Honorary Consul Marios Klitou
@maklitou
received 🎖Romania’s National Order in Faithful Service. Many thanks to our Honourable guests and friends🇷🇴🤝🇨🇾 who celebrated with us
@kyriac_kokkinos
@kkorneliou
@ThomasKazakos
#Romania
🇷🇴 is the largest producer of
#walnuts
in the European Union 🇪🇺, according to Eurostat! 👏🏻
🐿 In 2021, more than 60,000 tons of walnuts were produced in Romania.
Warm congratulations & best wishes to our friends in
#Cyprus
, on the occasion of their National Day!
#Romania
remains committed to consolidating our bilateral cooperation & coordination in addressing the main topics on EU & international agenda.
@CyprusMFA
Delighted to be part of the enchanting Christmas Celebration&Bazaar hosted by 🇷🇴Romanian Society in 🇨🇾Cyprus! A fantastic showcase of RO culture, warmth&festive cheer. Grateful for the vibrant community spirit! 🎄✨
#RomanianSocietyCyprus
#ChristmasCelebration
#CommunitySpirit
Great opening by t/Permanent Secretary of 🇨🇾Ministry of Defence
@DefenceCyprus
Andreas Louka of the “
#DiplomaticSkills
for
#CSDP
” course. Thank you🙏 for your appreciation on our very first initiative 🇷🇴🇨🇾in this field and your confidence in our future cooperation. More to come!
Le sunt recunoscătoare colegilor de la Ambasada României 🇷🇴 în
#Israel
🇮🇱, de la Oficiul de Reprezentare al RO la
#Ramallah
și de la Consulatul General al RO la
#Haifa
pentru eforturile neobosite depuse în această perioadă extrem de dificilă!
@romaniainisrael
@MAERomania
Inaugurating the “
#Francophonie
Park”
@Tripolis
Bastion in
#Nicosia
, by t/ President of🇨🇾, H.E. Mr. Nikos Christodoulides
@Christodulides
🇷🇴Celebrating 30 years of membership, Romania is represented by “prunus amygdalus” tree, together with other members&observers 🇫🇷🇱🇧🇪🇸🇨🇭🇧🇬 🇶🇦
Warm congratulations to our friends in
#Cyprus
, on the occasion of their
#NationalDay
!
#Romania
remains fully committed to further consolidating our strong cooperation at bilateral, regional and
#EU
level, in all areas of common interest.
@CyprusMFA
Energetic and motivational address today by Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle, UK’s
@CommonsSpeaker
during a Special Plenary Session of 🇨🇾House of Representatives. Thank you Speaker
@AnnitaDemetriou
for this opportunity! 🇷🇴🇨🇾🇬🇧Together with my dear colleague
@NogaCaspi
🇷🇴🇮🇱
⛪️The “Sapanta-Peri”
#Monastery
, built on the place of a wooden
#church
from 1391. Measuring 75 meters, with a cross on top of 7 m coated in 4 kg of gold,the building is considered the
#tallest
wooden church in the
#world
, being registered in the
#Guinessbook
and part of
#UNESCO
Celebrating 🎉
#EuropeDay
🇪🇺 in Limassol, with
@EuropeDirectLim
@CyUniTech
,Limassol Municipality &
@EUCYPRUS
Greatful 🙏to our partners in 🇷🇴, Neamt&Maramures counties,4 their support in promoting our country!
Stay tuned for more 🇪🇺 celebration events in Nicosia!
@SarametOana
Exploring the breathtaking slopes of Poiana Brasov in 🇷🇴Romania – a skiing paradise surrounded by stunning landscapes.
From the thrill of the slopes to the cozy après-ski, Romania's winter wonderland has it all. 🎿❄️
#PoianaBrasov
#SkiingRomania
#WinterAdventure
Great evening at the Presidential Palace, graciously hosted by Mrs. Andri Anastasiades,First Lady🇨🇾. First kick off event of CY Diplomatic Ladies and Spouses Ass. 21/22. Kudos to
@xkorneliou
President,
@phkarsera
Honorary President for the wonderful organization&hospitality!
Remembering
#Struma
disaster, the ship who was trying to take
#JewishRefugees
from
#Romania
to Mandatory
#Palestine
. A
#Soviet
submarine torpedoed her, killing 781 refugees&10 crew, which made it the Black Sea's largest exclusively-civilian naval disaster of World War II. 🇷🇴🇮🇱
Talked today at Univ. of
#Nicosia
about the Art of
#Diplomacy
&becoming a good diplomat, to
#Students
enrolled in BA in Int’l Rel. &Diplomacy.
Glad to see very engaged students from different countries Cyprus🇨🇾,Ukraine🇺🇦,Germany🇩🇪,Russia🇷🇺,Libia🇱🇾,Lithuania🇱🇹
🙏Prof.
@adamidco
That time of the year: nothing beats celebrating Christmas while savoring every heavenly bite of my delicious homemade pavlova cake topped with fresh,vibrant Cypriot pomegranate! 🎄🍰✨
#Christmas
#PomegranatePavlova
#FestiveDelights
September 1st is a day of celebration! Happy Romanian Diplomacy Day to all my colleagues in the 🇷🇴Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
Semper fidelis patriae!
#ZiuaDiplomatieiRomane
#Discussions
&
#debates
with diplomatic colleagues from Romania🇷🇴, Rep. of Moldova 🇲🇩, Rep. of Türkiye 🇹🇷, Albania🇦🇱, Greece🇬🇷 and other participants at the 12th edition of the International Black Sea 🌊Symposium and 25th anniversary of the
@ICBSS_org
recently held in
#Athens
🙏
Today marks the celebration of Sfântul Ion,a day honoring Saint John the Baptist in🇷🇴Romanian traditions.
Remembering also my dear late grandmother,named Ioana❤️
Wishing all celebrating a day filled with joy,reflection&blessings.
#Sf
ântulIon
#SaintJohntheBaptist
🇷🇴🇨🇾🇬🇷
1 Decembrie, Marea Unire! La mulți ani României, tuturor romanilor și celor ce simt și gândesc românește!💙💛❤️
December 1st, the Great Union! Happy National Day
#Romania
, to all Romanians in the world, and to all that feel and think Romanian! 🇷🇴
I spent almost half of my childhood in Transylvania,around the magnificent
#TurdaGorge
,where my mother was born&lived.
Happy to see that the RO smoked pork product "Salinate de Turda" 🇷🇴 received the approval of the EU 🇪🇺 to become a protected geographical indication product👏🏻
Produsul românesc din carne de porc afumată „Salinate de Turda” 🇷🇴 a primit aprobarea Comisiei Europene 🇪🇺 pentru a deveni produs cu indicație geografică protejată (IGP).
Mai multe detalii 👉
Sursă 📸: Ministerul Agriculturii și Dezvoltării Rurale
My beautiful country Romania 🇷🇴:
▶️area of 238,397 sq. km
▶️constitutes 4.8% of Europe's surface
▶️5.4% of the European Union's surface
▶️ twelfth-largest country in Europe
▶️the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union
Happy to co-lecture today about “
#EU
in
#MENA
region” together with my esteemed colleague
@demetris_dem
Director
@CyprusMFA
and presenting the 🇷🇴 and 🇨🇾 perspectives on the region!
Great audience with focused interested from the course participants &timely Q&A👏🏻
@symeon_zambas
“Olivia” documentary, a story about friendship, compassion, dedication and unconditional love and support without borders, between a turkish-cypriot little girl and her greek-cypriot “Yιαγιά”. Kudos to Mine Balman for the effort of directing!
@EU_MarioNava
@deniz1inci
Wonderful charity fashion show tonight.”Solstice night for children” event to support “Hope for Children” CRC Policy Center, featuring
@anemibrands
and
@afroditihera
.Thank you 🙏
@emilyyiolitis
for the kind invitation, friendship&continuing to do amazing things with passion! 👏🏻
Discussing about “Women on Boards” with Ambassadors in 🇨🇾 and the CY Chamber of Commerce
@CCCI_Cyprus
. Still a long way to go when it comes to promoting merits AND gender equality. Great input by
@IrfanUKAmb
🇬🇧about G7 Female Ambassadors mirrors at
@FCDOGovUK
👏🏻
Europe Day celebrations have started, today kick off event in Eleftheria Sq Nicosia! Thank you all for visiting 🇷🇴stand!Together we stand in unity, solidarity, with democracy and European shared values🇪🇺🇷🇴🇨🇾🎉
🇷🇴 Great news: on Romania's National Day, the Romanian Blouse was included in the UNESCO Heritage! 🏛️decided to include “The art of the high-necked shirt - an element of cultural identity in Romania&Republic of Moldova", in t/List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity👏🏻🇷🇴🇲🇩
#OrangeTheWorld
Together with the Lady Ambassadors of 🇦🇹🇳🇱🇫🇷 🇩🇪in 🇨🇾 starting the
#16DaysofActivism
against gender-based violence! We stand against all types of violence against women and girls! 🧡🧡🧡
Launched in 2019 in&by Romania,the 1️⃣st edition abroad of the 🇷🇴course “
#STRATCOM
in
#CSDP
” kicked off in Larnaca🇨🇾Cyprus,continuing the great partnership,amazing collaboration&hard work we started with the Cyprus Security&Defense Academy🙏👏🏻
@symeon_zambas
@adamidco
🇷🇴🇨🇾
@ESDC