Soros Foundation Romania has organized on Wednesday, 23rd of June at the Capital Plaza Hotel a public debate on the occasion of launching the “Local authorities face to face with the European funds" research.
The event had among participants r... details...
Soros Foundation Romania announces and congratulates the winners of the Open Society Documentaries’ competition:
Iulian Manuel Ghervas – China Town Romania Project
Marius Stefan Iacob – Imre și Piroska (Painted Blac... details...
Soros Foundation Romania and Foundation Cărtureşti presented a new edition of “Traffic. Urban. Anthropologies”, on Wednesday, the 16th of June, 19h in the Cărtureşti Verona attic. The event is dedicated to respecting the environmental... details...
Soros Foundation Romania launched in Cluj, on Tuesday, the 15th of June 2010, starting with 13h, in the Council Hall of the Political Sciences Faculty within the Babeş-Bolyai University, the book “Commentaries to the Romanian Constitution&rdqu... details...
Soros Foundation Romania announces and congratulates the winners of the Open Society Shorts competition, dedicated to the short films creators.
The best movie in the Student section was “Impossible Love", by Gabriela Popov.
The best movie in... details...
The following projects were sent to be evaluated by the Open Society Institute:
“Safe Flowers – From job seeking to art therapy for children from families with domestic violence”, al Community Safety and Mediation Center Foun... details...
Soros Foundation Romania, together with Polirom Publishing House launched on Sunday, the 13th of June, starting with 14h, at the Polirom Bookfest stand in Bucharest, the book ”Commentaries to the Romanian Constitution”, written in the fra... details...
The press release is available in Romanian only, for further information in English on the subject please contact Elena Coman, Communications Manager, ecoman(at)soros(dot)ro. details...
The Plight of the Roma, George Soros
NEW YORK – The Roma have been persecuted across Europe for centuries. Now they face a form of discrimination unseen in Europe since World War II: group evictions and expulsions from several European democracies of men, women, and chil... details...
George Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary, on August 12, 1930. He survived the Nazi occupation of Budapest and left communist Hungary in 1947 for England, where he graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE). While a student at LSE, Soros became familiar with the work of the philosopher Karl Popper, who had a profound influence on his thinking and later on his professional and philanthropic activities.
The financier. In 1956, Soros moved to the United States, where he began to accumulate a large...