Loading ...In his speech, Emil Boc reminded the important role culture and education play, through books, especially during such times of crisis, also mentioning investing in books will always remain a profitable business. In his turn, the interim Minister of Culture, while referring to what a politician said about the vital importance of agriculture, made an analogy and said that books and food are equally indispensable.
‘We could cut the VAT for books’, Paleologu also said, looking towards Boc and adding that ‘if God helped us’. Moreover, the interim Minister of Culture specified he was particularly found of the Gaudeamus Fair for ‘the symbol of youth’ it carries, referring here to the symbol of the hymn ‘Gaudeamus igitur’, sang at the opening of the Fair.
The French Ambassador to Bucharest spoke about ‘a huge bookshop of Romanian books’, with the Italian Ambassador referring to this event as one of the most important on the Romanian cultural scene. ‘This is a gesture of normality in a year of crisis to have a Gaudeamus Book Fair, even bigger than the one last year’, Maria Toghina said in her turn.
She also added that the Gaudeamus was the most important book fair in South-East Europe and that she wanted to have it in the future compete with the huge Fairs in the Western countries too. She also reminded 105,000 Romanians came to the Fair last year. Gaudeamus 2009 will be held over November 25-29 in the Central Pavilion of the Romexpo Exhibitions Complex, having been organized by the SRR on an annual basis since 1944.
The event, now at its 16th edition, represents one of the most important events on the Romanian book market, having been also included with the European Commission’s calendar of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, a sign of recognition of its reputation and good standards. Fair visitors will be able to attend more than 530 events.
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