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Audience on their feet to sing the praises of Jerusalem's star

2009-11-23T14:48:43Z

The audience rose in a standing ovation as Fiona Shaw announced Mark Rylance, with whom she had studied at Rada, as best actor for his lead role in Jerusalem

Sir Win�s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds

2009-11-17T13:05:04Z

Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not?

Laughter in face of tyranny in Tales From The Golden Age

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Written by Cristian Mungiu, this portmanteau film has five stories, each helmed by a different but unnamed Romanian director, which comment on the surreal and comic urban myths of the time - most of which are substantially true

Katalin Varga is a British triumph

2009-10-08T23:00:00Z

Reading-born movie-maker Peter Strickland makes his impressive debut with Katalin Varga, after leaving for Romania to make his break.

Serbia facing point penalty over trouble

2009-10-08T13:48:14Z

Group Seven leaders Serbia were warned by FIFA today they could be docked points if there is further crowd trouble in their two remaining World Cup qualifiers

Romania fans jeer Madonna

2009-08-28T09:50:04Z

Madonna was booed on stage in Romania after she attacked discrimination against Gipsies

Traffickers defrauding millions in benefits

2009-08-24T07:28:54Z

Babies and young children are being trafficked into Britain by foreign criminals and used to make fraudulent benefits claims

Londoner, 72, bids to be oldest mother

2009-07-14T08:51:10Z

Duncan Bannatyne: I'd love to show Madonna what we have built in Romania

2009-07-03T08:23:02Z

Duncan Bannatyne soon returns to Dragons' Den for possibly the last time. Here he reveals a philanthropic side that has seen him build an orphanage

Fearless Azarenka can scare off her rivals on the big stage

2009-06-26T08:33:59Z

When Victoria Azarenka and Sorana Cirstea did battle at Wimbledon last year, the All England Club felt interest in the match only warranted an appearance on Court Six

First Lady of ballet is back on stage after her hardest performance

2009-04-22T08:44:38Z

She's the Royal Ballet star who has more international invitations than any ballerina since Margot Fonteyn

Eduardo desperate to forget broken-leg horror

2009-02-12T09:14:43Z

Football: Eduardo believes he has put his injury nightmare behind him after making a decisive return to action in Croatia's friendly against Romania

Big night on a small budget in Boogie

2009-01-15T00:00:00Z

Boogie delves into recapturing lost youth in this well made low-budget eastern-european film.

The best art house films for 2009

2008-12-29T11:39:41Z

Critically and commercially, 2008 has been good for foreign movies and next year looks even better. From a Korean spaghetti western to a Danish war film, expect the unexpected.

Romanian workers 'barred from 2012'

2008-12-18T09:24:23Z

Scores of Romanians helping to build the Olympic Park could be removed amid concerns over illegal employment, the Standard has learned

Kiefer reflects on something sinister in Mirrors

2008-10-08T23:00:00Z

Mirrors is a remake of a weird South Korean horror film starring Kiefer Sutherland - but just isn't as scary as the original version.

Creative media at Press Photographer's Exhibition

2008-08-25T23:00:00Z

The Press Photographer's Year exhibition, located in the National Theatre foyer, showcases outstanding photography taken for the UK media.

�57m extra cost of NHS superbugs

2008-06-25T08:18:39Z

Superbugs are costing the NHS an extra £57 million a year in hospital care

Van's the man to fear, insists Fabregas

2008-06-17T11:29:18Z

Cesc Fabregas fears his Arsenal teammate Robin van Persie could wreck Spain's dream of winning Euro 2008

Domenech facing the final curtain

2008-06-17T09:16:08Z

French fans could forgive their coach his eccentricities while their team were performing well, but now...

Henry's still got the va-va voom

2008-06-13T08:16:05Z

The former Arsenal striker can return to get the French out of their Euro tight spot.

Thuram in fear of Mutu

2008-06-09T12:10:34Z

Lilian Thuram is worried by the threat former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu will pose France

Memorial to a life cut short

2008-05-28T23:00:00Z

California Dreamin' has been acclaimed by many as an outstanding comment on the relationship between Romania and the US but Charlotte O'Sullivan is not so sure...

Nokia answers Dracula's call

2008-05-29T11:38:44Z

Nokia is the latest global player to relocate factories to Romania as the Cluj region of Dracula's homeland attracts Western companies by offering cheap land, labour and tax breaks

An eye-catching performance

2008-05-11T23:00:00Z

Looking like a balding bank manager, Selim Sesler seems an unlikely party animal � but his Turkish clarinet soars, swoops and dives.

The Gypsy Caravan

2007-08-23T11:02:04Z

A dazzling new documentary by director Jasmine Dellal looks set to do for Romany music what Buena Vista Social Club did for the Cuban sound.

A culture on the move

2007-05-29T10:11:21Z

As you'd expect from a festival celebrating Roma and Gypsy music and culture, The 1000 Year Journey has kept progressing. First held in 2000, this event tapped into a burgeoning wave of interest in gipsy roots

A culture on the move

2007-05-29T10:14:31Z

Balkan indie rock, flamenco beats, Bartok done gypsy-style, plus music from Turkey and Greece - the 1000 Year Journey festival is back.

World culture celebrated at London festival

2007-05-11T09:14:22Z

The ninth Mosaiques festival of world culture offers a vibrant selection of films, talks and music from around the globe.

French horror raises doubts over Romania

2007-01-26T00:00:00Z