An exhibition centering on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Austria was mounted at the National Library of the Republic of Moldova. The event aims to confirm, by documents and periodicals from the Library’s collections, Moldova’s interest and commitment to strengthen and develop the friendly Moldovan-Austrian relations, the Library’s vice director Veronica Borș has told IPN.
The exhibition has a number of divisions, such as the history of Austria, the Moldovan-Austrian cultural relations, the cultural capital Vienna, the Viennese cultural influences on the architecture of Chisinau, Austrian personalities, Austrian literature in German, translations of Austrian classic and contemporary writers, etc.
Veronica Borș said the events that will be held to celebrate the anniversary includes an exhibition of photographs “Maria Cebotari and Valentina Nafornița on the stage of the Vienna Opera” that presents pictures of the two singers taken from the National Library’s digital archive and from an Austrian press agency.
There was also inaugurated an exhibition of banners entitled “30 years of existence of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Moldova”, created by the Embassy of Austria in Chisinau. “These banners offer once again the occasion to go back in time and to present the diplomatic relations between Moldova and Austria during 30 years, including the bilateral cooperation in economy, medicine, education and culture,” stated Veronica Borș.
The exhibition can be visited in the central Block of the National Library until July 25.
