apology

British company Virgin Media on Thursday presented its apologies for “any offense” it may have brought Romanians with a Euro-2008 spot picturing Romania’s squad against several men wearing thick golden necklaces in the background.

Romania’s president Traian Basescu apologized Thursday in Brasov, central Romania, to the victims of the 1987 repressed anti-communist riot.

Romanian discrimination watchdog CNCD publicly condemns the statement of foreign affairs minister Adrian Cioroianu, feeling that it generates a degrading, humiliating and offensive atmosphere for certain communities.