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Romanian President Traian Basescu granted decorations to several Romanian artistic and academic personalities including Radu Beligan, Nicolae Manolescu, Lucian Pintilie, Gheorghe Dinica and Marin Moraru.

Romanian anti-communism fighter Vasile Paraschiv refused Monday the Star of Romania in the rank of Knight offered to him by President Traian Basescu, mentioning that he refuses to receive it "from a communist just like all those who ran the country since the Revolution."

Romanian President Traian Basescu decorated Wednesday, at his office, sixteen former and current journalists of the National Radio Company (SRR) during the event celebrating the station’s 80th anniversary.