3 ROMANIANS INCLUDED IN AZERBAIJANI "PERSONA NON GRATA" LIST
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15:22, 8 August, 2013
BUCHAREST, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. The Romanians have also been included
in the "persona non grata" list publicized by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Azerbaijan. The "Armenpress" reporter in Romania stated that
the Romanian media reports that Romanian journalist È~Xtefan Candea,
photographer PetruÈ~[ CÄ~Clinescu, and poet Marius Chelaru have been
declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan for "illegally visiting the
occupied territories".
Journalist È~Xtefan Candea and photographer PetruÈ~[ CÄ~Clinescu paid
a visit to Artsakh in 2010. Poet Marius Chelaru visited Stepanakert
in 2012 to attend an international poetry festival.
È~Xtefan Candea is a freelance journalist and co-founder of the
Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism in Bucharest, Romania,
and is currently working with ICIJ on an upcoming investigation.
Candea is a co-founder of the Romanian Centre for Investigative
Journalism, and worked for the first investigative TV show in Romania,
Reporteri Incognito. Candea has worked for Deutsche Welle, in print,
radio, TV and online, and he did freelance research and production
work for several foreign media outlets, including the BBC, Channel 4,
ITN, ZDF and Canal Plus.
Since March 2001, he has been a correspondent for Reporters sans
Frontieres in Romania.
Candea is a member of the International Consortium for Investigative
Journalists and has won several awards including the IRE Tom Renner
Award and the Overseas Press Club of America Award for online
journalism.
PetruÈ~[ CÄ~Clinescu, born 1976, is a freelance photojournalist based
in Bucharest, Romania. Covering documentaries and social issues, his
reportages has been published in National Geographic and Esquire. He
was also a contributor for New York Times, Courrier International,
The Times, Business Week, Paris Match, and various international
magazines and newspapers. He won 2 times the title of the Best Romanian
Photojournalist and recently in 2007 an Award of Excellence, for a
sport feature, in POYi - Picture of the Year International.
The aforesaid funny list of "persona non grata" contains 14 deputies of
Russian Parliament, 5 reporters of German ZDF TV channel, president
of Berlin academy, deputies of Iranian, Slovakian, Argentinean
parliaments, famous Russian economist Victor Sheinis, Baroness Cox,
President of military academy of Denmark, Russian political scientist
Sergey Marcedonov, 14 deputies of French parliament, Italian singer
Al Bano, 8 deputies of European Parliament, reporter of Washington
Post in Moscow Will Englund, reporter of New York Times Anastasia
Taylor Wint, Phillip Kirkorov's father - Bedros Kirkorov, famous
opera singer Montserrat Caballe, a deputy of Canadian Parliament.
The list also includes 6 American doctors, 7 British deputies, a
Greek deputy, 3 deputies of Swiss Parliament, editor in chief of EU
foreign policy magazine, former EU special representative in South
Caucasus Peter Samnabi, 5 deputies of Uruguayan parliament, famous
Swiss cosmonaut Claudi Nikolia, 6 Australian deputies, a deputy of
German Bundestag and other famous people.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/728621/3-romanians-included-in-azerbaijani-persona-non-grata-list.html
15:22, 8 August, 2013
BUCHAREST, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. The Romanians have also been included
in the "persona non grata" list publicized by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Azerbaijan. The "Armenpress" reporter in Romania stated that
the Romanian media reports that Romanian journalist È~Xtefan Candea,
photographer PetruÈ~[ CÄ~Clinescu, and poet Marius Chelaru have been
declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan for "illegally visiting the
occupied territories".
Journalist È~Xtefan Candea and photographer PetruÈ~[ CÄ~Clinescu paid
a visit to Artsakh in 2010. Poet Marius Chelaru visited Stepanakert
in 2012 to attend an international poetry festival.
È~Xtefan Candea is a freelance journalist and co-founder of the
Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism in Bucharest, Romania,
and is currently working with ICIJ on an upcoming investigation.
Candea is a co-founder of the Romanian Centre for Investigative
Journalism, and worked for the first investigative TV show in Romania,
Reporteri Incognito. Candea has worked for Deutsche Welle, in print,
radio, TV and online, and he did freelance research and production
work for several foreign media outlets, including the BBC, Channel 4,
ITN, ZDF and Canal Plus.
Since March 2001, he has been a correspondent for Reporters sans
Frontieres in Romania.
Candea is a member of the International Consortium for Investigative
Journalists and has won several awards including the IRE Tom Renner
Award and the Overseas Press Club of America Award for online
journalism.
PetruÈ~[ CÄ~Clinescu, born 1976, is a freelance photojournalist based
in Bucharest, Romania. Covering documentaries and social issues, his
reportages has been published in National Geographic and Esquire. He
was also a contributor for New York Times, Courrier International,
The Times, Business Week, Paris Match, and various international
magazines and newspapers. He won 2 times the title of the Best Romanian
Photojournalist and recently in 2007 an Award of Excellence, for a
sport feature, in POYi - Picture of the Year International.
The aforesaid funny list of "persona non grata" contains 14 deputies of
Russian Parliament, 5 reporters of German ZDF TV channel, president
of Berlin academy, deputies of Iranian, Slovakian, Argentinean
parliaments, famous Russian economist Victor Sheinis, Baroness Cox,
President of military academy of Denmark, Russian political scientist
Sergey Marcedonov, 14 deputies of French parliament, Italian singer
Al Bano, 8 deputies of European Parliament, reporter of Washington
Post in Moscow Will Englund, reporter of New York Times Anastasia
Taylor Wint, Phillip Kirkorov's father - Bedros Kirkorov, famous
opera singer Montserrat Caballe, a deputy of Canadian Parliament.
The list also includes 6 American doctors, 7 British deputies, a
Greek deputy, 3 deputies of Swiss Parliament, editor in chief of EU
foreign policy magazine, former EU special representative in South
Caucasus Peter Samnabi, 5 deputies of Uruguayan parliament, famous
Swiss cosmonaut Claudi Nikolia, 6 Australian deputies, a deputy of
German Bundestag and other famous people.