Coordinates: 52°16′N 1°20′E / 52.27°N 01.33°E / 52.27; 01.33

Alde
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Los Aldeanos began as one of many underground Rap Cubano groups based in Havana, Cuba. Dubbed as "underground rappers", Los Aldeanos became a group in 2003, composed of El Aldeano and El B, both of whom are MC's. Los Aldeanos describe themselves as not being the pioneer of Rap Cubano, but credit themselves with producing "real" Rap Cubano, giving to the followers of "real" Rap Cubano and "real" Hip Hop lyrics that not only instill a sense of understanding of the social, political, and economical problems that aggravate Cuban society today, but also with a sense of urgency.^[1] The lyrics of Los Aldeanos are largely anti-status quo and as a result express sentiments that are critical of the government of Cuba. Such an example can be found in their song "Libertad de Expresión".^[2]

With such claims to authenticity and explicit discontent with the status quo, Los Aldeanos are just one among many underground rap bands that oppose the rising popularity of Reggaeton in Cuba. Groups like Los Aldeanos have come to openly disagree with and condemn Reggaeton, calling it unconscious and negative music that detracts Cuban society from the ailments that continue to afflict society and instead focuses attention on the pleasurable acts of self-indulgence and dance.^[3]

History[link]

Friends Bian Óscar Rodríguez Gala (El B) and Aldo Roberto Rodríguez Baquero (El Aldeano) held their first public performance at 5 Palmas in La Lisa on February 27, 2003 – there weren’t more than five people present. Later that same year they performed at Park Almendares inaugurating their rap duo as “Los Aldeanos.” In their inaugural year, they received the Rap Plaza award for their song Aveces Sueño. Los Aldeanos is a Cuban rap group whose repertoire is recognized for being Revolutionary, yet critical of regimen bureaucracies and corruption. They recorded their debut album Censurado together in 2003 and soon after Poesía Esposada in 2004. Meanwhile El Aldeano recorded his first independent project titled Entre T las Musas. The following year Los Aldeanos took part in the final annual Habana Hip-Hop rap festival and the second annual Hip-Hop Symposium. On their third anniversary together in 2006, El B recorded his debut solo album titled Mi Filosofía and they released Abajo Como Hace 3 Febreros. Los Aldeanos received international recognition at the end of 2006 with a feature on the front cover of the entertainment section of the New York Times in the article titled “Cuba's Rap Vanguard Reaches Beyond the Party Line.” Soon after, a spotlight on Univision titled them "revolutionaries of the Revolution." The attention from US audiences propelled a newfound global curiosity for the Cuban rap group. Shortly after, in 2007 Los Aldeanos joined the collective of over 40 emcees called “La Comisión Depuradora” alongside Explosión Suprema, Maykelxtremo, El Adversario, Soldier Squad, Hermanos de Causa, and Mano Armada amongst others, contributing to the self-titled double CD album of the collective produced by 26 Musas and Real 70. That same year Los Aldeanos recorded their fourth album together titled Poesía y Corazón, for which they received the ‘best rap group’ award from the television program Cuerda Viva. In 2008 each has published their own independent albums, El Aldeano with Miseria Humana and Mantenimiento al Alma, and El B presented his double CD album Dr. Jekill y Mr. Hyde, while together Los Aldenaos released El Atropello. In this last year Los Aldeanos have recorded with Puerto Rican rap duo Intifada, El B won the national Red Bull freestyle competition “La Batalla de los Gallos” for a second year in a row, and they were labeled the Cuban folk singers of the new generation when they shared the stage with Pablo Milanés in the Anti-Imperialist Grandstand.23 In July, 2010, they will perform on the "Exit-festival" in Novi Sad, Serbia.Los Aldeanos have performed twice in Miami now and will hopefully keep performing.You can visit and listen to their music freely at www.losaldeanos.net ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Discography[link]

• Censurados (2003)
• Poesía Esposada (2004)
• L3 Y 8 - Inciso A (2004)
• En 3T La Musas (Aldo) (2005)
• Abajo Como Hace Tres Febreros (2006)
• Mi Filosofía (El B) (2006)
• Record Pila Acción (2007)
• Poesía & Corazón (Aldo) (2007)
• Inédito (2007)
• Comisión Depuradora Vol. 1 (2007)
• Comisión Depuradora Vol. 2 (2007)
• Miseria Humana (Aldo) (2008)
• Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde Vol. 1 (Dr. Jekyll) (El B) (2008)
• Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde Vol. 2 (Mr. Hyde) (El B) (2008)
• Mantenimiento Al Alma (Aldo) (2009)
• El Atropello (2009)
• Los Kbayros (Aldo y Silvito el Libre) (2009)
• Viva Cuba libre (El B) (2010)
• Nos Achicharraron (Aldo) (2010)
• A Moler Chatarra (Aldo) (2010)
• D'Finy Flowww (2010)
• Desacato (2010)
• Actividad Paranormal (Aldo) (2011)
• baby bello & don perfecto (2011
• tribu mokoya (2011)

References[link]

Interview video of Los Aldeanos - By Havana-Cultura Website

Los Aldeanos.net - Lyrics, Videos, Albums, News, and more. http://www.elgenero.com/

1. ^ Los Aldeanos: http://www.myspace.com/losaldeanos
2. ^ Lyrics - Los Aldeanos - Hip Hop
3. ^ Baker, Geoffery. 2008. "The Politics of Dancing" In Reading Reggaeton. forthcoming in Duke University Press
4. ^ http://www.exitfest.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3527&Itemid=87
5. ^ http://www.emetreceproductions.com/LosAldeanos.html
6. ^ http://hiphopcuba.com

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Kristiina Ojuland in 2011.

Kristiina Ojuland (born 17 December 1966 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) was the foreign minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. In June 2004 she ran for the post of secretary-general of the Council of Europe, but was defeated, receiving 51 of 299 votes. She is a member of the Estonian Reform Party and since 2009 she serves as 1 of the 6 Estonian MEPs in the European parliament.

She is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.^[1]

Education[link]

1993: Vienna School of International Studies, special program

1992: Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, special program.

1992: Graduated from the Estonian School of Diplomacy in Tallinn.

1990: LL.B, Law Faculty, University of Tartu

Career[link]

2009–: Member of European Parliament (ALDE)

2007–: Vice President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), member of the ELDR Bureau

2007–: Vice-chair of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, ALDE-PACE Group

2007–2009: First vice-speaker of Riigikogu

2004–2007: Chair of the European Affairs Committee of Riigikogu

2002–2005: Minister of Foreign Affairs

1994–2002: Member of Riigikogu (parliament), member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, chair of the Estonian French parliamentary friendship group (1996 2002)

1996–2002: Head of the Estonian Parliamentary Delegation to PACE; Vice President of the PACE, Member of the Bureau

1999–2002: Leader of the PACE LDR Group

1999–2002: Vice President of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), member of the ELDR Bureau

1995–2002: Foreign Secretary of the Estonian Reform Party

1994–1996: Director of the Estonian Broadcasting Association

1993–1994: Permanent Representative of Estonia to the Council of Europe

1992–1993: Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for Council of Europe

1990–1992: Estonian Ministry of Justice, Draft Legislation Department ^[2]

Kristiina Ojuland in 2004.

Decorations[link]

• Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (Portugal)
• The Order of the National Coat of Arms 5th class (Estonia)
• Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (Austria)

Personal life[link]

From 1987 to 2000, Ojuland was married to Erik Siigur.^[3] Her current partner of seven years is Estonian businessman Raimo Kägu.^[4]

References[link]

• BBC report on sacking

Sergei Magnitsky
Born	Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky (1972-04-08)April 8, 1972 U.S.S.R.
Died	November 16, 2009(2009-11-16)
Occupation	Auditor

Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky (Russian: Сергей Леонидович Магнитский; 8 April 1972 – 16 November 2009) was a Russian attorney whose death in police custody generated international media attention and launched an investigation into allegations of abuse.^[1] Magnitsky, who had alleged wide-scale tax fraud sanctioned by officials before being himself arrested, died days before the one year limit that he could be held without trial would expire.^[2] In total, Magnitsky served 358 days in prison.^[3] In December 2010, British human rights organization Redress filed a 100-page report to United Nations special rapporteurs on human rights.^[4] The Economist calls the alleged torture and killing of Magnitsky "gruesome."^[5] His case has become an international cause célèbre.^[6]

Background[link]

Magnitsky was a Firestone Duncan attorney representing a UK-based investment advisory firm Hermitage Capital Management on charges of tax evasion and tax fraud.^[7] He was a specialist in civil law.

Over the years of its operation, Hermitage had supplied information to the press on a number of occasions related to corporate and governmental misconduct in alleged corruption within state-owned Russian enterprises.^[8] Company co-founder Bill Browder was soon expelled from Russia as a national threat, though Browder himself has indicated that he represented only a threat "to corrupt politicians and bureaucrats", believing that the ouster was conducted to leave his company open for exploitation.^[1] In November 2005, Browder arrived in Moscow to be told his visa had been annulled. He was deported the next day and has not seen his Moscow home for 10 years.^[6]

In June 4, 2007, Hermitage's office was raided by the police. The offices of Firestone Duncan, Hermitage's law firm, were also raided. In both cases, tax documents were stolen.^[9] In October 2007, Browder received word that one of the firms maintained in Moscow had a judgement against it for an alleged unpaid debt. This was the first Browder had heard of it, according to him.^[6]

Exposing of Scandal[link]

In his investigations into the charges against Hermitage, Firestone Duncan attorney Magnitsky came to believe that tax fraud had been perpetuated, but not by Hermitage: evidence he discovered suggested a group of conspirators had stolen the seals and documents of Hermitage and used them to fraudulently reclaim $230m (£140m) of Hermitage's taxes.^[2][10] Magnitsky's testimony implicated police, the judiciary, tax officials, bankers and the Russian mafia.^[2] In spite of the initial dismissal of his claims, Magnitsky's core allegation that Hermitage had not committed fraud but had been victimized by it would eventually be validated when a sawmill foreman pled guilty in the matter to "fraud by prior collusion", though the foreman would maintain that police were not part of the plan.^[10] Before then, however, Magnitsky had himself been brought under investigation by one of the policemen he had testified was behind the fraud. According to Browder, Sergei was "the 'go to guy' in Moscow on courts, taxes, fines, anything to do with civil law."^[6]

According to Magnitsky's investigation, the documents that had been stolen in June 2007 were used to forge a change in ownership.^[6] The thieves then used forged contracts to claim Hermitage owed $1 billion to shell companies. Unbeknownst to Hermitage, those claims were later authenticated by judges. In every instance, lawyers unknown to Hermitage pled guilty on the organizations behalf.^[6]

The new owner, based in Tatarstan, turned out to be Viktor Markelov, a convicted murderer released only two years into his sentence.^[6] The company's fake debt was then used to claim a tax break of $230 million, issued Christmas Eve of 2008. It became the largest tax rebate in Russian history.^[6] Hermitage contacted the Russian government with the investigation's findings. The money, which was not Hermitage's, belonged to the Russian people. Rather than Hermitage, the Russian authorities opened a criminal case against Magnitsky.^[6]

Illness and death[link]

Magnitsky was arrested and imprisoned at the Butyrka prison in Moscow in November 2008 after being accused of colluding with Hermitage.^[2] Held for 11 months without trial,^[2] he was, as reported by The Telegraph, "denied visits from his family" and "forced into increasingly squalid cells."^[10] He developed gall stones, pancreatitis and calculous cholecystitis, for which he was given inadequate medical treatment during his incarceration.^[2] Surgery was ordered in June, but never performed; detention center chief Ivan P. Prokopenko later indicated that he "...did not consider Magnitsky sick...Prisoners often try to pass themselves off as sick, in order to get better conditions."^[11]

On November 16, eight days before he would have had to have been released if he were not brought to trial, Magnitsky died for reasons attributed first by prison officials as a "rupture to the abdominal membrane" and later to heart attack.^[2] It later emerged that Magnitsky had complained of worsening stomach pain for five days prior to his death and that by the 15th was vomiting every three hours, with a visibly swollen stomach.^[11] On the day of his death, the prison physician, believing he had a chronic disease, sent him by ambulance to a medical unit equipped to help him, but the surgeon there — who described Magnitsky as "agitated, trying to hide behind a bag and saying people were trying to kill him" — prescribed only a painkiller, leaving him for psychiatric evaluation.^[11] He was found dead in his cell a little over two hours later.

Journalist Owen Matthews described his suffering in Moscow's notorious prison, Butyrka.

According to [Magnitsky's] heartbreaking prison diary, investigators repeatedly tried to persuade him to give testimony against Hermitage and drop the accusations against the police and tax authorities. When Magnitsky refused, he was moved to more and more horrible sections of the prison, and ultimately denied the medical treatment which could have saved his life.^[12]

Aftermath[link]

According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Magnitsky's death "caused public outrage and sparked discussion of the need to improve prison healthcare and to reduce the number of inmates awaiting trial in detention prisons."^[13]

An independent investigatory body, the Moscow Public Oversight Commission, indicated in December 2009 that "psychological and physical pressure was exerted upon" Magnitsky.^[14] One of the Commissioners said that while she had first believed his death was due to medical negligence, she had developed "the frightening feeling that it was not negligence but that it was, to some extent, as terrible as it is to say, a premeditated murder."^[11]

An official investigation was ordered in November 2009 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.^[15] Russian authorities had not concluded their own investigation as of December 2009, but 20 senior prison officials had already been fired as a result of the case.^[14] In December 2009, in two separate decrees, Medvedev fired deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Piskunov and signed a law forbidding the jailing of individuals who are suspected of tax crimes.^[16] Magnitsky's death is also believed to be linked to the firing of Major-General Anatoli Mikhalkin, formerly the head of the Moscow division of the tax crimes department of the Interior Ministry.^[17] Mikhalkin was among those accused by Magnitsky of taking part in fraud.

Wikinews has related news: Russian police to 'check' officer allegedly involved in large theft and murder

Opalesque.TV released a video on February 8, 2010, in which Hermitage Capital Management founder Bill Browder revealed details of Sergey Magnitzky's ordeal during his eleven months in detention,^[18] while the Russian Untouchables group prepared a film Russian Untouchables. Episode 1: Artem Kuznetsov about his prosecutors.^[19] On 25 June 2010 radio-station Echo of Moscow announced that Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Department for Own Security started investigations against Lieutenant Colonel Artyom Kuznetsov, who has been accused of improper imprisonment of Magnitsky. The investigation was in response to appeal by the Hermitage Capital Management and United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.^[20] In February 2011, the investigation, which had not yet identified any suspects, was extended to May.^[21]

In November 2010, Magnitsky was given a posthumous award from Transparency International for integrity. Magnitsky, according to the awards committee, "believed in the rule of law and died for his belief."^[6] A film produced to highlight Magnitsky's persecution has been shown before in Canadian, German, Estonian, Polish, British, and European parliaments and the American congress.^[6] Hermitage's CEO, Bill Browder, created the film to help persuade foreign governments to issue a visa ban on sixty individuals believed to be involved in the scandal and cover up.^[6]

In July 2011, Russia’s Investigate Committee for the first time acknowledged that Mr. Magnitsky died because prison authorities restricted medical care for him.^[22] Russian authorities also opened criminal cases against the two doctors who treated him, Dr. Larisa Litvinova who managed his treatment towards the end and Dr. Dmitri Kratov who was the chief medical officer at Butyrskaya Prison. Dr. Kratov was demoted soon after Mr. Magnitsky’s death. Dr. Litvinova can get up to three years of prison, if convicted of causing death through professional negligence; while Dr. Kratov was charged with involuntary manslaughter from negligence and is facing five years in prison.^[23] An independent prison watchdog commission reported that prison doctors were pressured by investigators to deny treatment, and Dr. Litvinova disclosed to the Public Oversight Commission that she was trying to get approval for Mr. Magnitsky’s treatment. However, investigators looking into the death of Mr. Magnitsky cleared Oleg F. Silchenko, who oversaw the investigation of Mr. Magnitsky, of any wrongdoing.

In February 2012, the Russian police announced their intention to resubmit for a second trial, which would make Magnitsky the first Russian citizen to be tried posthumuously in the country.^[24]

Increasing international tension[link]

In late 2010, international attention to the matter intensified, with the European Parliament calling for 60 officials believed to be connected to Magnitsky's death to be banned from entering the European Union and the Parliament of Canada resolving to deny visas to and freeze the Canadian assets of allegedly involved officials.^[25] The EU Parliament has also urged members to freeze assets of officials, while similar measures are under consideration in the United States.^[26][27] There, in October 2010, Senator John S. McCain co-sponsored the Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act, which would forbid entry to the U.S. to 60 individuals named in court documents related to the Magnitsky case. McCain says the law will help to "identify those responsible for the death of this Russian patriot, to make their names famous for the whole world to know, and then to hold them accountable for their crimes."^[28] The law is considered analogous to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 in the precedent it hopes to create.^[29] In July 2011, the U.S. revealed that dozens of Russian officials were barred from entering the U.S. for their possible involvement in the detention of Mr. Magnitsky.^[30]

The Russian Foreign Ministry described the Canadian resolution as "an attempt to pressure the investigators and interfere in the internal affairs of another state",^[31] while in a November statement the head of the lower house's international committee Konstantin Kosachyov criticized the European Parliament's conclusions, indicating that sanctions violated the "presumption of innocence" principle and should wait the resolution of the Russian court.^[32] Bloomberg reported in December that, according to an Interfax story, "identical measures" would be taken by Russia if a European Union ban was effected.^[27] In mid-December, the European Parliament passed the resolution allowing the officials to be banned by member states and their assets to be seized.^[33]

In January 2011, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan E. Méndez, opened an investigation into Magnitsky's treatment and death.^[34]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Who was Sergei Magnitsky?, profile on russian-untouchables.com
• Investigation of Serget Magnitsky death by the Council to the President of Russia (Russian)
• Суть времени №28 ("The essence of the time #28", in Russian). Infamous Russian politologist Sergei Kurginyan sets out his version of the deep roots of Sergei Magnitsky case: Kurginyan explores Magnitsky's case ties with transnational finance structures of the late 1990s and present; Magnitsky's case ties with the financial "jobbery" of Russian default times (1998) by Bill Browder and Edmond J. Safra; Magnitsky's case ties with present scenario of "orange revolution" being prepared for Russia (Stanislav Belkovsky, Alexey Navalny, Yungers, Karaganov, Gene Sharp).

Ramona-Nicole Mănescu MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
In office January 2007 – present
Personal details
Born	6 December 1972 Constanţa, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Political party	National Liberal Party
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Romanian Orthodox
Website	www.ramona-manescu.ro

Ramona Nicole Mănescu (born 6 December 1972, Constanţa) is a Romanian politician and lawyer. She is a Member of the European Parliament (2007–present) from the National Liberal Party and is part of the ALDE group in the European Parliament. As a member of this group she is a coordinator in the Regional Development Committee and a member in the Culture and Education Committee.

Education and academic career[link]

Mănescu has a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest. After graduating, the liberal MEP has followed several postgraduate studies, with institutions such as: Romanian Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006), National Intelligence Academy, Supreme National Security College, dissertation on "Romanian Defense Industry" (2006), National Defense University - National Defence College, dissertation on "Romania and the European Security and Defence Policy" (2005). Mănescu also has an MA in "International Relations and European Integration" from the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest (2006).^[1][2]

From June 2010 Manescu has been President of the Board of the Romanian-Finnish School in Bucharest.^[3] Over the course of time she has published articles and reviews in magazines and newspapers in the national press, such as Romanian Journal of Local Public Administration, The Economic Tribune, Euroconsultancy Magazine, The Education Tribune, Political Dial Magazine, The World. In addition to this, Manescu has also published articles in several European publications such as EP Today, The Parliament Magazine and The Regional Review. She is co-author of the photo albums: Bucharest - palaces and monuments and Bucharest - portrait of a city.^[4]

Political career[link]

Mănescu has been a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL) since 1990, from 1996 to 1997 she was President of the National Liberal Youth Organisation of Bucharest's District 6 and then joined the Foreign Relations Department of the National Liberal Party (1996–2004). From 2001 to 2002 she has been an International Officer and then was elected Vice President of the National Liberal Youth Organisation (TNL). Mănescu was also a rapporteur of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from the Delegation of National Representatives of the Liberal Party.^{[citation needed]}

From 2002 until 2005 she was part of the Executive Committee of District 6 of the NLP and then, for two years (2002–2004), she has worked as a Parliamentary Expert in the Romanian Parliament, serving as adviser to the Vice-President of the Commission of Defense, Internal Affairs and National Security in the Chamber of Deputies.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003 she became Vice President of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY), a function she held until 2005. She then became increasingly involved in projects that aim to support young people, which lead to her becoming a Vice-President of the National Authority for Youth, with the rank of Under Secretary of State (2005–2007). Mănescu has also been a consultant for the program "Media Awareness - Understanding and Accessing the Media and its Role", while also coordinating the project "Empowerment of Women in Politics", Poland (2004). She has been a lecturer for several conferences: "Conflict management - training young people", "Regional Development Partnership", "Globalization, 90 years of Romanian Diplomacy" (2003) and coordinator of the project "Human Rights and International Law", Strasbourg, France (2003)^{[citation needed]}

Activity in the European Parliament[link]

Mănescu aims to promote the real priorities of Romania in the European Parliament, through a constant "lobbying" activity set to protect the rights of Romanian citizens and their interests. In addition to that, the Liberal MEP supports the improvement of the image that Romania has at European level by carrying out an efficient work within the framework of the European legislature. As an MEP, she can address questions to the European Commission and make interpellations in order to request information regarding the way in which legislation is being enforced in the EU Member States or the way in which the Commission envisions solving a particular issue.^[5]

The Regional Development Committee, where Mănescu is a coordinator from the ALDE group, is competent on matters regarding the regional and cohesion policy, in particular: the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and all the other regional policy instruments of the Union; assessing the impact of other Union policies on economic and social cohesion; the coordination of the structural instruments of the Union; the outermost regions and the islands, as well as regarding trans-frontier and interregional cooperation; relations with the Committee of the Regions, interregional cooperation organisations, local and regional authorities.^{[citation needed]}

As a member in the Culture and Education Committee, Mănescu decides on matters relating to the cultural aspects of the European Union, such as: improving the knowledge and dissemination of culture; the protection and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity; the conservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage, cultural exchanges and artistic creation; the education policy of the European Union, including the higher education area in Europe and the promotion of the system of European schools and lifelong learning; audiovisual policy, as well as cultural and educational aspects of the information society; youth policy and the development of a sports and leisure policy; information and media policy; cooperation with third countries in the areas of culture and education and relations with the relevant international organisations and institutions.^{[citation needed]}

As a coordinator of programmes in the field of youth, Mănescu has contributed to the organisation of a number of events, among which:

• The European Youth Week, 5–11 December 2005, an event organised at local, regional and national level and centralised in Brussels;
• The facilitation of a structured dialogue among all actors involved in youth activities: youth NGOs, young people with fewer opportunities, local and national authorities and the creation of a database in order to realise this dialogue;
• The Youth NGO fair;
• The participation, as a representative of the National Authority for Youth, in cooperation with the Generation Europe Foundation and the Ministry of European Integration, in the editorial committee of the EU-RO Agenda, an educational tool for informing adolescents;
• The collaboration with the "Pro Democraţia" Association and the Chamber of Deputies in organizing the event "Youth Parliament", aimed at giving young people the possibility to understand the importance, role and functions of the Parliament within the framework of the other democratic institutions, familiarizing them with the doctrines of the parliamentary political parties and offering them a practical vision of what the parliamentary activity really entails;
• The organization of the multicultural meeting part of the project "A.C.T.! - Authorities. Twining Cooperation", funded by the European Commission and the National Authority for Youth, aimed at promoting active citizenship among young people and helping develop relations of friendship and solidarity between young people.^{[citation needed]}

Mănescu has requested on a number of occasions, through written statements or reports of the specialized parliamentary committees, the introduction of new themes on the agenda of the European Commission. Through the work carried out in the EP, Mănescu ensures that legislation adopted at European level respects the values and principles of the European Union.^{[citation needed]}

Prizes and distinctions[link]

In 2008, Mănescu was designated MEP of the Year for Culture and Education, a distinction awarded by The Parliament Magazine.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]