The Embassy of France in Moldova, together with the French Alliance and the Francophone University Agency, will stage a series of contests and activities for students and the general public in March, which is the month of francophonie. The program was presented in a news conference at IPN.

Roxana Turcanu, of the Francophone University Agency Representative Office in Moldova, said there will be held a contest of photography and a clip making contest entitled “And furthermore I speak French”. “We invite our partners who speak French to ponder over the way in which they can valorize the fact that they speak French, over the benefits that they enjoyed because they speak French,” stated Roxana Turcanu.

In the same news conference, adviser on cooperation and cultural action of the Embassy of France Jeremie Petit said an exhibition of photos centering on the 25 years of bilateral relations between France and Moldova will be mounted at the National Museum of History on March 10.

“It is a French project, but I’m sure that the Francophiles in Moldova will be glad to recollect not only the relationship between the two states, but also the period of the Soviet Union, the interwar period and the Tsarist Empire,” stated Jeremie Petit.

A new project entitled “Siences en francais 2.0” will be launched on March 4. Nine teachers from France will teach at eight francophone lyceums in Moldova during the next six months. They will teach scientific disciplines in the French language by educative-recreational activities.

The activities are organized in March in connection with the International Francophonie Day that is celebrated on March 20. Moldova is part of the International Organization of Francophonie.