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PRINCESS KATHERINE IN ROMANIA FOR CANCER CHARITY

Bucharest, 2 October 2008 – Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine visited Bucharest, Romania where she stayed with the Romanian Royal Family www.familiaregala.ro at the Elisabeth Palace. Crown Princess Katherine attended last night the 8th edition of “Pink Illumination”, an event in aid of the fight against breast cancer, organized by Renasterea Foundation www.fundatiarenasterea.ro in Bucharest .
 
The event was under the patronage of Triumph and Generosity and took place at the one of the most representative symbols of Bucharest – The Triumph Arch. Mrs. Fran Drescher, an actress who won the battle against cancer, became for one evening the Ambassador of Hope in fight against cancer in Romania.
  
On 1 October, the Renasterea Foundation celebrated two second anniversaries – seven years of its founding and one year since it launched “Renasterea – Breast and Cervical Mobile Diagnostic” project which helped more than 1665 women, from nine counties of Romania, who benefited from free examinations,1348 Pap smears and 1053 mammograms were taken.
  
This important event gathered more than 300 guests among who were HE Mr. Eugen Nicolaescu, Minister of Health of Romania, HE Mr. Dusan Crnogorcevic, Serbian Ambassador, HE Mr. Nicholas F. Taubman, United States Ambassador, HE. Mr. Juan Pablo Garcia – Berdoy, Spanish Ambassador, Mrs. Catherine Sophianou, President of the SoftMedica Group, government officials, representatives of the cultural and business life of Romania, artists, sportspeople, doctors and the media.

Before the event Crown Princess Katherine addressed the guests and the journalists pointing out: “When we look at the statistics in Serbia we can see that the rate of mortality caused by breast cancer is much higher than in the European Union, United Kingdom or United States . The aim is to reduce the number of people who die and that can be only accomplished with good early diagnostics and efficient treatment. My foundation is working very hard to help in cancer prevention, but we must not forget that public awareness is the first step that we should cross. Only by informing women about all the consequences they can have if they don’t visit their gynaecologists regularly, we can prevent this disease. That’s why I am appealing to the media representatives to join us in this mission of saving lives” – emphasized the Crown Princess Katherine in her speech.

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