The gala, whose slogan was “Remember history. Live history. Make history”, took place Thursday evening at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bucharest, and gathered journalists and numerous prominent personalities.
President Traian Basescu, former presidents Ion Iliescu and Emil Constantinescu, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu, businessman Ion Tiriac, soprano Angela Gheorghiu, former footballer Gheorghe Hagi and journalist Cristian Tudor Popescu were among the personalities honored by Mediafax.
“I am impressed by the large number of personalities present this evening to celebrate an event apparently without much significance. Mediafax is the history of a utopia. (…) I imagined a private institution with a respected voice that could respect the people it talked about. Twenty years have passed since that time and that institution exists,” said Mediafax founder Adrian Sarbu.
Mediafax is the largest Romanian general and business information provider.
The company was founded in 1991 as the first independent news agency in the country. By 1995 it had become the market leader, a position it maintains today.