The Dacian helmet and bracelets stolen from a museum in the Netherlands were taken out of the country without respecting the law, according to the first conclusion of the Prime Minister’s control body, which has already started checks at the Ministry of Culture.
According to the law, heritage objects can be borrowed, but the organization of the transport abroad or in the country must be approved by a Government decision. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu says that there was no GD to take the Dacian objects out of the country for the exhibition in the Netherlands.
PM Ciolacu stated that it is true that there was no such decision and added that we will find out all the details. The Romanian Prime Minister was asked by journalists why there was no Government decision to move the Treasure to the Netherlands, given that for the other exhibitions, in Rome or Lisbon, there were such decisions.
“It is true. We will find out all the details”, replied the Prime Minister, after participating in the ceremony dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Sunday the organization of a crisis cell at the Government level and that he is sending the Control Body to the Ministry of Culture to verify all the documentation regarding the exhibition of Dacian objects at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, from where the Golden Helmet of Coţofeneşti and three gold bracelets, part of the Dacian Treasure, were stolen on Saturday.
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