Hora Bucuriei

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Hora Bucuriei (The Hora of Joy) is a song first performed by Romanian pop artist Loredana in the Revolution Square of Bucharest, Romania’s capital, during the first seconds of the 2007 New Year's Eve while thousands danced the Hora, a traditional Romania folk dance, to celebrate the admission of Romania and Bulgaria as new state members to the European Union. The festivities were joined by a host of European senior politicians -- European Parliament President Josep Borrell, European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, Romanian Prime Minister Popescu Tariceanu, the foreign ministers of Germany, Bulgaria and Denmark.