In November 2019, Andrea C. Teunissen – Oprea, honorary consul of Romania for South and North Holland, has been awarded by the president of Romania, Mr. Klaus Iohannis, for her continuous commitment and involvement for over thirty years as a bridge-builder between Romania and the Netherlands, with the second highest Romanian decoration, the National Order of Faithful Service in the rang of Knight. The decoration has been handed during a meeting at the Romanian embassy in The Hague by the ambassador of Romania in the Netherlands, her excellency Mrs. Brânduşa Predescu.